This Greenery May Not Survive Two or Three Decades: Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Environment, Forest and Climate adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan warned at a Purbachal afforestation launch that the country's greenery may not last two or three decades.
Environment, Forest and Climate adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan warned at a Purbachal afforestation launch that the country's greenery may not last two or three decades.
The Bangladesh Navy has launched a tree-planting programme under the National Tree Plantation Campaign 2025, with its chief urging wider planting in coastal areas.
EnvironmentThe Forest Department's month-long National Tree Fair opened in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, on 25 June 2025, with plants priced from Tk 20 to Tk 7 lakh; it was to run until 24 July.
Trees raised from seed grow deep roots and live long, while grafted saplings bear fruit sooner, so the right choice depends on what the gardener wants.
Because of the Eid holidays, Bangladesh will observe World Environment Day on 25 June, when the environment fair, tree fair and national tree planting campaign will also open.
Good seed, a light potting mix, shallow sowing and careful watering help seeds sprout, while mistakes at any step can leave the pot bare.
Marking World Environment Day and Dr Zubaida Rahman's birthday, Chhatra Dal leaders planted over a hundred saplings at Jagannath University's second campus.
Gono University's journalists' association shared mangoes, jackfruit and lychees at its yearly fruit festival and planted trees across the Savar campus.
Fruit, medicinal and neem saplings were planted across Dhaka Medical College to mark the birthday of alumna Dr Zubaida Rahman.
The environment, forest and climate change ministry has selected 21 individuals and organisations in seven categories for the 2024 National Tree Planting Award.
Armed Police Battalion members in Barishal have built a nursery of about 10,000 fruit saplings on once-neglected land beside the Kirtankhola river.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged at a tree-planting programme in Dhaka that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina had written the country's history and textbooks as she pleased.
The kadam, whose flowers are called the messenger of the rains, is best planted in the monsoon, especially in Asharh, and needs fertile loam, organic fertiliser and regular care.