Why Plant Trees in the Monsoon
The monsoon's moisture, soft soil, lower temperatures and free irrigation help young trees take root and grow fast, making it the right time to plant.
The monsoon's moisture, soft soil, lower temperatures and free irrigation help young trees take root and grow fast, making it the right time to plant.
Pirojpur district Chhatra Dal held a tree-planting programme at Government Sohrawardi College to mark World Environment Day, as part of a central programme.
FruitsA June 2025 Jagonews24 guide set out twelve steps to keep monsoon-planted fruit saplings alive, from staking and bamboo cages to mulching, watering, feeding by age and variety and pruning after harvest; its fertiliser advice is checked here against BARC's 2024 national guide.
Some 1,700 volunteers from 64 environmental organisations planted more than 5,000 trees across all 64 districts at the same time on World Environment Day.
Chhatra Dal's Jagannath University unit planted trees across the campus on 5 June to mark Environment Day.
Chhatra Dal is running a 15-day tree-planting programme across the country from 5 June to mark World Environment Day.
World Environment Day is observed on 5 June under the theme of ending plastic pollution, though Bangladesh will hold its state celebration on 25 June.
Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan says roads and power mean little without clean air and water, and calls for a bigger environment budget.
EnvironmentAfter a rare stemless wild date palm was reported from the Dharmapur sal forest in Dinajpur in May 2025, a Khulna student described a similar-looking palm called "atal" at her home in Bagerhat's Morrelganj and asked the Forest Department to identify and protect it.
A Chattogram College student describes the tulsi plant, its appearance, the benefits attributed to it and its wide use in Ayurvedic and herbal medicine.
EnvironmentOn 25 May 2025 environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan opened a programme in Tangail to plant five lakh saplings, saying all the trees had been chosen from native species.
Large-scale development and tree planting along Dhaka's canals, lakes, open spaces and fields will begin on 1 June, the DNCC administrator said.
The spider lily is a fragrant ornamental plant used in traditional medicine, though all parts of it are poisonous.