Fruits
Abdul Wahab's Rooftop Garden Brings Calm to a Concrete City
A retired Janata Bank officer in Mymensingh has filled his roof with over 600 fruit, flower and medicinal plants.
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Tree plantation
Environment
Permission Needed Even to Cut Trees at Home Under Draft Law
Under a draft law approved by the cabinet, people will need government permission even to cut large trees they have planted on their own land.
Environment
Metro Rail Construction Materials Cleared, Plants Going in Below
Construction materials are being removed from the Uttara-Agargaon stretch of Dhaka's metro rail, with vegetables and ornamental plants growing beneath the viaduct.
Environment
The Earth's Lungs Are 22 Per Cent Gone: How Much Longer for Ours?
A Rajshahi University professor argues that wildfires, carbon emissions and wasteful consumption are destroying the Earth's lungs while the pandemic attacks our own.
Environment
DCs Told to Evict Forest Land Grabbers and Shut Illegal Brick Kilns
The environment ministry told deputy commissioners at their annual conference to evict forest land grabbers and close illegal brick kilns.
Environment
Social Forestry Beneficiaries Receive Tk 66 Lakh
Social forestry beneficiaries in Moheshkhali received Tk 66 lakh in profit-share cheques, the first such payment by the Coastal Forest Department.
Environment
Public Must Come Forward to Create Needed Forest Cover, Says Environment Minister
Environment minister Md Shahab Uddin urged people to plant and care for trees, saying the government alone cannot create the forest cover the country needs.
Environment
Bangladesh Keen to Help Saudi Arabia's Tree-Planting Drive
Bangladesh's ambassador in Riyadh has told the governor of Hail that Bangladesh wants to support Saudi Arabia's 10-billion tree-planting programme.
Environment
Trees Planted in Munshiganj to Mark the Prime Minister's Birthday
The Awami League's forest and environment sub-committee planted trees at 11 spots in Munshiganj to mark the prime minister's 75th birthday.
Environment
Over a Hundred Roadside Trees Felled and Sold Without Permission
A case has been filed against four people, including officials of an NGO, for felling government roadside trees in Dhamrai, Dhaka, without permission.
Crops
Children Plant Palm Seeds to Guard Against Lightning
Children in Gouripur, Mymensingh, spent a whole day planting palm seeds to protect against lightning and natural disasters.
Environment
Rajshahi University Science Club Begins Week-Long Tree-Planting Programme
Rajshahi University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Golam Sabbir Sattar opened the Science Club's week-long tree-planting programme on 14 September.
Environment
Dreaming of a Greener Santhia, Manik Plants Over 3,000 Trees in a Year and a Half
A young contractor in Santhia, Pabna, has planted more than 3,000 fruit, timber and medicinal saplings and helped hundreds of needy people over a year and a half.