A young agricultural entrepreneur in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has launched a drive to plant 2,300 palm saplings along both sides of a five-kilometre road to reduce the risk of lightning and protect the environment.
A stall at a 14-day tree fair in Faridpur is selling vegetable and flower seedlings for as little as Tk 2, drawing strong interest from visitors.
The governing board of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority has decided to plant a total of 1.25 lakh trees in the country's export processing zones.
Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over and planted 500 saplings on the Dhaka University campus as part of the national tree-planting programme.
New York City has set a target of tree cover over about 30 per cent of its area by 2040 to cope with rising heat, building on the MillionTreesNYC programme that planted its millionth tree in 2015.
Visitors and buyers are crowding the month-long National Tree Fair 2026 in Dhaka as it enters its final stage.
At Dhaka's National Tree Fair, entrepreneur Rakibul Amin has built a small village-style green corner that lets visitors forget the city's traffic, concrete and dust.
EnvironmentOpening a Chattogram city BNP tree-planting programme at the Zia Memorial Museum on 30 July 2026, convener and MP Ershad Ullah urged every citizen to plant at least one tree and take care of it.
FlowersChattogram City Corporation mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said on 29 July 2026 that the medians from the airport to Mohra would be planted with flowers and greenery, as 6,500 saplings of 26 species were being planted between Dewanhat and Barik Building under a 10-lakh-tree city drive.
Water resources minister Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee said rivers and canals cannot be protected without coordinated work by all ministries and agencies.
Rooftop farmingFrom 9 to 23 July 2026, the month-long National Tree Fair in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar sold 8,12,802 saplings worth Tk 6,73,29,236, with indoor plants and rooftop garden trees selling best.
Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman attended the Maldives' 61st Independence Day parade as a special guest and planted a sapling under the country's Five Million Trees Project.
Opening Habiganj's seven-day tree fair, parliamentary whip GK Gous urged everyone to plant at least one tree and guard against tree felling.
