CropsIn mid-July 2026, Jagonews24 set out why the Asharh-Shraban monsoon is the best time to plant saplings in Bangladesh, while the national tree plantation campaign and tree fairs were under way across the country.
A few simple rules on drainage, watering, light, feeding and pests will keep potted plants green and healthy right through the monsoon.
A few simple habits, from keeping drainage clear to watering only when needed, can protect garden and balcony plants from monsoon waterlogging.
Navy chief Admiral M Nazmul Hassan has launched the Bangladesh Navy's Tree Plantation Campaign-2026 as part of the government's 25 crore tree drive.
For more than four decades Rajon Mahmud of Madaripur has given saplings away without taking a single taka, while campaigning to protect the local environment.
EnvironmentA Peking University-led study in Geophysical Research Letters found that China's planted forests increased their leaf area 65.8 per cent faster than natural forests, an edge that fades after about 40 years; a 2025 study found young natural forests store carbon faster.
EnvironmentOpening the 2026 Environment Fair and National Tree Fair in Dhaka on 9 July 2026, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman urged families to plant a tree for every child born, and said the government planned to plant 25 crore trees in five years.
Md Rakibul Amin, owner of Gardening Bangladesh, is being honoured in the National Tree Planting Award 2025 for a decade of greening Dhaka's rooftops, balconies and offices.
A new outdoor school, Prokritipath Pathshala, opened with a morning nature camp in Ramna Park to introduce children aged 5 to 14 to trees.
AgrotechA Tree Monitoring App using GPS and GIS was being built to track whether saplings planted under the One Child, One Tree programme and the National Green Mission survive, budget documents showed in early July 2026.
A landowner in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, accuses a contracting firm of using his fruit orchard for four months without permission to store bricks and rubble and run heavy machinery.
FruitsAt the National Fruit Fair at the KIB grounds in Dhaka on 19 June 2026, Narsingdi's Ghorashal pineapple, the 'Three Taste' mango and the Japanese Miyazaki drew crowds, while local mangoes at Tk 80 to 120 a kg sold best.
EnvironmentThe Bangladesh Air Force said on 16 June 2026, in an ISPR press release, that its helicopters would drop seed balls over coastal areas and remote parts of the Chattogram Hill Tracts under its Tree Plantation Programme 2026.
