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A Green School of Life
Kamrul Ehsan Chandan, a cancer patient in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, has built a garden that has become a green school of life for his neighbours.
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Trees
Environment
Saplings Bought With Tiffin Money Distributed in Cumilla
Saplings bought with students' tiffin money were distributed at Majhigachha Aktaruzzaman High School in Cumilla Sadar.
Environment
Felling Endangered Trees Could Bring a Tk 1 Lakh Fine
The Forest Department's draft ordinance would put trees in three schedules and fine anyone felling endangered, rare or ecologically vital trees up to Tk 1 lakh.
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Tea Worker Bishnu Hazra's Love of Trees and His Green Revolution
A tea worker in Sreemangal who also sells jhalmuri has spent 28 years planting trees wherever he finds empty ground.
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Quits Job for a Nursery, Earns Tk 12 Lakh in Six Months
Imdadul Haque left a well-paid restaurant job in Dhaka to set up a fruit-seedling nursery in his Sirajganj village, and has sold about Tk 12 lakh worth of seedlings in the past six months.
Environment
Dhaka North City Corporation Plants 1,600 Trees at Diabari
Dhaka North City Corporation planted 1,600 trees at Diabari as part of a plan to plant 5 lakh trees to restore the city's biodiversity.
Environment
Ayesha Siddika's Story: Plantophile
A short story about Abantika, a student whose love of her corridor plants spills into a vivid daytime dream and a private diary.
Environment
No Alternative to Tree Planting to Protect the Environment: Mayor Shahadat
Chattogram mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said there is no alternative to planting trees as he received 1,000 saplings from the Lions Club of Chittagong.
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Swarnalata, a vine rich in medicinal properties, is disappearing
Swarnalata, the parasitic giant dodder long used in herbal medicine, is disappearing from the Bangladeshi countryside as its host trees are pruned or lost.
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Why Trees Are Needed to Keep the Environment in Balance
A student writer argues that trees are indispensable to the environment and urges schools, colleges and universities to lead tree-planting drives.
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What Farmers Can Do to Stop Mango Leaf-Cutting Weevil Attacks
The leaf-cutting weevil that attacks young mango leaves can badly stunt trees, but timely organic, chemical and physical measures can keep it in check.
Environment
'Kader Bhai' and His Herbal Revolution
For nearly five decades Abdul Kader of Domonpukur village in Kahalu, Bogura, has planted medicinal trees along roads and in schoolyards and treated neighbours free with herbal juices.
Environment
BARVIDA Plants Fruit, Timber and Medicinal Trees to Protect Environment
The reconditioned car importers' association BARVIDA planted several hundred fruit, timber and medicinal trees at United Medical College and along the roads beside it in Dhaka.