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.
EnvironmentMarking World Environment Day on 7 June 2026, Chattogram Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said the city corporation was planting 10 lakh trees, starting with 6,500 saplings of 26 species on the road islands between Dewanhat and Barik Building.
EnvironmentIn a Jagonews24 article of 7 June 2026, two days after World Environment Day, Samiran Biswas argued that healthy soil, clean air and pure water sustain human civilisation and that all three are running down.
EnvironmentLaunching NCP Dhaka North's week-long tree-planting programme for World Environment Day on 6 June 2026, party spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said there was no alternative to long-term government planning on the environment and climate.
EnvironmentFor World Environment Day 2026, students from Dhaka, Gono, Jagannath and Sylhet Agricultural universities argued that tree planting, biodiversity conservation and campus awareness are key to a climate-resilient future.
EnvironmentThe Forest Department's month-long National Tree Fair opened in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, on 25 June 2025, with plants priced from Tk 20 to Tk 7 lakh; it was to run until 24 July.
