Environment Fair-2023
Plant trees to shield Bangladesh from climate change: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (June 5, 2023) urged the people to plant trees in a bid to protect Bangladesh from the adverse impacts of climate change.
“I would like to urge all to save the environment because it is our duty to offset the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh,” she said after three saplings on the Ganabhaban premises to mark the World Environment Day 2023.
She also inaugurated the Environment Fair-2023, National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair-2023 on the occasion.
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“Since today is World Environment Day, I planted trees. I hope all (the people) of Bangladesh follow it (to plant trees),” she said.
The PM said they have been implementing the tree plantation programme on a massive scale so that Bangladesh would be more beautiful and developed.
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