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Weeklong tree fair begins in Bogura


By BSS
Published : 25 Aug 2022 08:33 PM

A weeklong tree fair began on the premises of Shahed Titu auditorium in Bogura town on Thursday.

The theme of this year is 'Brikhaprane Prokriti-Protibesh, Agami Projanmer Teksai Bangladesh'.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md. Ziaul Haque inaugurated the fair as the chief guest, jointly organized by District Administration and Forest Department.

A discussion was also held on Shahed Titu auditorium premises with Divisional Forest Officer Dr Mohammad Abdul Awal in the chair.

Superintendent of Police Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, District Awami League President Mojibur Rahman Majnu, Bogura Sadar Upazila Chairman Abu Sufian Safiq, among others, spoke on the occasion.

The speakers underscored the need for planting more trees at the homesteads and open spaces to protect the environment from its degradation and to save the country from catastrophe of climate-change side by side with meeting the nutritional and wood demand.

A total of 30 stalls with seedlings of various species of fruit, forest and medicinal plants have been set up on the fair premises.