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RAJSHAHI, July 24, 2026 (BSS)- A 'Tree Plantation Program-2026' was 
inaugurated at the initiative of the Rajshahi City and District branches of 
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Peshajibi Dal at Hargram Notunpara Graveyard in 
Rajshahi City.

The programme has been launched as part of implementing the five-year, 25-
crore tree plantation program announced by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to 
conserve the environment, increase greening, and combat the adverse effects 
of climate change. 
 
Administrator of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) attended the event as the 
chief guest while General Secretary of Rajshahi City BNP Mahfuzur Rahman 
Riton accompanied him.
 
The programme was inaugurated by Ariful Islam Zia, founding president of the 
Central Committee of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Peshajibi Dal.
 
In his speech, RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton said that to implement 
the current government's electoral commitment led by Prime Minister Tarique 
Rahman, the "25 crore trees in five years" programme, RCC has taken up a 
programme to plant two lakh fifty thousand trees in the next one year.
 
Among them, the plantation of about one lakh saplings has started in the 
first phase. He thanked the professional organisation in Rajshahi for 
successfully implementing the Prime Minister's tree plantation programme.
 

To take forward all development works including strengthening the cleanliness 
activities of the city, mosquito control, removal of mud, tree plantation and 
greening, cooperation of all including the city dwellers is needed, he said, 
adding, "Only then Rajshahi will grow into a more beautiful, green and 
healthy city."
 
Special guests present at the event were General Secretary of the Central 
Executive Committee of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Peshajibi Dal Engineer 
Mohammad Shahidul Islam Russel, Vice-Presidents Mohammad Arfin, S Mizanur 
Rahman Ohid, Professor Dr. Muhammad Nesar Uddin Talukder and S A Musa, along 
with leaders of BNP and its affiliated and associate organizations, leaders 
of the Mosque Committee, leaders of the Graveyard Committee and dignitaries 
of the area.