Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to make a “Green Bangladesh” by planting trees in large numbers.<\/p>\n
“We have to plant trees as much as we can across the country to make a “Green Bangladesh,” she said while inaugurating the three-month long tree plantation programme of Bangladesh Krishak League (BKL) at a function at her official residence Ganabhaban here.<\/p>\n
At the function, the Prime Minister also awarded several BKL leaders for their contribution in pursuing the nationwide tree plantation campaign of the Awami League and distributed saplings among them.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister asked the leaders and activists to play a vital role in turning the country into “Green Bangladesh”.<\/p>\n
She called upon the BKL leaders to plant saplings on the embankments of rivers, costal belts, roadside, on rooftop and houses to take the ‘Green movement’ forward.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister planted three saplings of trees at the Ganabhaban marking the programme.<\/p>\n
“I have planted over 2000 trees in Ganabhaban since I assumed power,” she mentioned.<\/p>\n