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  Forestry project for 28 dists initiated

  Ershad Kamol | Updated at 01:16am on May 14, 2019

  The Bangladesh Forest Department has initiated a five-year project for planting indigenous species of trees in 28 districts with a $175 million World Bank loan...

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  Bangladesh loses forests worth Tk1,800cr for Rohingya settlements

  Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:00am on April 21, 2019

  Bangladesh have already lost forest resources of about Tk 1,800 crore for hosting Rohingyas at Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas in Cox’s Bazar, according to a...

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  30 China firefighters die battling forest fire

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  Thirty firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China’s Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said...

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  Rohingyas eating up much of Bangladesh forests: FM

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 05:11pm on February 24, 2019

  Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said that over 1.2 million Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh were eating up much of...

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  Encroachments threaten Bhawal National Forest

  Sadiqur Rahman | Updated at 12:34am on October 25, 2018

  Bhawal National Park is threatened by encroachments...

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  Allocation for forestation, climate change adaptation rises

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:14pm on June 07, 2018

  The ministry of environment and forest would receive an increased budget allocation for the 2018-19 financial year, which is 42 per cent up from the...

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  Two more killed in ‘gunfights’

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:25am on June 07, 2018

  Two more suspected drug peddlers were killed in ‘gunfights’ in Chandpur and Mymensingh on Wednesday taking to 142 the number of people killed in the...

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  Scrap coal power project near Tengragiri reserve forest: TIB

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on May 08, 2018

  Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed grave concern over the project for construction of a 307MW coal-fired power plant, less than a kilometre off the Tengragiri...

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  Unchecked use of pesticide in reserve forest disconcerting

  | Updated at 12:05am on April 12, 2018

  INCREASED air and water pollution risks the biodiversity of the country....

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  Toxic pesticides threaten wildlife in Rema-Kalenga Reserve Forest

  Sadiqur Rahman . back from Habiganj | Updated at 12:50am on April 11, 2018

  Indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides on crop fields inside the Rema-Kalenga Reserve Forest in Habiganj, the most diversified wildlife habitat in Bangladesh, poses threat to...