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MNA National Desk:  School committee president of Nasirabad Government Primary School at Nasirabad village of Shyamgram union of Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, Jahangir Khan had cut down fruitful trees for the schoolyard. He also cut the branches of many other trees, which were properties of the school and took to his own home. Sheheen Miah, a resident of the same village protested his actions but Jahangir Khan threatened him repeatedly. When Shaheen discussed the matter with local UP member Mehedi Hasan Jalal, he expressed his inability to stop Jahangir due to his aggressive behavior. Later Shaheen lodged written complaints to ...

MNA Feature Desk: Ethiopia has planted more than 350 million trees in a day, officials say, in what they believe is a world record. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is leading the project, which aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country. Some public offices have been shut down to allow civil servants to take part. The UN says Ethiopia’s forest coverage declined from 35 per cent of total land in the early 20th Century to a little above 4.0 per cent in the 2000s. Mr Abiy launched the tree-planting exercise as part of his ...