LankaBangla Foundation held tree distribution program with DNCC marking the occasion of the centenary of the birth Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the head office of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on October 14, 2021.
Programs’ theme is “Let’s plant trees to build Bangabandhu’s dream country.” Khwaja Shahriar, Managing Director and CEO of LankaBangla Finance Limited inaugurated the program by handing over saplings to Dhaka North City Corporation’sMd. Selim Reza, Chief Executive Officer and Brigadier General Md. Zobaidur Rahman, Chief Health Officer, a press release said.
Through this program, various types of tree saplings will be provided as gifts to children under the age of two who are born and living in the area under Dhaka North City Corporation. The LankaBangla Foundation will work with Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) to distribute saplings for the next 5 years.
The main objective of this tree distribution program of the LankaBangla Foundation is to encourage all to plant trees on their own initiative to make the golden jubilee of independence and the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation special meaningful with the aim of greening Dhaka city, increasing the forest resources of the country and maintaining environmental balance etc. Moreover, LankaBangla Foundation has been organizing tree distribution programs in the country every year as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to prevent land degradation, fruit production, long term environment and biodiversity conservation.
Along with other senior officials of both the organizations there also present on the occasion were Dhaka North City Corporation’s Lt Col Md. Golam Mostafa Sarwar, Deputy Chief Health Officer; Dr. Md Emdadul Haque, Health Officer and LankaBangla Finance’s Mostafa Kamal, Head of Board Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs; Mohammad Hafiz Al Ahad, Head of Human Resources and Muhammad Habib Haider, Head of General Infrastructure and Services.
