LankaBangla Foundation distributing saplings among children

LankaBangla Foundation recently launched a tree distribution programme at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. 

Khwaja Shahriar, managing director of LankaBangla Finance Ltd, inaugurated the programme handing over saplings to Md Selim Reza, chief executive officer of the DNCC, and Brig Gen Md Zobaidur Rahman, chief health officer, said a press release.

With the theme "Let's plant trees to build Bangabandhu's dream country", the foundation will work with the DNCC for the next five years to distribute saplings as gifts among children under the age of two who live within the DNCC.

Lt Col Md Golam Mostafa Sarwar, deputy chief health officer of the DNCC, Md Emdadul Haque, health officer, and Mostafa Kamal, head of board secretariat and regulatory affairs at the foundation, Mohammad Hafiz Al Ahad, head of human resources, and Muhammad Habib Haider, head of general infrastructure and services, were present.