|| Md. Mijanur Rahman Akanda, Phulpur: As part of the Bangladesh Government’s National Green Mission project to plant 250 million trees across the country, a tree plantation program was inaugurated in Phulpur, Mymensingh.The inauguration ceremony was held on Saturday (June 13) at 10:00 am on the premises of the Phulpur Upazila Parishad, organized jointly by the Upazila Parishad and the municipal administration. The program was formally launched by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Yusuf.Among those present were Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Municipal Administrator Md. Shafiqul Islam, Phulpur Upazila BNP Convener Alhaj Siddiqur Rahman, Joint Convener AKM Sirajul Haque, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Phulpur Branch Golam Kibria, and officials of the upazila and municipal administrations.Later, during a tree-planting event at the Phulpur–Sherpur Road intersection, Mymensingh-2 Member of Parliament Mufti Muhammadullah joined the program and planted a Krishnachura (Royal Poinciana) sapling.It was learned that one of the key election pledges of the BNP during the recently concluded 13th National Parliamentary Election was to plant 250 million trees nationwide within five years if elected to power. To promote environmental conservation and address the adverse impacts of climate change, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will implement this large-scale plantation initiative over the next five years. In the first phase, 15 million saplings will be planted in 149 upazilas across 49 districts of the country.