World Environment Day today -

FE Team | Published: June 05, 2024 00:12:40

Both passengers and the puller of a rickshaw look hapless as they wear masks in a forlorn attempt to avoid inhaling dust from the surface. The snap was shot from Dayaganj area in Dhaka city on Tuesday, marking World Environment Day today. — FE Photo

The World Environment Day-2024 will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world today (Wednesday) with a view to creating awareness about environmental pollution, reports BSS.
This year's theme of the day is 'Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience'.
Different government and non-government organisations (NGOs) as well as educational institutions have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages Tuesday on the occasion, wishing success of all programmes of the day.