DHAKA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Environment Day was observed on Wednesday in Bangladesh with a fresh vow to reducing plastic pollution, protecting nature, promoting biodiversity and safeguarding the environment.
Various public, private organizations and political parties hosted conferences, seminars, marches and walks to mark the day in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.
National newspapers in Bangladesh published special supplements marking the day.
This year, the theme of the day is "Ending Plastic Pollution," which emphasizes the urgent need to address the pervasive problem of plastic pollution.
The main program of the day was held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in Dhaka, with the Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inaugurating the event.
Yunus also inaugurated the Environment Fair 2025 and the National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair 2025 at the function.
Speaking at the day's main event, Yunus urged all to avoid the use of plastic items to protect the environment and planet.
"If we do not change our lifestyle, our defeat to plastic is obvious," he said, adding that humans are destroying nature, but they could not realize that nature also has a destructive mode.
Highlighting the adverse impacts of plastic on the planet, he said the plastic is accelerating climate crises, natural disasters and biodiversity destruction.
Issuing an appeal to the countrymen to stop one-time plastic use, he said they should make the decision to gradually prevent plastic use.
Terming the plastic a poison to the world and all living things, the chief adviser said the use of this poison is increasing gradually with the rise of population.
In addition to carrying out the tree plantation campaign, the chief adviser suggested launching a Stop Tree Felling Campaign aiming to protect the environment and nature in the country. ■
