The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME)'s Public Gardens Department hosted tree planting events in co-operation with the Chinese and Japanese embassies as part of the one-million trees planting initiative.

The Public Parks Department, in co-operation with Qatar Primary School for Girls, has held a tree-planting campaign at the school.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) joined hands with students from Al Markhiya School for Girls to plant trees at the Al Markhiya Street Development Project site

Bangladesh has begun planting one million palm trees nationwide to help prevent hundreds of people being killed by lightning strikes every year, a top official said on Tuesday.

Authorities from Shahaniya Municipality have shut down a grocery for one week for violating regulations by storing expired foodstuff.

The teenagers were flown back to Britain and were arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts, the Metropolitan Police said.