Dhaka, July 15 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged schoolchildren to plant at least one tree every year and take care of it, saying the younger generation must lead the effort to build a greener and healthier Bangladesh.

"Wherever you think a tree can be planted-whether at your school or near your home-I request every one of you to plant at least one tree every year," he said after inaugurating a nationwide tree plantation programme at government primary schools by planting a sapling at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Agargaon.

Tarique Rahman inaugurated the nationwide tree plantation programme as part of the government's "One Child, One Tree" initiative.

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