Maruf Sarkar, reporter:
He said this while participating in a tree plantation program organized by the Federal Reporters Society on Sunday. The program was held in the Nagar Jalfoi area of the Dhaka-Tangail highway. As part of its social responsibility to protect the environment and enhance the beauty of the road, 1,000 different species of trees were planted on both sides of the highway. The Federal Reporters Society is implementing this program in collaboration with Gulf Oil.
Tangail Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Al Mamun spoke as the chief guest, Tangail Additional Superintendent of Police Md. Sohel Rana and Gulf Oil Managing Director Amlan Mitra spoke as special guests. Md. Zahidul Islam, Sub-Divisional Engineer of the Roads and Highways Department, and Tangail Press Club President Zafar Ahmed also spoke at the event.
Under the direction of Tangail Press Club Joint Secretary Kazi Tajuddin Ripon and chaired by Federal Reporters Society President and Global TV Chief News Editor Ferdous Mamun, the inaugural address was delivered by the Society's General Secretary Zahidul Islam Shishir, while the welcome address was delivered by the organization's Joint Secretary Sajid Sarkar and Organizing Secretary Mostafa Kamal Suman Pramanik.
The guest speaker said, if media workers take up social activities along with publishing news, then society will move forward. The role of media in protecting the environment is immense. The more people become aware, the better the environment will be. And if media workers take on the responsibility of this awareness, then it will improve quickly.
Amlan Mitra, Managing Director of Gulf Oil, said, "Gulf Oil has always been sincere in protecting and improving the natural environment. We follow eco-friendly processes in manufacturing lubricants, and beyond that, we have a responsibility to do something bigger. This is our social responsibility. We are happy to be a partner in the tree plantation program organized by the Federal Reporters Society. Where we are planting new trees together, which will help maintain the balance of the environment and ensure a green world for our future generations. Our aim is not only to plant trees, but to send a message that we all have to protect the environment together, and no single organization or institution can fulfill this responsibility towards nature."
The speakers at the event thanked the Federal Reporters Society for its environmental protection program. The closing speech was delivered by Federal Reporters Society President Ferdous Mamun.
