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BUSINESS REPORT

British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) got the national afforestation award for their forestation drive in Chinttagong Shah Amanat International Airport.

BATB Managing Director Nicholas Hales received the award from Raja Debashih Roy, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser, in-charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, at a function held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city on Saturday.

BATB planted and have been maintaining 20,925 trees in 18 acres of land in the airport area since 2003 for which they received this prestigious award.

BATB has been driving its nationwide afforestation project since 1980, which is the largest private sector afforestation programme in Bangladesh.

More than 55 million saplings had already been distributed across the country over the years.