Dhaka, June 25 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged the citizens to cease the use of one-time plastic products.

He made the call while inaugurating a tree plantation drive at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre on Wednesday. Yunus highlighted the horrid environmental impact of plastic at the event as he planted a Sonalu tree as part of the inauguration of National Tree Plantation Drive and Tree Fair 2025.

The chief advisor said, "Today, the world is suffering from various crises, wars, widespread use of technology and its misuse, which have created various challenges for us. But many of us are unable to understand what that challenge is - it is the destructive side of nature. It is not nature's fault, it is our fault....