Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Bangladesh is facing a severe ecological crisis as forest land shrinks and urban green cover dwindles, with officials revealing that 2.5 lakh acres of forest have been illegally encroached upon nationwide.

Furthermore, in the densely populated capital of Dhaka, the environmental balance has reached a critical low, where oxygen of a single tree is shared among nearly 28 people on average.

This alarming data was presented on Sunday by Md. Zahidul Kabir, Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests at the Forest Department, during his keynote speech at the closing ceremony of a four-day international conference and workshop titled 'Political Commitment in Agriculture and Food.' The event, organized by the Bangladesh Agricultural J...