Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin officially declared that Bangladesh free from dangerous Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, pesticide on Sunday.
The minister made this announcement at a press conference organized by the Ministry on the occasion of the successful removal of 500 tons of DDT from the medical sub-depot of Chittagong and the achievement of the World Biodiversity Conference, according to a press release.
Deputy Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Habibun Nahar, Secretary to the Ministry Dr Farhina Ahmed, Additional Secretaries Md Mizanul Hoque Chowdhury and Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik and Director General of Department of Environment (DoE) Md Abdul Hamid were present, among others, on the occasion, the release added.