A 125-year-old tree at Bogra’s Nawab Palace has been sold without approval from the authorities creating a huge public outcry in the locality. The tree was sold for only Tk28,000 to a local resident named Abdur Rahim Sheikh. Administrative Officer of the palace Jahidul Islam Khan Loje said that the tree had been damaged by storm recently. Journalist and historian Abdur Rahim said that the tree had long been bearing the heritage of the palace. The chief guest of the event, then lieutenant governor of Bengal Charles Eliot, had planted the olive tree to make the occasion memorable, Rahim added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 10, 2017 07:41 UTC