The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
LAND, AGRICULTURE, GRAZING LANDS AND ANIMAL CARE Food Corporation Bhutan officials said they recorded increase in vegetable yield this year. Corporation officials said this was their first such experience so far, where vegetable productions almost doubled. Farmers in the western part of Saptari district in Nepal are concerned after the …
DHAKA : The Climate Resilient Participatory Afforestation and Reforestation Project, implemented by the Government of Bangladesh, is working towards sustainable forest conservation and enhancement of climate resilience, reports BSS. The project aims to reduce forest degradation and improve forest coverage through participatory planning and monitoring in 9 coastal and hilly …
Irrigation and Water Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva in discussion with the Israel delegation. Picture by Uditha Kosta Horticulture exhibition, sale Batticaloa town developed Batticaloa Group Corr The Batticaloa town is being developed and modernized at a cost of Rs 102 million under a program launched under the guidance …
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - Karachi—The government is committed to provide all sort of support to oil and gas exploration activities with a motive to develop local energy resources to cater to growing energy needs of the country. This was stated by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Federal Minister for Petroleum and …
DHAKA : The World Bank is supporting the Bangladesh government to increase provision of safe water and hygienic sanitation facilities through the Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP), reports UNB. The project aims to increase the supply of safe water by constructing rural piped water supply schemes as …
DHAKA : The first-ever flood insurance scheme was launched in the country on Tuesday, aiming to compensate flood victims and help them fight natural disasters, reports UNB. Disaster Management and Relief Minister AH Mahmood Ali formally introduced the flood insurance ‘product’ at a programme at Brac Centre Inn in the …
Friday, August 16, 2013 - Islamabad—Tehreek-e-Sehat Pakistan (TSP) and Minsa Clinic Bahria Town have entered into a deal to provide free healthcare facilities to masses through free medical camps in Rawalpindi. In this regard a MoU was signed between TSP and Minsa Clinic Bahria. Speaking to the MoU signing ceremony …
KOHAT, Aug 13: A local non-governmental organisation has suggested to the government to launch hydel power projects in Sherkot as the area is suitable for initiating such schemes. “We have prepared feasibility reports about launching several hydel power projects in Sherkot. Even Provincial Senior Minister Sikandar Sherpao has termed these …
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Islamabad—District Health Department, Islamabad has planned extensive campaign against dengue in the rural areas of Islamabad from the first week of September and completed all necessary arrangements in this regard. According to details, the district health officials planned extensive drive against dengue in the rural …
LAHORE: In view of the recent rains and floods, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the divisional commissioners and district administrations to monitor the flow of water in rivers and water channels round the clock and immediately inform the institutions concerned in case of any emergent situation. In a …
Around 203 mobile health camps have been conducted in the Kegalle district in line with the Deyata Kirula National Exhibition 2014, Kegalle District Health Service Director Dr. Gamini Senevirathna said. He said on the directive of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, a health camp was organised for each mobile service …
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday said 84 people died and 91 sustained injuries in flash floods this year across the country. According to the NDMA data, 15 people died in Punjab, 14 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 in Sindh, 18 in Balochistan, 12 in the Federally Administered …
KURIGRAM : Unabated erosions by 12 rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla, have taken a turn for the worse, leaving some 3,400 families of over 100 villages in five upazilas of the district homeless over the last three months, reports UNB. According to sources at the local Department of …
KARACHI, Aug 6: Samples of the fish that died in huge numbers in the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) area on Monday would be tested at the Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) and the marine fisheries department’s laboratory. This was stated by the director general of marine fisheries …
A section of locals are engaged in hunting of birds, especially herons, posing threat to the stock of the graceful creature of nature. A poacher sold five herons at Balapukur Bazar in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat for Tk 150 to 200 each on Monday afternoon. “I trap the birds in …
Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardene and Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda jointly inaugurated the rehabilitation of the Kilinochchi Water Supply Scheme on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of the district office of the Water Supply and Drainage Board was also initiated by the two ministers. In accordance …
More than 1000 people took to the streets obstructing the new Kandy Road at Weliweriya junction accusing the authorities of failing to resolve the ground water pollution that created a shortage of drinking water in several areas in the Gampaha District. The protestors said the haphazard disposal of waste water …
CHITRAL: Heavy downpour played havoc in different areas of Chitral as floods blocked roads and flooded streams besides washing away houses and agricultural fields on Thursday. According to details, rains and floods destroyed crops, orchards and infrastructure in Chitral’s Kalash valley, forcing people to move to safer places. The heavy …
Gampaha Additional Magistrate Heshantha de Mel yesterday ordered the police to obtain urgent separate test reports from the Government Analyst, the Central Environmental Authority, Gampaha Medical Officer of Health, and Water Resources Board to ascertain the reason for the pollution of ground water in the Rathupaswela area of Weliveriya. The …
The Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy will shortly commence climate resilient living programme in Walapane in the Nuwara Eliya district and Medirigiriya in the Polonnaruwa District. Ministry officials told The Island that the three-year programme would focus on climate change adaptation strategies. The Secretariat …
