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 …
KATHMANDU: Kathmandu District Public Health Office (DPHO) is conducting a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign against lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as encephalitis, targeting 1,550,000 people from February 2 to 5. Health workers will visit from door to door to administer drugs to people from above two to below 60 years …
Kingathang, Phobjikha, Wangduephodrang Despite more than 300 people fighting the forest fire at Kingathang in Phobjikha, Wangduephodrang that started on January 29, it showed no sign of stopping as of yesterday evening. Apart from the foresters and local officials, farmers from Phobjikha and Gangtey tried to contain the fire that …
ISLAMABAD: Around 3,000 megawatts (MW) cheaper electricity would be generated through sugarcane bagasse on fast track basis and investors would be facilitated and encouraged. Minister for Water and Power Ahmed Mukhtar said necessary amendments would also be made in the existing co-generation and Renewable Energy policies to make it simplified …
MANIKGANJ, Jan 30 (BSS): The farmers of Singair upazila of the district are very much happy to get the bumper production of carrot in the current season. About 20 thousand farmers of the upazila, who were cultivating carrot on their land, expressed their satisfaction over the carrot production. Department of …
LAHORE - Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), after completing all prerequisites, is going to start construction work on three more hydropower and water projects in a couple of months. With cumulative generation capacity of about 1540MW and gross water storage capacity of 250,000 acre feet, these projects included two …
Jan 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Wildlife has recorded 252 deaths of wild elephants in 2012 island wide due to shooting and accidents, the Ministry announced. In addition 66 people have died in the same period due to human- elephant conflict, the Ministry says. The Ministry figures showed that …
The Fisheries Act will be amended to punish those violating international maritime laws, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said. The new laws are to be in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the principles of the Indian Ocean Tuna …
RANGPUR, Jan 28: Farmers in different upazilas under Rangpur district are making a good profit by cultivating cauliflower on their cropland during the current season. Many farmers who once used to cultivate paddy, wheat, jute and other crops in their fields are now cultivating cauliflower as the cultivation of it …
KARACHI, Jan 26: Health experts have said that 80 per cent of all fresh leprosy cases in the country are reported from Sindh, including 30-40 per cent from Karachi, and blamed mobility of population for the cases, which is restricting their proper monitoring and follow-up treatment. Speaking at a press …
Friday, January 25, 2013 - WHILE the government has not been able to overcome the energy crisis during its five year tenure, it is somewhat encouraging that some of the steps being taken give some hope that in the long run, perhaps the country might get out of the crunch …
GUJRANWALA - At least 143 cases of measles have been reported across Gujranwala Division in the new year do far, The Nation has learnt. As per detail, 143 cases of infectious viral disease measles have been reported since the start of 2013 across the division out of which 78 are …
Three Chinese and one Italian companies have been competing for the contract to build the Melamchi tunnel after the previous contractor abandoned the project in midstream. The 26.5-km tunnel lies at the centre of a long-standing project to bring drinking water to thirsty Kathmandu from the Melamchi River. Though 19 …
The government will invest a record amount of Tk 24.27 billion under a single scheme to upgrade the country's power transmission system. Power Division officials said they planned to invest the money to install hundreds of kilometres of new transmission lines and set up some sub-stations across the country. "We …
SHIKARPUR, Jan 24: At least 14 more children have died of measles over the past four days in different urban and rural areas of Shikarpur district, taking the measles toll within the past seven days to 26. As many as a dozen children fell prey to measles on Friday and …
The Government of the Republic of Maldives has been planning to transform the electricity sector in Maldives through private sector investments based on programmes on developing renewable energy on a large scale. The Ministry of Environment and Energy has initiated the “Solar Maldives” project based on the programmes to install …
RAJSHAHI : The number of slum dwellers has been increasing gradually in the city for the last couple of decades due to various reasons worrying the city planners and the city dwellers as well, reports BSS. Large number of poor, landless people, mainly day labourers, are rushing to the city …
HYDERABAD – Deputy Commissioner Agha Shahnawaz Babar has set up a Polio Control Room of Hyderabad District as per the criteria of National Emergency Action Plan for Polio Eradication 2013. The Deputy Commissioner has assigned Abid Saleem Qureshi ADC II (Designated Officer/Focal person for Polio by DC), Dr Bakhsh Ali …
Bird Flu Outbreak: More than 396 birds of 46 households were culled in Namkhaling village, Gelephu, following an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5NI in the locality. Commonly known as bird flu, the outbreak was first reported in the police colony on January 14, when residents reported …
Cabinet on Tuesday decided to implement the action plan on making the Maldives a Biosphere Reserve, prepared by the Environment Ministry. The decision was made after discussing a paper submitted by the Environment Ministry at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to the President’s Office. During the Rio Summit held …
PABNA: The country has got into a far advanced stage in its move to implement the much-awaited Rooppur nuclear power plant with a new deal signed with Russia recently, reports BSS. The plan for setting up the country's first ever nuclear power plant at Rooppur village in Ishwardi upazila of …
