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 …
LALITPUR: A 680.4-kilowatt (KW) solar power project, built with Japanese grant assistance, was handed over to the government in Lalitpur today. Secretary for Urban Development Ministry, Kishor Thapa, and Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, Kunio Takahashi inaugurated the project and Ambassador Takahashi handed over the keys of the system to …
The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the ‘National River Protection Commission Bill, 2013’ aiming to protect the country’s rivers from encroachers and pollution. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina …
Sale and use of banned polythene bags is going on unabated throughout the district. Oblivious of its detrimental effect on environment, people are using it for 'convenience' while the authorities concerned are turning a blind eye to the matter. "Polythene bags are very cheap and convenient to use. And so, …
KATHMANDU: A budget crunch is likely to hit irrigation projects as the caretaker government has failed to bring a full budget and has only brought an interim public expenditure arrangement twice for regular salaries, continuation of projects of national pride, and to mobilise revenue. “There might be a shortfall of …
MYAGDI: More than one hundred locals have taken ill due to the chickenpox outbreak in Hidi village, Myagdi, sources said today. Over the last three days the epidemic has gripped the entire village, affecting almost every household in the region, locals said. Local Siddha Shanti Secondary School announced three days …
HYDERABAD, Jan 6: Participants of a Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) meeting on Sunday urged the government to ensure scientific treatment of wastewater being released into the Sindh waterways by establishments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan. They also demanded release of funds for construction of Right Bank Outfall Darin (RBOD-II) …
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Margalla Hills National Park has battled encroachments and lost land, landscape and nature after it was declared a protected habitat in 1981. From stone crushers in the west to military set-ups in the foothills of the hills gradually expanding their fences into the park, the protected …
LAHORE – The fate of 40 slums has been hanging in the balance though the chief minister promised the betterment of these dwellers last year. These shocks have been established in various areas of the City, including Harbanspura Extension, Qalandarpura, Rehamanpura Ranipind, Nawazpura, Nawapind Harbanspura, Mochipura, Rasulpura, Basti Jewan Shah, …
Camera Trap: The presence of a royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) in Lampelri botanical park was confirmed recently, a couple of years after a cow herder had complained of losing his cattle to the predator. Royal botanical park officials confirmed its presence, after they found the video that had captured …
Pasakha Industrial Estate: A few power intensive industries at the Pasakha industrial estate are turning off their gas cleaning plants (GCP) at night to cut down costs, say officials of the National Environment Commission Secretariat (NECS). Last November, the secretariat installed special closed circuit TV cameras at undisclosed locations along …
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority has finally moved ahead to develop the much-trumpeted Bird Aviary Park in the federal capital, five years after it had been proposed in 2007. The project was initiated during the tenure of former CDA chief Kamran Lashari but it could not move ahead owing …
Longer summer, shorter winter observed in many places. The weather pattern in Bhutan has become unpredictable. The country, in recent times, has witnessed erratic rainfall, crop and livestock diseases, landslides, water shortages, and hailstorms. The situation is grave now with Bhutanese national parks increasingly becoming vulnerable to the effects of …
Sri Lanka's free health service has achieved many goals and reached to the international level. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena hands over a token of appreciation to former Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Ravindra Ruberu while current Health Ministry Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayatilleke and ministry officials look on. When considering certain health …
KARACHI – The World Health Organisation has announced that it is starting a large measles vaccination campaign targeting 2.9 million children in eight districts of Sindh as an emergency response to the outbreak in the province. Figures collected from various official sources and surveys provide evidence of the current outbreak …
KARACHI, Jan 3: KMC administrator Mohammad Hussain Syed has directed master plan department officials to begin preparing the city’s master plan for the year 2020 and beyond and ensure that the development works being carried out at present are done according to the current master plan. Speaking at a meeting …
The two birds were spotted yesterday in Chamkhar. Although the black-necked cranes (Grus nigricollis) flew in every year to roost in some parts of Bumthang, no data has been maintained on their numbers to date. Wangchuck Centennial Park’s officiating ranger Tandin Wangchuk said they are working on a data – …
The much-expected construction of Rooppur nuclear power plant would start by June this year, officials said on Wednesday. They said the construction work of the plant was scheduled to start by 2012. But the project implementation was delayed due to fund constraints. Bangladesh is going to implement the mega project …
The government allocated Rs 3,000 million to provide the school midday meal for 2013, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardana said. “A balanced meal is provided by the government aimed at improving the health nutrition state of schoolchildren. The midday meal will be provided to 1,014,901 schoolchildren from grade one to five …
SIALKOT - The District Health Department have detected 520 TB patients in the district. Anti-TB Programme District Coordinator Dr Nadeem Nazir disclosed this while addressing the participants of an anti-TB awareness raising workshop held here the other day. He said that the anti-TB fighting teams had established anti-TB camps at …
The government has undertaken an ambitious integrated programme to develop four Districts, Ampara, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa, as part of the seventh Deyata Kirula exhibition to be held at the Hardy Technical Training Institute, Ampara on Feb. 4. The government had allocated Rs. 45.3 billion for selected projects in the …
