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 …
ISLAMABAD: “Pakistan’s urban air pollution is among the most severe in the world and it engenders significant damage to human health and the economy,” according to a newly-released report titled ‘Cleaning Pakistan’s Air’. Released by the World Bank, the report calls upon the government to make urban air quality improvement …
Nine persons have died in floods and landslides in Sindhupalchok, Lalitpur and Chitwan districts within the past 24 hours. Six persons were killed and two others went missing in separate incidents at Papaldanda, Dhuskun, Bhotsipa and Kadambas in Sindhupalchok on Saturday night. Deputy Superintendent of Police Bharat Bahadur Bohara said …
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has allocated Rs. 1,720 million for the development of Wayamba rural areas, Wayamba Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said. He said so at the Provincial Council meeting recently. Under the Deyata Kirula program, 7,610 Grama Niladhari Divisions in the North Western Province had been developed this year to …
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - Quetta—Abdul Sattar, Coordinator Child Rights Movement Balochistan, on Wednesday urged the provincial government to increase budgetary allocations for children in the budget for 2014-15. Addressing a press conference here at Quetta Press Club, he said the Balochistan government should allocate resources for improving the child …
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - The first 95 MW unit of 425 MW Nandipur Power Plant has started power generation but would be formally inaugurated on 31st May. The completion of the first unit reflects the determination of Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif to rid the people of crippling …
The international promoters have proposed for the development of five different hydro-power projects within the next five years keeping in view of load-shedding problem in Nepal. The promoters have proposed for forwarding the projects, which are expected to be very important at a time when the industries were not operating …
Farmers and agriculture-sector analysts stressed the need for more pragmatic approach and wider policy support in the upcoming national budget to boost the country’s agriculture sector. They recommended for introducing ‘agriculture safety fund’ and ‘crop insurance’ in the next fiscal to help increase agricultural output. They also suggested forming a …
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - Lahore—Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Finance Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman has said that work is in progress on 138 projects in health sector under Annual Development Programme during current fiscal year and out of these 26 projects are new. While addressing the delegation of …
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - Karachi—Sindh health department had as yet administered drops of anti-measles vaccine to 1076922 children of 29 districts of Sindh during day of extended campaign for the prevention of measles, which had recently affected a vast population of children in rural Sindh while many had been …
Monday, May 19, 2014 - Islamabad—The residents of capital will get a smooth water supply this summer as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sufficient reserves of water coupled with a plan to install generators on various tube-wells in few weeks to meet water requirements during the season. While talking …
RAA massive sugarcane cultivation programme has taken by the Directorate of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region in the current season, reports BSS. The DAE found that the cash crop, which has a high demand in the region and outside, could yield good …
Kathmandu, May 16: The World Bank (WB) Group has approved financing amounting to 84.6 million US dollars for the Kabeli-A Hydroelectric Project. The financing includes a US$ 40 million credit and a US$ 6 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) and a US$ 19.3 million loan from the …
Kathmandu, May 16: The government is to develop the much-awaited Budhiganga Hydel Project on its own initiative. The project in Achham district in far western Nepal will be developed by Department of Electricity Development. Saudi Development Fund and Kuwait Development Fund have made commitment for the 20 mw project. KDF …
Kathmandu, May 15: A record of traffic police showed that annually 38,000 people had to meet their untimely deaths only because of road accidents when they defy traffic rules. Traffic officials speaking at a three-day ‘Road Safety Exhibition,’ kicked off on Thursday organised by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) …
Bardibas, May 11: Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Mahesh Acharya has said that management of the encroached area of the Sagarnath Forest Development Project (SFDP), situated in Mahottari and Sarlahi districts, will be made soon. Talking to media persons soon after monitoring the forest area of the project on …
NETRAKONA : Many native species of fish are on the verge of extinction in the natural water bodies of the district due to various reasons including adverse impact of climate change, reports BSS. Once the district was known as granary and fish resourceful are of the country, but now facing …
DHAKA : The government should set up agriculture and food safety court in each district to deal with issues like food safety, agro-market manipulation, and agro-input adultery related litigations, suggests Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), reports UNB. The civil society think tank also said the government should think of establishing …
DHAKA : It was a life for them without electricity until recently. But, things have changed fast when they got access to off-grid solar home system. They are happy as it generates enough power for lights, televisions, radios, mobile phone charging and small appliances, reducing their spending on electricity use, …
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved an amount of Rs 6009.793 million for the elimination of child and bonded labour under an integrated project. The project is being launched for promotion of "Decent Work for Vulnerable Workers" in Punjab, a senior official of the Planning and Development …
Sri Lanka's environmental organizations say that around 150 baby elephants have been captured from the forests in the island during the past seven years. The Director of the Species Conservation Centre, Pubudu Weerarathna told The Divaina Sinhala newspaper that about 80 baby elephants that were captured illegally from forests had …
