People in Bangladesh exposed tohigh levels of arsenic in drinking water were more likely to report shortness of breath in a new study than those who drank water with safer arsenic concentrations.

Indian prime minister ManmohanSingh has announced that India will go ahead with the plan of installingTipaimukh hydroelectric project on the Barak River along the Manipur-Mizoramborder.

With a view to resolving the ongoing debate on the Tipaimukd Dam project and also meet the water problems in South Asia, a regional river commission would have to be formed through mutual understan

The people of greater Sylhet are becoming vocal against the construction of the much talked-about Tipaimukh Dam, near the border of Sylhet,apprehending that the dam would affect the north-eastern r

A COMPREHENSIVE new study has found that orangutan populations in Indonesian Borneo are being diminished at unsustainable rates due to conflict with humans.

Green house gas emissions such as carbon dioxide have been increasing.

People who were badly affected by cyclones 'aila' and 'sidr'in Bangladesh yesterday made their testimony at a mass hearing in a tribunalhere for seeking climate justice.

Private mobile phone operator Grameenphone (GP) and the state-owned mobile phone company Teletalk will jointly provide early warning messages during cyclones and floods to all 14 coastal districts

The cabinet today approved a proposal for signing of the 'SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters' aimed at taking united efforts by the member countries of the regional grouping to

The toll from the worst floods to hit Vietnam's Mekong Delta in a decade has reached 24, most of them children, the government disaster authority said on Monday, as it reported a further six deaths