Bangladesh may expect a major earthquake to hit anytime as experts said 'radio carbon' analysis suggests the major quakes return within 250 to 300 years and the country has already exhausted nearly 250 years since a major earthquake struck in 1762.

Earthquake expert Professor Mehedi Ahmed Ansary told BSS on Friday: "Bangladesh saw eight major earthquakes of high intensity up to eight on the Ric

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The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has given environmental clearance for the construction of a permanent campus for the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER-TVM) at Vithura.

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The regulations include provisions for areas where multi-storeyed buildings are permissible and correlating the height of multistoreyed buildings with the width of the abutting road
THE Tamil Nadu government will implement the uniform guidelines relating to special buildings, multi-storeyed buildings, group developments, layouts and sub-divisions in nine planning areas and two suburban areas.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Madhavan Pillai Foundation, in a petition, has requested Governor R S Gavai not to accord sanction to the Ordinance for taking over 1,036 acres of land in Munnar for setting up a tourism township.

The foundation further urged the government to consult experts from various fields before finalising any development plan for the area.