The flood waters stagnant for several weeks in many places in Dhaka has started rotting and polluting the city environment that posed a serious public health hazard. Water borne diseases, specially

The Ecofrig awareness campaign will be formally rolled out on September 16, International Ozone Day, in Delhi. This will cover the entire refrigeration and airconditioning (RAC)

Recognizing the importance of financing cleaner and safer production investments in developing countries towards achieving sustainable development, the Government of Norway is supporting a three-year

The World Food Program, a UN relief agency, announced Tuesday a worldwide appeal for emergency food aid to Cuba's drought-stricken eastern provinces.The amount requested by the program's executive

The Minister of Environment and Forest, Suresh P Prabhu, has ordered an inquiry following the devastating landslide which killed nearly 200 people in Malpa and has obstructed the trade route between

Efforts to strengthen embankments along the Yellow River in Shandong province of China will cost 1.56 billion yuan (HK$1.46 billion) in the next two years, Xinhua said yesterday.The project would

The end appears to be in sight for the catastrophic flooding along the Yangtze and Songhua rivers in the northeast, flood control authorities said yesterday. The Yangtze's eighth flood crest passed

Group of homemakers , from their concerns over environmental pollution by chemicals, has been supporting a pulp company which makes toilet paper from scrap paper with no use of bleachers. Toilet

The Babai river poses a serious threat to one muncipality and seven Village Development Committees in Bardiya district of Nepal due to lack of river control programme. Thousands of bighas of land is

death toll 253 : Flood situation worsened further in five districts, including Dhaka and its adjoining areas in Bangladesh, with 11 more deaths reported. The death toll rose to 253 according to