Water resources in Indus-Gangetic basin serve as a powerful tool for development and for overcoming poverty in the region.

KATHMANDU, NOV 29 - The government will discuss climate change and global warming issues at the historic Cabinet meeting to be held at Kalapathar (5,250 metres above the sea level) on Dec. 4, said officials on Sunday. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will later present the conclusions of the meeting at the UN

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Nepal should play a meaningful leadership role to draw the attention of world leaders on the impacts of climate change despite being a country least responsible for global carbon emissions, experts said on Monday.

Speaking at a programme organised by Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), Arjun Karki, international coordinator for Least-Developed Countries (LDC) Watch, said that though the effects o

Elephants in Parsa Wildlife Reserve have started moving out of the reserve due to the lack of habitat.

DHADING, NOV 18 - In a bid to utilize organic waste for producing biogas and promote a smoke-free cooking environment, more biogas plants and improved ovens are being installed in Dhading district.

Fifty-three households are the newest families to start installation of biogas plants and improved ovens in the district.

NEW DELHI: A delegation of senior government officials from Nepal visited the much talked-about Bus Rapid Transit corridor here on Tuesday during a visit to the country to find out and learn more about projects being implemented under the public-private partnership model in the transport sector.

LUCKNOW: Tigers know no boundaries. They keep crossing over from one forest to another along the Indo-Nepal border. The movement of tigers along the border is must if the existing population is to be saved from in-breeding.

Ground water that people consume in Jahada is laden with the toxic metal.
PARASI, NOV 09 - Thirteen new cases of arsenic poisoning have been detected in Nawalparasi district. They are residents of Jahada VDC of the district.

Filter for Family, a non-governmental organisation, found 13 people suffering from arsenic poisoning among 100 people tested in the VDC.

President Mohamed Nasheed, on Monday, called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future.

He made the statement during his inaugural address to the

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