Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future, during his inaugural address to the

The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV-Nepal) in association with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is organising a three-day international Bio-gas conference in Kathmandu from Nov.10.

The objective of the conference is to exchange knowledge and experiences between practitioners, experts and policy makers on the dissemination of domestic biogas plants.

"It conference will raise concern

Tests have confirmed the flu spreading in Parbat and Baglung since last two weeks are mostly swine flu, Nagarik daily reported quoting health officials. Nine out of 12 samples collected from Kushma bazaar have tested positive to Pandemic Influenza H1N1.

Five of them were army men working at Naya Bhairavi Dal Battalion based in Kushma Bazaar, district headquarters of Parbat.

The Swiss government has agreed to provide Rs 292 million for the Rural Health Development Project (RHDP) phase VII, reports RSS.

Finance Ministry joint secretary Lal Mani Joshi and Elisabeth Von Capeller of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) signed the agreement at the Finance Ministry.

Six phases of the project assisted by the Swiss government were completed on July 15, 200

The Chinese government has vowed to provide a soft loan of Rs.

KATHMANDU, NOV 02 - Every year, 11,000 children under five years of age die of pneumonia, despite the state's claim that its efforts to contain child mortality are paying off.

According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), over 58,000 children aged below five years die of various diseases, including pneumonia.