Aiming at protecting the mass people and strategic points from river erosion, the government is going to implement a Tk 828.56 crore project titled “Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Inve

Away from all the attention being focused on the temple towns of Kedarnath and Badrinath, temples at Yamunotri and Gangotri, which compete the ‘char dham’ pilgrimage, are facing a serious risk.

GAIBANDHA: The people living along the banks of the Teesta and Brahmaputra rivers are losing their cropland and homesteads as erosion has taken serious turn here in the district.

Erosion by the River Jamuna has taken an alarming turn in the last few days, devouring at least 200 homesteads, four schools and a vast tract of cropland in Sadar and Chowhali upazilas of Sirajganj

NASHIK: The soil excavation activity taking place near the Gangapur dam for the past week is a threat to nesting of birds and will cause soil erosion, harmful for both, human and animals, city's en

China's cities are expanding rapidly as its economy grows. Yet land for development is in short supply, particularly in mountainous areas, where about one-fifth of the population lives. In the past decade, local governments have begun removing the tops of mountains to fill in valleys to create land on which to build.

Damauli, June 2: Some 40 houses at Bhimad bazaar are at risk due to the erosion by Seti River. The houses have been put at the risk after the river started eroding the area every year.

The European Commission has announced the withdrawal of its proposal for a Soil Framework Directive and for a directive on access to justice in environmental matters, which would have transcribed t

Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last one week, rendering at least 300 families in different villages homeless in Sadar and Rajibpur upazilas of Kurigram district.

The All Assam Water Resources Contractors Association today put forth several of their demands regarding improvement of the State flood and erosion scenario in front of the new MPs elected from the

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