UBM India, host of the annual Renewable Energy India (REI) expositions in the country, announced its first ever India-Sri Lanka Renewable Energy Growth Forum, to showcase the business opportunities

A group of environmentalists in Sri Lanka is to hand over a petition today to the Human Rights Commission against the controversial Chinese funded Colombo Port City project.

Two more people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, popularly known as ‘swine flu’, taking the total number of infected to eight.

SURKHET, Feb 24: The government has approved Rs 600 million through the offices concerned for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the physical infrastructures damaged by the flood and landslide in

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: In addition to government initiatives in conserving and protecting Chure, Bhawar and Tarai-Madhes region from environmental degradation, the efforts will now get a boost from res

KATHMANDU:The Ministry of Finance (MoF) today signed an agreement with the World Bank (WB) Group for $130 million (equivalent to Rs 12.93 billion) for implementation of ‘Grid Solar Energy and Energ

Worsening drought has led to over 80 percent of water resources in Pakistan's southern Tharparker district becoming unfit for people to drink, a new study says.

(Reuters) - Conservationists must try to reduce the demand for tiger parts in China as part of a campaign to save the big cats, wildlife experts warned at an anti-poaching conference in Kathmandu.

Like other mountainous areas, Nepal is highly vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and this vulnerability has increased due to climate change. Risk reduction strategies must be based on a comprehensive risk assessment. A comprehensive methodological approach for GLOF risk assessment is described and illustrated in case studies of the potential GLOF risk posed in Nepal by four glacial lakes, one located in China.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has installed third generation earthquake monitoring instruments in the various cities.

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