Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said yesterday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have combined to worsen malnutrition.

KATHMANDU, NOV 20 - As many as 7.95 million Nepalis still defecate in the open such as bushes and field, according to a study conducted by the Department of Water, Supply and Sanitation.

UMERKOT: The ongoing spell of drought and accompanied sickness in Tharparkar claimed another 14 lives on Monday, all infants.

UNB, Dhaka :The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined four institutions in Gazipur and Comilla Tk 86 lakh for violating environment laws.After a hearing at the DoE's Dhaka headquarters, R

At least 70 premature infants die each day in Bangladesh within 28 days of birth despite its spectacular success in cutting down under five mortality rate.

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Monday decided to lift the over two decades long ban on forest harvesting besides managing forests along scientific lines in line with a working plan mad

Islamabad - For the eradication of polio, the government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed agreements on Monday to make sure

Jumhooree Party leader and Maamigili constituency MP Gasim Ibrahim has called the authorities to use the green tax which will be commenced from November of next year for different environmental cau

Despite various precautionary measures such as anti-mosquito spray and fumigation campaign, patients suffering from Dengue in Birgunj sub-metropolis are on the rise.