The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide financial assistance to control landslide at Lampata of Babiyachour-5 in Myagdi district.

Hundreds of people have fallen ill due to viral fever, typhoid and diarrhoea in the district, health workers said.

In 2005, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal joined forces to eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis (or kala-azar) from the region by 2015. In Bangladesh the elimination target is set at less than one new case per 10,000 population per year at upazila (sub-district) level. As the deadline approaches, we review the status of the elimination initiative in this country.

Dhaka division has the highest share of the country's poor population, followed by Chittagong, as people from impoverished areas have migrated to these economic hubs in search of employment.

MUZAFFARABAD: Apart from adverse impact to be caused by India’s Kishanganga dam project on Pakistan’s irrigation system and energy sector schemes, conservationists are worried about its devastating

The climate change effect might eat up more than 27 per cent of the paddy yield in Bangladesh by 2050, experts said Wednesday.

Eight people were killed and one went missing in several incidents of landslides and floods in Sindhupalchok , Parbat and Syangja on Wednesday.

While rice production may get affected due to the impacts of climate change, rice farming itself is a contributor to climate change as a substantial source of greenhouse gases (GHGs), agricultural

Prospects are dimming for a ban on plastic grocery bags in California, as the legislative session winds down and supporters remain three votes short of a majority in the face of strong opposition f

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council yesterday approved three development projects including digitization of land survey, record and preservation system.

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