KATHMANDU, June 4: Around 1.1 million people in quake-hit districts are in highly food-insecure situation, a government survey reveals.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (Local Government Division) Minister Syed Ashraful Islam has said around 97% people in the country have now come under sanitation coverage.

The high-powered commission set up by the Islamabad High Court Monday expressed dissatisfaction over disposal of solid waste by the Capital Development Authority in H-12.

LAHORE: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority has set up a state-of-the-art Humanitarian Resource Facility in the provincial capital to help more than 100,000 victims during any natural disaster

DHAKA : The number of cases of the cancers most common in men and women have shown an upward trend since 1990 while liver cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Bangladesh, reports UNB.

DHAKA : More than 3.5 million Solar Home Systems have been installed in the country’s rural areas under Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project, reports UNB.

RAJSHAHI: Around 70 lakh people are suffering from bronchial asthma in the country and the numbers of patients are gradually increasing due to various reasons, specialists said at a seminar on Satu

The export of Glyphosate will be banned in Sri Lanka from the next cultivation season, Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake said.