ISLAMABAD: Some South Korean companies are helping Pakistan in generation of 353 megawatts (MW) hydropower through different schemes, sources told Daily Times here on Tuesday.

UMERKOT, Jan 14: A token hunger strike being observed outside the local press club for five days against the government’s indifferent attitude towards over 5,000 residents of Samoon Rind village en

JHENIDAH, JAN 13: Pneumonia has broken out in an epidemic form in the six upazilas of the district.

DHAKA, JAN 13: A roundtable conference on Climate Change and Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh was held at Police Research Centre (PRC bd.) office complex in Dhanmondi Residential Area Saturday

NILPHAMARI, JAN 13: Chemical fertilizer and insecticide free potato, wheat and mustard are being cultivated in Domar upazila of the district by NGO Proshika in recent times.

JHALAKATHI, Jan 13 (UNB): The district sees itself on a course of yielding a bumper harvest of mustard this year, much to the joys of its growers.

PALPA, JAN 13 - Residents of Kachal VDC in the district were recently connected to the central power line, bringing electricity to the village, thanks to the government’s rural electrification prog

HETAUDA: Makawanpur locals halted the Kulekhani Hydro Electricity Project work today.

The fish harvest in 2012 increased by 54,000 metric tons compared to last year, with a harvest of 488,340 metric tons.

LALITPUR: A 680.4-kilowatt (KW) solar power project, built with Japanese grant assistance, was handed over to the government in Lalitpur today.