Members of Parliament, civil society organisations and campaigners from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka marched towards the SAARC secretariat in Kathmandu on Tuesday demanding ‘Right to Sanitation for All.’

Calling upon the SAARC countries to ‘Speak in One Voice’ at the 18th SAARC summit to be held in Nepal this year, the entourage submitted a ‘Citizens Charter’ stressing on recognising sanitation as a legal right.

Nepal has made the “fastest progress” in reducing multidimensional poverty, according to a study by Oxford University.

Directorate of Environment (DOE ) on Monday imposed fine of Tk. 24 lakh on two dyeing factories in Narsingdhi for lapses in effluent treatment plants (ETP) of the factories.

Bangladesh and Bhutan are likely to finalise the draft agreement on transit between the two countries during the secretary-level meeting to be held in the capital tomorrow.

At least four sailors with a trawler carrying goods went missing and 35 fishing trawlers capsized in the confluence of the River Meghna in a storm in Hatia upazila of Noakhali and at Kamalnagar of

Bangladesh has been identified as one of the ‘star performers’ in the poverty reduction initiative globally as the world poverty is coming down rapidly.

Civil society representatives from South Asian countries here on Monday adopted a charter of demands, pressing the governments in the region to improve sanitation services for the entire population

Politicians from Bangladesh, other South Asian countries and Britain gathered in Kathmandu to join the launching of a year-long regional campaign from tomorrow for increased and targeted financing

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has dropped the plan of setting solar streetlights in the whole of Dhaka city after its failure to successfully execute the similar pilot project between Notre D

BHOPAL: A consultation was held for reviewing the progress of European Union-supported Strengthening Adaptive Farming in Bangladesh, India and Nepal (SAFBIN) programme at Sagar on Wednesday. This program is being implemented in three districts of each of these countries.

The chief objective of the programme is building climate change resilience of small holder farming systems and helping small holder farmers achieve food and nutrition security by making small farming practices more sustainable and profitable.