Odisha power producers in quandary over verdict
After the Supreme Court on Monday termed all coal blocks allocations between 1993 and 2011 illegal, the fate of several on-going and proposed thermal power projects in Odisha seem to hang in balance.
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Abandoned landfills polluting UK rivers, research finds
More than 27 tonnes of ammonium leaches from an Oxford wetland into the River Thames every year, reports the Natural Environment Research Council Abandoned landfill sites throughout the UK routinely
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Bangladesh floods leave thousands homeless, damage crops
Heavy flooding across Bangladesh has forced thousands of people from their homes and caused severe damage to crops, with officials on Tuesday warning the situation could worsen as floodwaters poured into
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Summit to prepare action plan against wildlife crimes
Senior officials of the governments of South Asian countries, and regional and international experts working in combating wildlife crime have descended on Kathmandu to formulate an action plan to combat
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Nepal at risk as more extreme weather events loom
The inhabitants of Surkhet, a district in Nepal´s mid-western region, were recently struck by what was arguably the worst flooding in living memory. The death toll from the Surkhet flood, caused by
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Landslide kills 3, two injured
Three persons were killed and two others went missing when a mudslide swept away a house at Baramchi VDC-1 in the district on Monday noon. The deceased have been identified as Mahadev Thapa, 19, Ganeshkumari
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Bid to ban plastic bags
KATHMANDU: The Environment Protection Committee of the Parliament has decided to declare the Kathmandu Valley polythene bag free zone by mid-April next year and directed the government to make all necessary
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Celebrities join hands to ban plastic bags
Nepali celebrities and renowned personalities have joined hands to ban plastic shopping bags in the country by extending their support to a youth-led campaign, ‘No Thanks! I carry My Own Bag’. The campaign
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8 dead in Pokhara, Sindhupalchowk landslides; 3 missing
Two separate landslide incidents have killed three in Pokhara Fewa Lakeside and five in Baramche of Sindhupalchowk district on Monday. In Pokhara, the landslide buried a restaurant situated across Fewa
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Cattle and poultry fatality causes loss of 6 million in Sindhupalchowk landslides
Chautara, Aug. 26: The landslide in Ramche-5 of Sindhupalchowk that had caused extensive damage to life and property is also learnt to have caused a significant loss in terms of loss in the death of cattle
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Glyphosate banned in four districts
In a bid to prevent farmers from harmful effects of agrochemicals, the government has banned the use of glyphosate in four districts with immediate effect. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
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All wells, water storage ponds turn saline in deltaic region
KARACHI: Fishermen residing in the remote coastal villages in the Indus Delta do not know how many wells and fresh water ponds in their villages have turned saline. They cannot say the exact reason, which
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Renewal of environmental approval for NJHEP declined
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Environment Protection Agency has declined to renew the environmental approval for the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum Hydro Electric Project (NJHEP) due to Wapda’s
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Land erosion threatens four Sahiwal villages
SAHIWAL: Around 15,000 residents of four villages in the district are facing constant threat of land erosion on eastern side of River Ravi, demanding immediate measures to check the phenomena. Sources
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Anthrax breaks out again, Doctors detect 11 patients in Madhupur
At least eleven people have been infected when anthrax outbreaks in the village of Ambaria under Madhupur Upazila in Tangail district, the health officials said on Monday. They said the patients were undergoing
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$100m resilience fund focuses on S Asia
USAID and Rockefeller Foundation have announced a $100 million Global Resilience Partnership for Asia and Africa, especially focusing on South and Southeast Asia, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, said
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Flood situation deteriorates in central region
The overall flood situation in the northern region remained unchanged while the flashfloods inundated many places afresh in and outside the capital on Monday. The major rivers have been swelling in
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Dhaka to go to int’l arbitration for due share of water of common rivers: Minister
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Monday said the government will go to the international arbitration if it fails to realise the fair share of water from common rivers through talks
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ECNEC approves 3 projects worth TK 270.61cr
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved three development projects involving TK 270.61 crore, including one to formulate and conserve land survey and records
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Cabinet okays draft ‘Speedy Supply of Power & Energy Bill’
For extending the law by another four years till October 11, 2018, the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of a Power Division proposal on the ‘Speedy Supply of Power and Energy (Special Provision) (Amendment)