Environment

Speakers stress need for special policy to rehabilitate displaced people

Staff Correspondent, Khulna Speakers at a discussion session on Tuesday (Sept 8) said south-western part of Bangladesh is one of the disaster prone zones of the globe owing to its Read More

2 rescued alive in Nepal 10 days after devastating floods

Balu Sattar now turns to invisible controller of Sirajganj politics, monster of Jamuna

Govt moves to bring e-rickshaws under policy framework: Shahe Alam

India says Ganga Treaty issues to be discussed under JRC; Bangladesh awaits response

Nepal flood death toll rises to 633, nearly 3,000 missing

Nepal flash flood update: Death toll rises to 626, with 2,426 missing

TDS Desk: The latest figures, released by Nepal’s disaster management authorities, increased from the previous toll of 579 deaths and 1,924 missing people. Nepal’s death toll from catastrophic flash floods

2,400 still missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods; 586 deaths confirmed so far

AFP, Kathmandu Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the

Climate change boosted risk of devastating Himalayan flood, experts say

Rising temperatures, melting glaciers and changing freeze-thaw patterns could be making high-mountain slopes more unstable, increasing the risk of cascading disasters, scientists say. Reuters: Climate change is leading to conditions

Nepal flood death toll rises to 359 as search continues for over 1,000 missing

Rescuers search debris-strewn valleys and hillsides as helicopters deliver emergency supplies to thousands cut off by the disaster. TDS Desk: The death toll from devastating floods in Nepal has risen