WHO : The WHO has estimated that the donor support for the polio eradication programme in the South East Asia region needs to be increased by 15 per cent this year and 25 per cent next year to meet
In response to WASA's allegation that industrial wastes, mainly the toxic chemicals are polluting the Buriganga river, DCCI(Dhaka Chamber of Commerce) is going to set up an environment unit to
According to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Johanna Bjorkman, Diarmaid Hughes and Dan Andersson, biologists at Uppsala University and the Swedish Institute
Wilhelm Barthlott and his colleagues report that Genlisea's (a carnivorus plant) traps always seem to be empty because the animals they trap are visible only under a microscope. Genlisea are related
Improvements in a technique called reverse osmosis are gradually making desalination a practical technology. Even so, plugging holes in leaky mains might still be a better way to increase the water
A study to be presented shortly to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is expected to recommend the completion of two nuclear reactors in the Ukraine as the "least cost" way of
Genetically engineered plants are marching rapidly across the world's farmland. Last year an estimated 30m acres were planted with crops whose genes had been manipulated to resist herbicide, kill
The first major dam to be built in Laos in 20 years opens amid new environmental and commercial fears. The US$260 million Thuen Hinboun dam in central Laos will sell power to Thailand after being
The Hanumantha Rao committee on fertiliser pricing, in its report submitted today, has recommended deregulation of the fertiliser industry and replacement of the unit-wise retention pricing scheme
