A David versus Gliath battle in which small distributors and environmentally friendly gas-fired generators win their share of market-opening despite opposition from some EU governments and big
Over 59 pc children of the country aging 6 to 71 months are malnourished in terms of deficient height- for- age or weight- for- age or both.This was unveiled in the survey report "The child nutrition
A five day International Conference on "Arsenic Pollution of Ground water in Bangladesh:Causes and Remedies" began at Agargaon on Monday . It was inaugurated by Former Chief Advisor of the care taker
Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak has said the proposed Ganges Barrage MultipurposeProject is aimed at sustainable development of the southwest region of Bangladesh. The Minister told this at the
India may be able to counter rice patent: India is confident of being able to successfully challenge the basmati patent obtained by Ricetec, say the Union government's legal counsel.
The list of chemical and biological weapons detected and destroyed by United Nations inspectors in Iraq makes horrifying reading: 480,000 litres of live chemical agents; 1.8m litres of chemical
A national agency to monitor marine pollution incidents should be established and funded by the industry, according to the official report, into the Sea Express oil spill published yesterday. The Sea
If the government wants to achieve a 20 per cent cut in 1990 carbon dioxide levels by 2010, more nuclear power plants will be needed, the all-party Commons trade and industry committee heard
A herbal extract which looks red when illuminated with blue light has emerged as the basis of a possible technique for detecting and treating cancer. Researchers based in Vancouver and Kiev are
Chiroscience, one of the UK's largest biotechnology companies, has signed a deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help develop and sell cancer drugs. The US pharmaceuticals company is paying fees to gain
