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PM : Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina announced that a 50 km embarkment, a ring road having rail provision and a waterway encircling Dhaka would be constructed to protect it from flood as

An area of 4.6 million hectares of primitive forest in the western part of southwest China's Sichuan province will be protected from lumbering because of forest-logging ban issued earlier this month.

The Chinese government is making great efforts to protect its maritime environment. Not only to curb maritime pollution, but also for the strategic development and utilization of marine resources.

The respite from rising medical bills that consumers have enjoyed for several years is coming to an end, according to a new federal study that concludes that the country's spending on health care is

Pfizer Inc.'s impotence drug, Viagra, will be available in some European Union countries within seven to ten days, despite absence of government reimbursement agreements, the company said after the

Malaria, Japanese encephalitis and Kala Azar, which were under control for some time, are re-emerging with increased ferocity, claim health officials. Seventy percent of Nepal's population is at risk

Hopewell Holdings, the Hong Kong based infrastructure group, issued a force majeure notice to safeguard its US$620m investment in its Indonesia power project, Tanjung Jati B. Work will cease on the

An ambitious European Union agreement calling for action from carmakers and oil companies to improve air qulity cleared its final hurdle as it was approved by the European Parliament. The vote clears

The use and import of asbestos is to be banned from next year, the UK government will announce this week. A consultative document setting out a timetable for the regulations will be published by the

China plans to begin a gigantic forest conservation project this year which is expected to turn one-million odd lumberjacks into tree planters. According to the plan, the first-phase of the project,