Bone of contention Nepal's water bill

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Hydropower back in World Bank's good books

Waste-to-energy plant loses aid

ADB withdraws Rs 10 crore

Kathmandu's water supply plan gets going

Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth by 8.8 per cent by end of century: ADB

GDP loss for Maldives projected at 12.6 per cent, for India 8.7 per cent

Treeless forest

How shrimp cultivation turned a mangrove forest into a saline desert

Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

Letters

Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

Dream stuck in pipeline

The Melamchi project promised to end Kathmandu’s acute water shortage. But 15 years later, it is nowhere near completion

Asia, Pacific consuming natural resources too fast

WWF-ADB report recommends green growth and protection of terrestrial and marine environments

SLOW PROGRESS

The last mayor of Kathmandu

Aditya Batra in conversation with Keshab Sthapit, a mayor famous for muscling his way to urban renewal

Development banks, industry say they are climate ready

Multilateral development banks reaffirm their pledge to boost climate financing ahead of Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Summit; a report says big …

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report

3 million children below five died in 2010 alone

Bhattarai's power trip

Power, investments to be highlights of Nepal prime minister's first India visit

Tata Mundra power project blamed for falling fish catch

Project yet to become fully functional has already destroyed creeks and mangroves, says report 

Environmental fallout of cooperation

Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …

Bhutan’s experiments with happiness

The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …