SLOW PROGRESS

WORLD BANK'S WOES

ACCORDS SIGNED

POISONOUS WATERS

ANTI-POLLUTION DRIVE

FLOODS ON WEBSITE

FARMERS CONCERN

BANGLADESH GETS AID

In Short

How MEA torpedoed the Bangladesh-India gas pipeline

Mani Shankar Aiyar is known for the many controversies sparked by his provocative comments and controversial ideas. As minister for petroleum and …

Protests grow in Bangladesh over splitting Grameen Bank

Opposition, microfinance activists and US senator voice concern over move

How is South Asia faring on energy?

A new publication on energy in the region raises critical questions

Shark in a soup

The fish, high in demand for its fin, is dwindling in the Indian waters. Will a mere ban on finning protect it?

Wahtech

But what has the state done?

Wah India

Arsenic

IN SHORT

The dark zone

When Down To Earth correspondents nidhi jamwal and d b manisha started filing their reports on the problem of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater,…

Cockpit

In early December 2007, the country prided itself on providing the world with a road map to check the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5NI.…

India to bypass Bangladesh on Myanmar-India gas pipeline

Arsenic attack on Chittagong

People in the port city depend on arsenic-contaminated groundwater in absence of safe water supply

@110 km/hr

Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …

Meghalaya limestone quarries closed

South Asia