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    No infrastructure planning can match civil society led collective action

    Policy makers and planners must acknowledge people's action and take these into account in their planning efforts. People’s action can do wonders. The case...

    COVID-19 And Military Coup Result in Poverty; Impact Food Consumption In Myanmar

    An United Nations study estimates that in a worst-case scenario, almost half the population of Myanmar could slide below the poverty line by 2022....

    Nepal’s population experts caution on COVID-19

    New data shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on sexual and reproductive health programmes in Nepal. Experts worry that they won’t...

    Imran Khan Plans A Glitzy City On Mangrove Islands Off Karachi, Pakistan

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is determined to implement a $50-billion real-estate urbanisation project on the Bundal and Buddo mangrove islands in the Arabian...

    Anyone there to pull Lankans out of inflation and poor fiscal management?

    Tourism and the businesses of tea and spices have, together with exports of ready-made garments, been the mainstay of Sri Lanka's economy. But the...

    Pakistan government runs into political storm as it works to obtain IMF loan

    Laws proposed by the government for Pakistan's eligibility for the sixth tranche of lending have run into resistance from various quarters across the country....

    Revellers cross international borders to welcome 2022; throw caution to the wind

    Tens of thousands of people intermingled among complete strangers to usher in the New Year on Nepal's Kosi river barrage. The revellers arrived from...

    Myanmar: EU slams junta for killing aid workers

    The chorus for action against Myanmar's military junta is increasing following the Christmas Eve killing of aid workers attached to Save The Children. Now,...

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    Sri Lanka’s Elephant Corridor Plan ‘Unscientific’

    Nearly 5,000 elephants and 1,600 people have been killed in the last 15 years in clashes between elephants and humans in Sri Lanka, home to one of the largest remaining populations of Asian elephants, according to official figures.

    New Projections Show Extreme Glacier Loss Already at 2°C

    Staying close to 1.5°C on the other hand preserves at least some glacier ice in all regions, even Scandinavia, with 20-30 per cent remaining in the four most sensitive regions; and 40-45 per cent in the Himalayas and Caucuses; stressing the growing urgency of the 1.5°C temperature goal and rapid decarbonization to achieve it.
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