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    Nepal Can Fight Toxic Metals With Plants

    A study says that plants capable of absorbing large amounts of contaminants offer an opportunity to detoxify soil and water as concern grows over...
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    UnPuzzled: How Do Some Himalayan Glaciers Resist Global Warming?

    The Himalayas are fast receding under the impacts of global warming. In contrast, the glaciers of central Karakoram have remained unchanged or even increased...
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    Ninety Years of a Full Life [Part – II]

    In this second part, Naazir Mahmood recounts, through his father's eyes, the two tumultuous decades between 1960 and 1980, that revolve around the government's...
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    Accountability

    Bangladesh’s NHRC to Probe Attack on Hindus; Administration Negligence

    The Bangladesh NHRC investigation into the riots in Lohagara, where Hindu homes and shops were attacked, will also explore negligence on the part of...
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    Sri Lanka’s Crisis of Legitimacy

    In this period of national trauma, all is not lost to Sri Lanka. The political and economic upheavals may yet usher a renewed commitment...
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    Can The Plastic Problem Get More Elephantine Than This?

    A new study has documented the extent of plastic ingestion as an emerging threat to endangered Asian Elephants in Uttarakhand. The researchers say that...
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    Climate change

    Building a Heatwave-Resistant India

    Heat waves may have warmed the environment — but India’s response to them remains lukewarm, if not cold. A more sustained and aggressive policy...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Gets US$ 500 Million World Bank Financing for Flood Risk Management

    The credit will provide a leg up for the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 that aims to attain a safe, climate resilient and prosperous delta...
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    Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Surges 325% in 2026 Despite Taliban Ban, UN Reports

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    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

    The balance struck in Colombo will be watched as a test case for risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendation 8 across the region.
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    Nepal Approves 94 FDI Projects Worth Rs 5.11 Billion Amid Shift to Smaller Ventures

    Beyond new project approvals, the department cleared 10 share purchase or subscription agreements worth Rs 1.69 billion and 20 technology transfer agreements during the month.

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    Sri Lanka Under FATF Scrutiny as NGO Oversight Measures Draw Global Attention

    The balance struck in Colombo will be watched as a test case for risk-based implementation of FATF Recommendation 8 across the region.
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