Environment

To ensure the new laws do not remain merely symbolic, the CEA has initiated a massive recruitment drive, onboarding 281 new environmental officers to fill a critical staffing void that had persisted for nearly a decade.

For city planners, the cleared riverbanks represent a step toward a cleaner, more resilient Kathmandu. But for thousands of people like Mandira, Lakshmi, and Budhathoki, the demolition drive has simply left them destitute.

For thousands of Bangladeshi fishermen and honey collectors, setting out onto the waters of the Sundarbans to earn a daily livelihood has abruptly devolved into a deadly gamble.

Officials say that the TUW Policy 2026 does not exist in isolation; it is deeply aligned with broader national and regional developmental blueprints.

Managing highly radioactive waste safely for decades to come poses a serious logistical challenge, though Bangladesh has established preliminary bilateral agreements with Russia regarding spent fuel handling and potential reprocessing.

As Nepal navigates its complex geopolitical position – sandwiched between giant neighbours and increasingly courted by global powers – the Mustang uranium proposal highlights the tension between development ambitions and the preservation of sovereignty.

As climate change intensifies arid conditions in many parts of the world, Chinese scientists have shown that with a little help from the earth’s oldest microbes, humanity can begin to heal degraded landscapes at a pace that matches the urgency of the crisis.

As the federal government aggressively abdicates its traditional leadership role in climate science, the burden of addressing global warming is rapidly shifting to state and local governments, as well as the private sector.