New Delhi, May 11, IRNA -- The death toll in Bangladeshˈs worst industrial disaster today rose to 931 as rescuers overnight pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from sandwiched floors of the ill-fa

10th meeting of the regional consultative committee of Asian Disaster Management Centre (ADPC) took place on March 25-27 in Ul

Padang, W Sumatra, March 14 (Antara) - The West Sumatra provincial government has agreed to allocate Rp3.36 billion in fund to carry out a disaster preparedness and response program this year.

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)--Japan marked the second anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a government-sponsored memorial ceremony on Monday, offering prayers for nearly 16,000

Jakarta, Feb 5 (Antara) - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has allocated Rp1 trillion to build four disaster shelters this year.

Medan, N Sumatra, April 20 (ANTARA) - The head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency for Region I in Medan, North Sumatra, Herry Saroso, said that Indonesia can be referred to as a

Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is to host a ministerial conference to reduce the impact of natural disasters in Asia, an official said.

Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster protesting against Lord Sebestian Coe, the Chairman of the London Organising Committee of Olympic Games, for the choice of Dow Chemical as sustainability partne