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Prayers at home to fight COVID-19 spread

Death toll from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Indonesia has reached 181, as 11 others died in the past 24 ...

32,192 Indonesian migrant workers return from COVID-19-hit nations

- as the chair of Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling -- in handling Indonesian migrant workers, who were ...

Seven die of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Prof. Wiku Adisasmito from the Expert Team for the Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 handling confirmed that ...

Development must curb environmental impacts: BNPB

Every development project must be mapped out to minimize environmental impacts, according to a panel during the ...

Lebak's 18 Islamic boarding school buildings damaged by flooding

Nearly 18 Islamic boarding school (pesantren) buildings incurred serious damage after a flash flood recently inundated ...

BNPB cautions Jakartans against extreme weather

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has cautioned residents of Jakarta and the surrounding areas of Bogor, ...

Flash flood in Lebak majorly wrecks 1,060 houses

A total of 1,060 houses in six sub-districts in Lebak District, Banten Province, suffered severe damage after ...

3,721 disasters occurred in 2019: BNPB

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Data and Information Center and Public Relations, Agus Wibowo, said ...

Ministry of Finance insures 1,360 buildings worth Rp10.8 trillion

The Ministry of Finance insured 1,360 buildings, with asset value of Rp10.8 trillion, in 2019, by a consortium called ...

VP Ma'ruf Amin leads meeting on reconstruction in Palu, Lombok

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin led a meeting at the Vice Presidential Offices in Jakarta, Thursday, to deliberate on ...

Indonesia struck by 3,155 natural disasters during January-Nov 7, 2019

A total of 3,155 natural disasters, generally hydrometeorological in nature, hit Indonesia during the January-November ...

South Sumatra government extends wildfire emergency alert status

The South Sumatra provincial government has extended the emergency status concerning the ongoing land and forest fires ...

Weather modification intervention yields results in Riau region: BNPB

The use of weather modification technology produced artificial rain in Riau in a bid to tackle forest and land ...

Pontianak plans to change school hours owing to haze

Mayor of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Edi Rusdi Kamtono announced the local government's plan to temporarily change ...

Banten earthquake caused by subduction of Indo-Australian plate

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Banten was due to the subduction of the Indo-Australian plate under the Eurasian ...