Kathmandu / Oct. 07: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is set to operate a rescue flight from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa and back on October 10, coinciding with Fulpati, a day of the Bada Dashain festival. The NAC has decided to conduct this rescue flight to facilitate travel for those wishing to reach […]
Kathmandu / Oct 7: The government has revised the work procedure to allow for the mobilization of the resource and manpower under the Prime Minister Employment Programme in the post-disaster reconstruction. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security amended the Community Project Based on Pay for Work (Operation and Management) Procedures, 2077 and made […]
Kathmandu / Oct 5: Nepal is to receive 1.06 billion rupees from carbon trade. Nepal is going to receive the amount for reducing carbon dioxide emission through its forests in 13 districts of the Tarai region, according to the REDD Implementation Center under the Ministry of Forest and Environment. Nepal is going to get this […]
Taplejung / Oct 5: The Kanchanjungha region has witnessed a rise on the arrival of domestic and foreign tourists, thereby making base camp bustling. On Friday alone, 65 foreign tourists left for the base camp. According to Tasi Tenzing, a tourism assistant at the Office of the Kanchanjungha Conservation Area Management Council in Ghunsa, the […]
Kathmandu / Oct 5: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung asserted that the government was delivering on post disaster rescue and relief distribution works being sensitive towards disaster survivors. Minister Gurung reiterated sensitivity of the government towards the unimaginable situation facing survivors after the recent rain-induced flood, landslide and inundation. The Minister […]
Kathmandu / Oct 4: The Government has decided to declare three dozen local levels affected by recent flood and disaster as crisis-ridden area. The cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to declare the crisis-ridden areas based on the recommentation of the Executive Committee of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) The meeting of […]
Pokhara / Oct 4: A total of 96,305 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal via air travel in September alone. According to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), this is the highest number of foreign tourists recorded in any September to date. The NTB stated that this year’s September arrivals have surpassed those of previous years, setting […]
Kathmandu / Oct 4: CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has held discussions with the office-bearers and representatives of transport entrepreneurs’ and transport workers’ associations regarding resolving the problem created by the recent natural disasters in the country’s transport sector. The Maoist Centre Chairman, who has carried out a monitoring of the damage […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 03: Nepal, India, and Bangladesh have signed a trilateral agreement to trade 40 megawatts of electricity. The historic deal, signed in Kathmandu on Thursday, allows Nepal to sell electricity to a third country for the first time. So far, Nepal’s energy trade has been taking place only with the southern neighbour India. […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, has said anyone injured in the recent disaster would not be deprived of medical treatment, as the government was ready for the treatment. “Irrespective of the severity of injury, government is ready to provide treatment to all those who suffered and injured in the […]