Jumla / June 24: The Sinja Rural Municipality of Jumla district has provided new mothers with Rs 5,000 each as maternity allowance. Those expecting women availing delivery services in the birthing centres are beneficiaries of the scheme, said Lalit Rokaya, chief of the Department of Health in Sinja Rural Municipality. A new policy was adopted […]
Kathmandu, June 23: The Bir Hospital has decided to turn its 700 general beds into ‘free beds’ beginning from Friday. The decision was taken by the executive council of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), according to Hospital Director, Dr. Santosh Poudel. The decision followed the special initiatives of the Minister for Health and […]
Gandaki / June 23: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said that the relationship between Nepal and China is historical. Inaugurating the Nepal-China Friendship Dragon Boat Race Festival here today, he opined that the event has added a new brick to bilateral relations. The Festival is organized at the joint initiation […]
Kathmandu / June 23: This year’s monsoon that entered the country on June 14 has now spread nationwide. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, this year, the monsoon took nine days its arrive to spread across the country. Following this development, the Division predicts light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in many places […]
Kathmandu / June 22: The Supreme Court has paved the way for the implementation of the amended provisions made in the Citizenship Amendment Bill certified earlier by President Ram Chandra Paudel. The apex court paved the way for its implementation as it did not issue order to continue with the short-term interim order it had […]
Kathmandu / June 22 : A study centre will be established targeting the people who want to carry out a research on oriental philosophy. The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has in its proposed master plan come up with a concept of establishing the centre named ‘Pathupati Study Centre’ in the Pathupati Area. The project […]
Chitwan / June 22: Altogether 109 wild animals including 22 one-horned rhinos and three tigers died in Chitwan National Park (CNP) in the past 11 months. According to the CNP, 71 wild animals died of natural deaths including aging, illness and attacks from other animals. Likewise, 26 animals died due to dogs’ attacks, two were […]
Kathmandu / June 21: Nepal’s public debt liability has exceeded Rs 217.3 billion. As per the statistic presented by the Public Debt Management Office, Nepal has been obliged to pay its public debt amounting over Rs 1099 billion 720 million towards internal debt and over Rs 1073 billion 520 million towards external debt as of […]
Kathmandu / June 21: The Nepal Film Association has lodged a writ petition with the High Court challenging the decision made by Mayor Balendra Shah of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) to halt the screening of Hindi films. Mandira Shahi, the spokesperson for the Patan High Court, confirmed that the Film Association’s writ petition was officially […]
Ram Bikash Chaudhary / Lumbini, June 21: “It has been around 20 days since I have not been able to sell a single handicraft item. There is no alternative business. I am finding it hard to sustain a livelihood,” said Bishnu Bahadur Basnet, who runs a handicraft business at Lumbini Bus Park. He is struggling […]