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Number of people obtaining work permit increasing in Karnali Province

Surkhet / Aug. 10: Number of people going for foreign employment is increasing in Karnali Province in recent period. According to Labour and Employment Office, Surkhet, total 3,300 people obtained new work permit in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS. Information Officer Nirmala Regmi shared that 919 men and seven women had their work permit renewed […]


Call for finding long-term solution to problems of landless squatters in Kathmandu Valley

Sushil Darnal / Kathmandu, Aug 10: Maiya Ale has been residing on the Bagmati river banks with her children for the past 36 years. She is a landless squatter. After the death of her spouse from paralysis 11 years ago, the responsibility of raising and educating their children fell on her. She has been supporting […]


Social Security Scheme: Call for redefining scheme as the financial burden increases

Hemanta Joshi and Sita Bhattarai / Kathmandu: The number of beneficiaries receiving the social security allowance in the past five years has reached around one million while the government’s responsibility under the social security has increased four folds. Presenting the budget for the current fiscal year, 2023/24, Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said the […]


DPM Khadka insists on wider support to Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhesh Fast Track

Kathmandu / Aug 9 : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka, has spoken of the need of support and cooperation from all quarters to complete the Kathmandu-Tarai/Madhesh Fast Track Project within the stipulated timeline. In his address to the fourth quarterly and annual progress review of the Ministry and its subordinate […]


ADB to make additional investment in Siddharthanagar Municipality

Bhairahawa / Aug. 9: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is going to make further investment in Siddharthanagar Municipality (Bhairahawa) of Rupandehi district. Earlier, it had invested in infrastructure development projects including roads and sewerage here. ADB is about to make reinvestment shortly after the conclusion of the previous plan. With the investment from the ADB, […]


Govt decides to endorse National Cyber Security Policy, 2080

Kathmandu / Aug 8 : The government has decided to permit the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to mint 150 million pieces of Nepalese rupee 5 (five) denomination circulation coins. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) decided to give approval for […]


Minister Jwala directs officials for prompt resumption of traffic on highways

Kathmandu / Aug 8: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has instructed the bodies concerned to make the life of the citizens easier by immediately rebuilding the roads and bridges damaged by rain-triggered disasters. He issued the directive to the subordinate bodies to immediately collect the details of the damage resulting in the […]


Education bill draws flak for no per-consultation with stakeholders

Kathmandu / Aug 8 : Stakeholders have expressed their discontent on the proposed arrangements regarding private schools in the bill that the government is set to present at the federal parliament to mend and integrate school education. Organizing a joint press conference today, the organizations related to the private school operators have demanded amendment to […]


Breakthrough in Nagdhunga evacuation tunnel

Bhauch Prasad Yadav / Dhading, Aug 7: The digging work of the evacuation tunnel of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Construction Project has been completed. The evacuation tunnel’s breakthrough was done on Monday with the last blast by following the Nepali and Japanese cultures jointly. The breakthrough was conducted in the presence of the Minister for Physical […]


Manang farmers drawn towards apple farming

Nabin Lamichhane / Manang, Aug 7: Farmers of the mountainous district, of Manang, are getting attracted to apple farming with many finding their calling in this sector. Sol Bahadur Gurung of Naso Rural Municipality-8 has switched to apple farming from traditional agriculture with the farming generating high incomes. “I switched to hybrid apple farming from […]




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