Kathmandu / Feb 14: The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the Labor Act does not apply to banks and financial institutions, bringing an end to the ongoing legal confusion surrounding the issue. The ruling followed the Swabalamban Bikas Bank case, in which the bank’s employees had filed a lawsuit, claiming they were entitled to […]
Jaleshwor / Feb 14: The farmers of Mahottari Rural Municipality-6 have uplifted their livelihood by making good income from tobacco farming. They said that the tobacco farming is less labour intensive and cost effective. In the recent years, the farmers here have switched to tobacco farming from paddy due to lack of irrigation supplies and […]
Kathmandu / Feb.13: 70 per cent of the target girls have been inoculated in the ongoing nationwide vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 161,874 target girls were vaccinated against HPV on the ninth day of the vaccination campaign. The vaccination campaign […]
Kathmandu / Feb 13: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ram Nath Adhikari, has briefed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli about the progress and problems of different activities carried out by the ministry. In a meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, Minister Adhikari familiarized the Prime Minister […]
Kathmandu / Feb. 13: The first group of 1,000 Nepali auxiliary workers, selected for the caregiver sector in Israel, is preparing to depart soon. The visa process for the first 100 workers has been successfully completed, with the remaining candidates advancing through the necessary procedures. These workers, who will be employed in long-term care facilities […]
Kathmandu / Feb 12: The government has decided to accept 2 million US dollars (around Rs 277 million) for the ’emergency flood rescue plan-2024′ to be provided by the Asian Development Bank under the ‘Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund’. Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, shared it while informing about the Cabinet […]
Kathmandu / Feb 12: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has initiated an investigation into the case of child labour and exploitation involving Rekha Kumari Sharma, a member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly from the CPN-UML. Sharma is accused of detaining a young girl and forcing her into domestic work. The investigation was prompted by […]
Kathmandu / Feb. 11: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has installed on-demand pedestrian crossings (Pelican system) at 36 locations to enhance pedestrian safety. Initially introduced in Babarmahal, the system has been expanded to additional sites in the current fiscal year. According to Jagatman Shrestha, Traffic Management Advisor at the KMC Office, while the system has […]
Dang / Feb 11: Prateek Lohani of Teraute, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-16, has found his calling in commercial lemon farming. Back home after his long stay in the USA in course of higher studies and employment, he has started lemon farming on four bighas land since the last two years. He had brought plants of the […]
Kathmandu / Feb 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged the private sector to come up with a concrete proposal on re-operating the sick industries on a partnership modality. At a meeting of the Commerce-Industry Promotion Dialogue Council held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, he urged the […]
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