Kathmandu / Dec 14: Of the 175 million liters of water brought from Melamchi River in Sindhupalchowk district under the Melamchi Water Supply Project, 110 million liters has been distributed in the Kathmandu Valley since December 9. Since the water was not regularly pumped into the new distribution network made by the Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani […]
Netra Shahi / Jumla, Dec. 13: A 150-MW Jawa Tila Hydropower project is to be built in Jumla where the electricity supply is far below the demand. A board meeting of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) held recently decided to initiate the project estimated to cost Rs 35 billion. The NEA board meeting was held […]
Kathmandu / Dec 13: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said education contributes to personal development of every citizen. President Bhandari opined that education has significant role to make human beings good, capable, proficient and competitive. At a golden jubilee ceremony of Bansbari Secondary School at Kathmandu Metropolitan City-4 on Tuesday, she expressed the belief that […]
Kathmandu / Dec 13: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) today carried out cleaning in the premises of 89 community schools within its area on the occasion of the 28th Metropolitan City Day. This activity is part of the KMC’s week-long programmes marking KMC Day.KMC Environment Department Chief Sarita Rai said that the metropolis has provided […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 12: The Lainchaur area in Kathmandu got waterlogged today afternoon as the drinking water pipeline of the Melamchi project burst due to water pressure. The pipeline of the Melamchi laid at the main road in front of the Banque Building burst which resulted in water logging. Locals complained that the road was […]
Kathmandu / Dec 12: The Nepal Rastra Bank’s (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari on Monday said that the liquidity problem in the country’s banking system has gradually been solved. Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Nepal Bankers’ Association, Governor Adhikari said the interbank rate has fallen to 7.07 percent from 8.5 percent. According […]
Kathmandu / Dec 12: There were more invalid votes under the proportional representation (PR) than under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. Out of the total, 11.04 million votes cast under the FPTP in the recently concluded elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly, 5.06 per cent votes were invalid, according to the Election […]
Gulmi / Dec 11: Coffee farming in Gulmi district has attracted local farmers following a surging demand for coffee in foreign countries including Japan and France. Manoj Pandey and Saroj Belbase of Resunga Municipality-8 have been engaged in farming since one and a half years ago by planting as high as 20,000 coffee plant saplings […]
Kathmandu / Dec 11: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the public accountable democratic exercise has been further strengthened in the country after the newly-elected people’s representatives assumed their offices. Inaugurating the 3rd General Convention of the National Association of Rural Municipalities in Nepal here today, the PM compared the local level government […]
Kathmandu / Dec 11: The Election Commission has lifted the election code of conduct to be effective from Monday, December 12. The code was in force since September 28. The code was in effect for the election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, which has been held successfully on November 20. The decision […]