Kathmandu / Oct 18: Nepal has substantially reduced poverty between 2011 and 2019, according to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (GMPI) released globally on Monday. The country’s MPI value fell from 0.185 in 2011 to 0.111 in 2016 to 0.075 in 2019, and the incidence of poverty fell from 39.1 percent to 25.7 percent to […]
Mahima Devkota, Kathmandu / Oct. 18: Nepal has been positioned the third in early child marriage in South Asia. As per the study conducted by UNICEF, child marriage of both girl child and boy child is highly prevalent in Nepal and has been listed as third in South Asia. On the occasion of the International […]
Kathmandu / Oct 17: Nepal Calendar Determination Committee has announced the most auspicious time for Bhai Tika this year. According to the committee, the auspicious time for Bhai Tika is on October 27 at 11:37AM. The committee also said that although the auspicious time to receive and offer Tika is at 11:37AM, it can be […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 17: Election Commission (EC) has fixed the number of polling stations and voting centers across the country to be 10,892 and 22,227 respectively. The election of the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Provincial Assembly (PA) is slated for November 20. There are 165 constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) […]
Kathmandu / Oct 17: Nepali cement manufacturers have stepped up their efforts to export local cement after the government enforced providing eight percent cash incentives on the export of construction material. Arghakhanchi Cement exported 2,000 sacks of cement to India on Monday. The company exported two trucks loaded with Nepali brand cement to India. Pashupati […]
कपिल ज्ञवाली / सिद्धार्थनगर, असोज ३१ गते । अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय पर्यटकीय स्थल लुम्बिनीमा चालु आर्थिक वर्षको तीन महिनामा २७ लाख १८ हजार रुपियाँ भेटी सङ्कलन भएको छ । लुम्बिनी विकास कोषले आइतबार र सोमबार गरी दुई दिनसम्म आन्तरिक तथा बाह्य पर्यटकबाट दानपेटिकामा सङ्कलन भएको भेटी गणना गरिएको हो । पहिलो दिन १० लाख ८१ हजार रुपियाँ, […]
Ramesh Lamsal / Kathmandu, Oct 16: With the demise of Satya Mohan Joshi on Sunday, Nepal lost a colossus figure of language, art, and culture. Besides a cultural expert, Joshi was an expert on history and several other areas. He was such a fine historian as he was the one to inform the Nepali society […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 16: Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that all the parties should get together to eliminate poverty in the country. The PM said so while addressing a programme held to introduce the candidates from ruling alliance for the election to the member of the House of […]
Kathmandu / OCT 16: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has asked the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) not to open the letter of credit (LC) for the import of restricted goods. Amending a unified directive on Sunday, NRB directed the BFIs not to open an LC for the import of banned products. The government on Friday […]
Gandaki / Oct 15: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has directed a strict adherence to the election code of conduct, 2079. Complaints in writing or verbal about the violation of the code of conduct should be filed with the EC, he said at a meeting of the district election code of conduct monitoring […]
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