Chitwan / Dec 4: The annual production of paddy has increased in the district this year. Paddy production has increased by 11,486 metric tons in the district this year, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bharatpur. A total of 96,482 metric tons of paddy was produced in an area of 22,972 hectares this year. In […]
Kathmandu / Dec 3: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Uma Regmi has said all three tiers of governments should be sensitive to the issues of people with disabilities (PWDs). At a programme organized by the National Disable Fund on the occasion of 31st International Day of Persons with Disabilities here today, Minister Regmi […]
Bharatpur / Dec 3: Bharatpur Metropolitan City has decided to provide a 50 per cent subsidy for fish farming. The subsidy goes for electricity tariffs under the Livestock Service Development Programme as approved by the metropolis for the current fiscal year. The scheme aims to increase agricultural products as stated in the policy and programmes […]
Kathmandu / Dec.3: Even though the price of petroleum products from India has decreased, Nepal Oil Corporation has said that the price of petroleum products will not be reduced immediately. The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) sent the list of the reduced price of petrol, diesel, kerosene, and jet oil to the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) […]
Sharad Sharma / Kathmandu, Dec 1: New HIV infections fell by 84 per cent in the past two decades in Nepal. According to data unveiled by the National Centre for Aids and STD Control, Teku, the Ministry of Health and Population, new infections declined by 84 per cent in 2021 in comparison to 2000. In […]
Kathmandu / Dec 01: NEA makes profit of Rs 8.5 billion in first three months of current FY In the first three months of the current financial year, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has earned a profit of about Rs 8.5 billion. According to the financial statement (provisional) for mid-July to mid-October of the current […]
Kathmandu / Dec 1 : Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said the country experiences no economic crisis, but still it continues to deal with some challenges in the relevant sector. In his address to a programme organised here today on the occasion of 26th anniversary of the Society of Economic Journalists- Nepal (SEJON), the Minister […]
Kathmandu / Nov 30: Counting of votes cast under the proportional representation (PR) of the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly is underway. As per the details of the Election Commission recorded till 6:00 pm Wednesday, the CPN UML is leading the vote count. The party has received 2,720,639 votes […]
Waling / Nov 30: Orange production has increased in Syangja this year. The district produced 22,500 metric tonnes orange this year, the Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Syangja stated. The farmers have been enthused with the production growth with orange farming becoming a viable means of livelihood for them in recent days. Chief of the AKC Syangja, […]
Sindhupalchowk / Nov 30: Minister for Water Supply Umakanta Chaudhary assured that water dispensation from the Melamchi Drinking Water Project would be resumed in the Kathmandu Valley by December 13 this year. Minister Chaudhary made this statement in course of taking stock of the progress of the project at the origin of the Project -Ambathan- […]