Kathmandu / Sept. 5: Paddy plantation has been completed in 94.2 percent of the paddy fields in the rainy season this year, less than last year’s 97.89 percent of the paddy production area. According to the Department of Agriculture, farmers planted rice in 1.417 million hectares out of the total paddy production area of 1.504 […]
Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Sept. 5: People can exchange new and clean currency notes for Dashain and Tihar festivals from September 18. Executive director of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Revati Prasad Nepal informed that the public can get currency denominations of Rs 5, Rs 10 Rs 20, Rs 50, and Rs 100. According to him, […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 5: President Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred the rank of an honourary General of the Nepali Army to the Indian Army Chief, General Manoj Pande in a special ceremony held at the Office of the President today. The President also provided the Indian Army chief with a certificate and a sword. The honour […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 4: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government is committed to protecting trade union rights. Addressing a programme to release ‘Karmachari’, an annual bulletin, and to exchange greetings on the occasion of the founding day of the Nepal Civil Service Employees’ Union here today, the PM said the government […]
Itahari / Sept. 4 : The farmers in the Tarai-Madhes region are gradually losing interest in the cultivation of jute, which was once the major cash crop of the region. Especially, jute cultivation was widely done in the Sunsari, Morang, and Jhapa districts of the eastern Tarai. However, it is found that jute farming no […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 4: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has written to seven casinos, asking them to pay entertainment tax within a week. Sending a letter on Sunday, the KMC asked Deltine of Hotel Marriott, Casino Palace of Hotel Annapurna, Casino Rad of Hotel Radisson, Pride International and Recreation of Hotel Hyatt, Majong of Hotel Solti […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 3: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the government had prioritized quality health service. At a programme organized by the NC’s well-wisher organization, Democratic Doctors’ Association, at Lainchaur today, PM Deuba reminded that constitution had guaranteed health and education as fundamental rights to the citizens. “Health sector […]
Bhairahawa / Sept. 3: Industrialists have signed an agreement to set up industries on all the plots in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Bhairahawa. Bhairahawa SEZ, the country’s first export-oriented project, is spread over an area of 52 bighas of land. Although there are 68 plots ranging from 1,400 to 3,700 square metres, only […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 3: Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma asserted that the national economy was returning to normalcy. Minister Sharma attributed the normalcy in the economy to the timely caution maintained by the incumbent government. Addressing the 24th annual general assembly of the Society of Economic Journalists-Nepal (SEJON) here today, Minister Sharma said that remittance […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 2: The National Assembly has passed the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 with majority of votes. Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand tabled the bill in the NA session on Friday. The Upper House received the bill sent by the House of Representatives along with a message after passing it again. Earlier, […]
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