Kathmandu / April 25: A total of 104,123 candidates have filed their candidacies for the local level election. According to the Election Commission, there are 2,744 candidates for the post of Mayor of the metropolitan-sub-metropolitan and municipality and 1,699 candidates for the post of Deputy Mayor. There are 2,941 candidates for the post of Rural […]
Kathmandu / April 25: Although agriculture has been a major sector of the country’s economy as the main source of livelihood, employment and economic and social transformation, it has been found that the country has been importing huge quantities of agricultural goods. Agriculture sector has more than one-third contribution to the country’s gross domestic product […]
Sher Bahadur Sarki / Bajura, Apr. 25: Tilak Joshi, a resident of Budhiganga Municipality, Bajura, has started pig rearing after returning to the village after completing Master’s degree. His daily diary starts from a pig farm nowadays. He arrives at the farm early in the morning, feeds the piglets and cleans the cage. This routine […]
Kathmandu / April 24: The registration of candidature for the upcoming Local Level Election, 2079 BS has started throughout the country today. The Election Commission, Nepal said the registration of candidacy was started at 10 am at the Office of the Election Officer set up at the 753 local levels. The registration of candidacies will […]
Chitwan / April 24 : The Chitwan National Park (CNP) so far reports the death of 34 rhinoceroses in the past nine months of the current fiscal that begun on mid-July. Of them, two died due to poaching while remaining due to other reasons. The park recorded the deaths of 33 rhinos last fiscal year. […]
Kathmandu / April 24: Nepal has emerged as a center for South Asia in recent years as the governments elsewhere in the region are increasingly becoming intolerant toward public debate and criticisms and are even resorting to stifle freedom of expression. This is stated by filmmakers and freedom of expression activists gathered from various South […]
Kathmandu / April 23: A joint election operation centre (JEOC) has been established at the Election Commission under the coordination of the joint secretary and spokesperson of the EC Salikram Sharma Paudel. According to EC, representation of the second class officers from the EC, home ministry, defence ministry and security bodies in the JEOC. Amis […]
Nira Gautam / Rupandehi, April 23: On coming May 16, Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, will be seen abuzz with a host of events in celebration of the 2566th Buddha Jayanti, the day Lord Buddha was born. The Lumbini Development Trust is preparing for celebrating the 2566th Buddha Jayanti in a grand manner as […]
Kathmandu / April 23: The supply of drinking water from Melamchi River is being resumed from Sunday after the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) filled the reservoir in Sundarijal on Friday. This is the first time that the residents of the Kathmandu Vallée will be receiving water supply from the MWSP after the flood in Melamchi […]
Kathmandu / April 22: The Election Commission has clarified that there would be no addition or changes in the voters’ list which was already updated. Issuing a press statement today, EC’s Joint Secretary and Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel asserted that no action would be undertaken on voters’ name lists during the election. The task of […]