Kathmandu / July 11: The percentage of people with disability in the total population of Nepal is calculated to be 2.2. The statistics of National Census 2078 BS showed that out of total disability, people with physical disability amount to 37.1%. Similarly, of the total percentage of the disable, 17.1% are with low sight, 5.4% […]
Kathmandu / July 10: The Gross foreign exchange reserve of the country has increased by 27.8 percent to Rs.1967.19 billion as of mid-June 2024 from Rs.1539.36 billion in mid-July 2023. In US dollar terms, the gross foreign exchange reserves increased 25.7 percent to 14.72 billion in mid-June 2024 from 11.71 billion in mid-July 2023. According […]
Kathmandu / July 10: Chairman of the CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli said that there has not been any agreement between the Nepali Congress and UML to form a commission for the amendment of the constitution. Addressing the meeting of the party’s secretariat held at the central office of UML at Chyasal on Wednesday, Chair […]
Kathmandu / July 10: More than 50 per cent of the community schools in the country have less than 100 students, according to a report recently made public by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The report – Educational Information, 2080 BS – stated that the number of community schools with less than 100 […]
Kathmandu / July 9: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) of Bangladesh has written to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) expressing its readiness for an agreement to purchase 40MW of electricity generated in Nepal. In its letter to NEA, BPDB mentioned that the bid presented by the NEA about selling 40MW of electricity for six months in […]
Kathmandu / July 9: The policies and programs of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City for the upcoming fiscal year 2024/25 have been passed unanimously. Members unanimously approved the policies and programs for the coming fiscal year in a Municipal Assembly meeting held on Tuesday. The policies, programs, and budget were approved after incorporating amendments proposed by […]
Kathmandu / July 9: The Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has suspended Dr Mukul Dhakal from the post of General Secretary. The meeting of the party’s Central Committee has decided to dismiss Dhakal from the post of General Secretary, Central Member and Spokesperson of the party. The acting Spokesperson of the RSP Manisha Jha said that […]
Kathmandu / July 8: The upcoming fiscal year’s monetary policy is being prepared to uplift confidence in the private sector, ensure market vitality and end the country’s economic slowdown, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) said. During a discussion meeting of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday, NRG Governor Maha Prasad […]
Anil Parajuli / Hetauda, July 8: Women survivors of human trafficking have started to conduct research on themselves. As a part of research, they have used photo voice as a tool to express their suffering in course of being trafficked. Many women survivors expressed their tragic experiences at the two-day workshop related to participatory research […]
Kathmandu / July 8: With the monsoon gaining momentum, rice plantations across the country are progressing steadily. As of Sunday, paddy cultivation has reached 38.6 per cent, covering 539,766 hectares of land across all seven provinces. According to the Department of Agriculture, the highest rice plantation percentage is reported in Sudur Pashchim at 54.2 per […]
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