Sher Bahadur Sharki / Bajura, Feb 16: Farmers in Bajura have started looking towards dragon farming as a new business opportunity. Road linkages in rural villages have encouraged farmers towards dragon farming. Bishnu Raj Pandey, a resident of Himali Rural Municipality-6, said that dragon farming is a good source of earning from the land which […]
Kathmandu / Feb 15: Progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains uneven and inadequate across various segments of the population and within the five sub-regions of Asia and the Pacific, according to a new report published by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on Thursday. The report reveals […]
Kathmandu / Feb 14: The government has announced 35 days of public holidays for the Nepali year 2081 BS. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on Wednesday published the list of public and festive holidays for the year 2081, indicating 27 days of festive holidays. Additionally, six holidays mark specific days while two holidays are […]
Kathmandu / Feb 14: Nepal has secured a spot in the semi-finals of the ACC Women’s Premier Cup by defeating Kuwait in the quarter-final match held today at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Kuala Lumpur. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Kuwait set a target of 74 runs for Nepal. However, rain interrupted […]
Panchthar / Feb 14: President Ramchandra Paudel has stressed that the education system should be focused on development of quality education and urged the authorities concerned to work honestly for the same. Inaugurating the Shreemandbhagawat Saptaha Gyan Mahayagya organised by Phidim-based Panchthar Multiple Campus here today, President Paudel mentioned that education of international standard was […]
Kathmandu / Feb 13: A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found investment-friendly environment in the energy infrastructure sector in Nepal albeit various challenges in the country’s economy. The IMF staff team, led by Mr Tidiane Kinda, conducted a staff visit to Nepal from February 5-12, 2024, to discuss recent macroeconomic developments and […]
Kathmandu / Feb 13: The Terai Arc Landscape has been recognized as one of the seven UN World Restoration Flagships. The announcement was made as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya. This information was shared on Tuesday in a joint news conference organized by the Department of Forests […]
Sindhuli / Feb 13: The Korea-Nepal Model Dairy Village has been officially launched in Kamalamai municipality-5 in Sindhuli today. Republic of Korea’s ambassador to Nepal, Park Tae Yong, Dr Rewati Raman Poudel, the secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, and Upendra Kumar Pokhrel, the mayor of Kamalamai municipality were present on the […]
Kathmandu / Feb 12: Bhim Sharki and Anil Sah cracked a century each as Nepal defeated Canada by nine wickets in the final match of the one-day international bilateral series on Monday. The hosts achieved the 233-run target with 33 balls to spare to clean sweep the series 3-0. In the match held at the […]
Kathmandu / Feb 12: The National Statistics Office (NSO) has stated that 20.27 per cent people still live below the poverty line in Nepal. Releasing the Nepal Living Standard Survey (NLSS) 2079-080 here Monday, the NSO said that country’s poverty rate could not decrease as expected due to Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 and the COVID-19 […]
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