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Promotion of cooperatives is government’s priority: PM Oli

Kathmandu / March 31: Prime Minister KP Oli has said the government is committed to developing the cooperatives sector as a means of organising the marginalised and unorganised sector. Addressing a seminar on network management for financial inclusiveness, organised by the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperative Unions Ltd (NEFSCUN) here today, PM Oli […]


Driven by will of achieving different identity women in income generation (Commentary)

Pabitra Guragain / Kathmandu: Bebi Thulung Rai of Nagdesh of Bhaktapur feels a kind of satisfaction in return of her Dhaka (traditional textile made of cotton thread) weaving business that she started some two years ago with a nominal investment, as this business is paying off a net profit of up to Rs 25,000 to […]


Government expresses serious reservation over EU-India statement

Kathmandu / March 31: The Government has expressed serious reservation over the reference to Nepal made in the Joint Statement of the 13th EU-India Summit held in Brussels on 30 March, calling it ‘against the fundamental principle of non-interference in internal affairs of a country in breach of UN Charter and norms of international law’. […]


Construction of Pokhara Intl Airport to begin from New Year

Pokhara / March 31: Finally, after a long wait, construction works of the Pokhara Regional International Airport would begin from the Nepali New Year. A foundation stone for the construction of the Airport would be laid on April 13. The High Level Support Committee formed for the same held a meeting today and informed it. […]


High-level committee formed to probe public land sale

Kanchanpur / March 31: The Ministry of Urban Development has formed a high-level committee to investigate into the public land that was sold or given on lease without following the due process. The Ministry formed the committee headed by its senior Engineer Suraj Poudel to probe the land sold or leased by Mahendranagar Municipality after […]


Land worth Rs 5 million donated to health post

Surunga (Jhapa) / March 31: Local donors have provided five kattha of land worth Rs 5 million free of cost for the construction of a building of Goldhap Health Post. It is noted that Yagya Raj Pakuwal, Ramesh Pakuwal, Jeevan Pakuwal, Sharma Raj Shiwakoti and Homraj Shiwakoti of Goldhap-2 donated one kattha each for the […]


Asian Development Outlook launched with projection of economic growth; Nepal to have 3 % growth this year

DBKathmandu / March 30: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today released the Asian Development Outlook 2016, in which Nepal’s economic growth in the coming Fiscal Year is projected to reach 4.8 per cent. The ADB in the Outlook states that the economic growth slowed down and was limited to three per cent due to the […]


Term to complete reconstruction works will be extended by a year: PM Oli

Chitwan / March 30: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the time to complete the reconstruction works, which were obstructed due to earthquake and border blockade, would be extended for one year. Addressing the inaugural session of the 18th annual general meeting and silver jubilee of the Federation of Contractor’s Association of Nepal […]


National Journalism Day to be marked on May 5-7

Kathmandu / March 30: Preparations were made to mark the National Journalism Day for three days across the nation. The day would be marked on May 5, 6 and 7. The meeting of the main committee formed for the purpose held today at the Ministry of Information and Communications decided it. Information Minister Sherdhan Rai, […]


Incorporating climate change issues in local planning process stressed

Nepalgunj / March 30: It has been underlined that the issue of climate change adaptation be incorporated in the operational plan while formulating plans at local level. It was insisted at a six-day training on ‘Climate change and community-based adaptation plan formulation’ organized by the Climate Change Adaptation Model Programme of the Ministry of Population […]




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