Deepak Ghimire / Rupandehi: A majority of the forests in Rupandehi district are increasingly becoming polluted and posing threat to the aesthetic value of landscape as these areas are serving as a replacement for dumping sites for solid waste. Forests cover around 21.56 per cent of the district where there are around 70 community forests, […]
Kathmandu / December 9: Cardiologist and former Executive Director of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Dr Bhagwan Koirala has been awarded this year’s ‘Good Governance Award’. The Good Governance Foundation honoured Dr Koirala amidst a special function here Wednesday. The award was presented in commemoration of the Day (December 9) when the United Nations ratified the […]
Kathmandu / December 9: Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Singh Kakri has argued that it takes a big effort and indomitable courage to break the cobweb of corruption. Speaking at a function organized at the CIAA’s central official at Tangal, Kathmandu today to mark the Anti-Corruption […]
Kathmandu / December 9: The BP Chintan Pratisthan is once again going to run free health camp at different places of the earthquake-hit districts with an objective of protecting the quake survivors living at temporary shelters from cold-related diseases. The Pratisthan is to initiate the second-phase health camp from Aginchowk VDC in Dhading district from […]
Kavre / December 9: The District Forest Office, Kavre, is preparing to implant the bamboo plants in the different areas of the district having high risk of landslide and mudslides due to the earthquakes. The bamboo plants would be fixed in different locations that have witnessed fissure due to the quakes. District Forest Officer Prem […]
Pokhara / December 9: The only campus for girls in the western development region, the Pokhara-based Kanya Campus has received a huge amount of money from different persons for the establishment of revolving funds on the occasion of its silver jubilee celebrations. The amount of the revolving funds would be used for providing scholarships to […]
Kathmandu / December 8: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is all set to resume the monitoring/investigate the Madhes unrest. The human rights watchdog body had put off the monitoring citing insecurity following the attack on the monitoring team and vandalism of the vehicle of NHRC at Jutepani, Nawalpur of Sarlahi district on last December 3. […]
Kathmandu / December 8: The government is to construct fuel storage facilities at Panchkhal in Kavre, Trishuli in Nuwakotand Khaireni in Tanahun. Under Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies Shiva Prasad Tripathi said each facility would have the storage capacity of six thousand kilolitres of petrol. He added that the Chinese government has […]
Kathmandu / December 8: Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Dr Yubraj Khatiwada, has said the first installment of the grants to be provided to the earthquake survivors for house construction is going to be released through the District Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Committee. In today’s meeting of the Social Justice and Human Rights […]
Kathmandu / December 8: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Chairperson Shesh Ghale held consultation with the acting Chief District Officer and other government officials of Sindhupalchowk – one of the quake worst-hit districts – regarding post-quake reconstruction plan. The NRNA which is making preparation to construct 1,000 houses in quake-torn districts called on the senior government […]