Kathmandu / Dec 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has given the directives to prioritise the women-run industries stressing that the structure of the government needs to change as per the change in the politics of the country. Addressing the discussion programme organized by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, on Tuesday […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: The private sector has criticized the government for bragging about the improvement in external sector indicators to cast a shadow to the existing problems of the domestic economy, stating that the economy is rather grappling with recession. A survey report published by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) shows that there […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: The urban population has significantly increased by around five per cent in the last decade due to migration. A report on Degree of Urbanization in Nepal released by National Statistics Office here today on the occasion of Statistics Day shows that the urban population has increased to 27.07 per cent from […]
Kathmandu / Jan 1: Family members of the two youths who lost lives in the Balkumari incident and the government have inked a four-point agreement today. According to the agreement reached at the Home Ministry, one person from the victim’s family will be provided appropriate employment, additional relief will be provided to the family, the […]
Chitwan / Jan 1: Orange festival is being organised at Ichchhakamana rural municipality of Chitwan from today. The three-day festival being organised with an objective of ensuring market of orange incorporating Tokdand, Dhap, Majhgaun, Sirangaun and Dode villages of the rural municipality. A large quantity of orange is produced in these villages. Chairperson of Ichchhakamana […]
Kathmandu / Jan 1: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Patan High Court to submit its reasons for ordering the detention of UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, who are allegedly involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. The bench of Justice Kumar Regmi has ordered for the submission of ‘Detailed […]
Rukum Pashchim / Dec 31: The people affected by the November 3 earthquake in Rukum Pashchim have received the first instalment of monetary assistance meant for building temporary shelters. They numbered 19,717. According to an official source, so far 19,717 beneficiaries at all six local levels in the district have received Rs 25,000 each, totalling […]
Beni / Dec 31: Til Kumari Humen from Baskun village of Beni municipality-4 of Myagdi district had begun orange farming by selling jewelries. It was some 25 years back she embarked on fruit farming after the paddy crops did not give good returns. As she remembers those days of odd and bold decision to utilize […]
Kathmandu / Dec 31: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) made a profit of Rs 3.4915 billion in the last fiscal year. Speaking at the 25th anniversary program of CAAN on Sunday, Director General of the Authority, Pradeep Adhikari, said that the net operating profit after deducting all expenses of the Authority was Rs […]
Kathmandu / Dec 30: The government has decided to provide one million rupees in compensation to each family of two youths killed in Balkumari incident on Friday. An emergency Cabinet meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar today took the decision in this regard, shared Minister for Communications and Information […]
