
Kathmandu / Jan 9 : Emphasis has been laid on ordinary people’s access to energy in order to bring reforms in the living standard of the poor people, and ensure their right to education and health. Speaking at a programme here on Friday, representatives of various energy related organisations said initiatives must be taken to […]

Chitwan / Jan 6 : A foreign employment returnee has found a niche in hotel entrepreneurship back home. Guru Poudel of Ramgram Municipality-5 in East Nawalparasi district has utilized his six years of skills he gained in the United Kingdom by pursuing hotel business. Now he has opened a hotel named Guru Greenery Restaurant and […]

Kathmandu / Jan. 4: Kobit Singh Baniya, a student of Patan Multiple Campus, won the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Nepal competition. The GSEA Nepal competition was successfully organised virtually on January 3, 2021. Baniya also won a cash prize of Rs. 100,000 in GSEA Nepal Finals. Kobit’s company Leaf Plus is a socio-economic enterprise […]

Kathmandu / Jan 2 : A census of the water birds has been started in the country from Saturday with the objective of collecting the details and status as well as updating the number of endemic and migratory birds in the wetlands. The Wetlands International has been globally coordinating the water bird census that is […]

Kathmandu / Dec 30: Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a loan amount worth Rs 18.25 billion (156 million US dollar) for upgrading the electricity grid system in Nepal. Shreekrishna Nepal, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and Rudi Louis Hendrikus Van Dael, Officer-in-charge, Nepal Resident Mission of ADB, signed an agreement to […]

Galkot / Dec 29 : At a time when the people’s representatives are blamed of chanting the slogan of ‘prosperity’ but avoiding any substantial responsibility, a ward member here has devoted himself in agriculture. Ward member of Galkot Municipality-11 of Baglung district, Shyam Shrees, has involved in agriculture for 10 years. Shrees has commercial vegetable […]

Kathmandu / Dec 27: The Language Commission has been developing the grammar of near-extinct languages spoken in various parts of the country. The languages with less than 100,000 speakers are regarded as near-extinct. The commission, established as per Article 287 of the Constitution of Nepal, has already developed the grammar of Bambule, Raji, Dotyali, Doteli, […]

Kathmandu / Dec 22 : The Government of Nepal and the World Bank signed a $80 million (around NPR 9.3 billion) project today to bolster Nepal’s agriculture sector by strengthening rural market linkages and promoting entrepreneurship while creating jobs to support post-COVID-19 recovery. The Rural Enterprise and Economic Development Project (REED) project was signed Monday […]

Pokhara / Dec 9 : The Paschimanchal Hotel Association (PHA) Pokhara has launched a four-day ‘Visit Pokhara Campaign’ in a bid to revive tourism marred by ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic. This campaign taking place from today aims to revive and promote domestic tourism, said President of the PHA, Pokhara, Bikal Tulachan. The campaign covering main […]

Janakpur / Dec 12: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has said that the government was working to bring high-level infrastructure development to Janakpurdham. Inaugurating the new terminal building and control tower at Janakpur airport today, he described the airport as a mode of friendship between the federal, provincial and local level […]