Kathmandu / Oct 31 : The Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) have initiated construction of a mini-grid connecting the micro and small hydroelectricity projects unreached by the national transmission grid. NEA Engineering Company and the AEPC have recently signed an agreement with the objective of carrying out detailed feasibility study […]
Kathmandu / Oct 29: The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) venture capital arm ADB Ventures has provided the Good Bricks System, a non-fired brick making solution in Nepal, a $125,000 grant to reduce the industry’s harmful impact on the environment and health. The grant gives ADB Ventures the option to make a future equity investment in […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 28: The Regional Blood Transfusion Centre Bharatpur has been supplying the blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19 infection to the other districts. Centre’s chief Ramesh Kanta Poudel said they are sending the plasma collected in the district to other districts to meet the growing demand in those districts. […]
Damauli / Oct 27 : The hoteliers in Bandipur, a hilltop settlement in Tanahu district, have announced attractive discount offers to attract domestic tourists. The discount offer (upto 10 to 15 per cent) in all the restaurants and hotels here is expected to lure as many as domestic tourists and revive the COVID-hit tourism in […]
Kathmandu / Oct 25: The Karnali provincial government has decided to set up a fund for the protection of Rautes, the nomad community living in jungles especially of mid-west and far-west of Nepal. The fund is focused on the management of clothes, housing and nutritious food for the nomadic community. Chief minister of Karnali Province […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 24: Nepal has won two honourable mention awards under the Global e-Competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics this year. Rahul Ranjan Sah from St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar and Amshu Raj Sedhain from Capital College and Research College, Koteshwor bagged the award, said Suresh Bhattarai, chairperson of the Nepal Astronomical Society. The attending team […]
Kathmandu / Oct 23: The much-anticipated clean feed policy in television systems in Nepal will be implemented from midnight, Oct 23. With this decision in effect, international advertisers have been barred from publishing advertisements in foreign television channels. Issuing a press statement on October 14, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology directed the foreign […]
Kathmandu / Oct 20: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to provide free test and treatment to COVID-19 patients and manage the dead bodies of those dying of the coronavirus infection. In a press statement issued by the commission’s Secretary Bed Prasad Bhattarai on Tuesday, the NHRC appealed to the government […]
Kathmandu / Oct 18: The government has decided not to bear the cost of treatment and PCR testing of COVID-19 patients effective from Sunday. A cabinet meeting held recently decided to bear only the cost of treatment and PCR testing of frontline workers including differently-abled, single women, senior citizens, security personnel, and sanitization workers. They […]
Doti, Oct 16 : Paragliding has been started at Rubaskanda Budar of Jorayal Rural Municipality-2 in the district. With this, regular paragliding has come into operation for the first time in the Sudurpaschim province. The Chhatiwan Tourism Promotion and Conservation Committee and the Baitadi Amazing Adventure Pvt Ltd have jointly operated the paragliding service, which […]
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