Kathmandu / Aug 29:Growing deforestation in line with the recent spur in development works and infrastructural expansion has raised concern among stakeholders. Forests stretching over an area of 570,000 hectares were strewn with slash over 21 years from 2020 BS to 2041 BS. Likewise, 263,000 hectares of forest area was flattened in Chure Zone alone […]
Kathmandu / Aug 26: As many as 107 hydropower projects with collective installed capacity of 2,356 MW electricity are under construction in Nepal. According to Nepal Electricity Authority, these projects are in different phases of construction. Most of these will be completed within a year. The Upper Tamakoshi, which is listed as a national pride […]
Kathmandu / Aug 26: Senior Journalist Mohan Mainali and Jhapa based journalist Maya Pakuwal have bagged KCC Professional Journalism Award established by Kantipur City College. The award, which carries a purse of NPR 25,000 rupees and felicitation letter conferred to the journalist duo amongst a function held in the Capital on Sunday. Commissioner of the […]
Kathmandu / Aug 23: Chairperson of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the state should encourage creation of employment in the country. Inaugurating the 8th annual general meeting of the Events and Venue Association of Nepal here today, Chair Dahal said that the state should not control the entrepreneurs unnecessarily […]
Birgunj / Aug 23: The Parsa National Park Administration has estimated that the number of royal Bengal tiger has been doubled in the Park. The number of royal Bengal tiger has increased due to appropriate habitat, food, wetlands, control of poaching along with expansion of Park area. As per the census carried out in 2013, […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 22:The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) today appointed assistant-coach Bal Gopal Maharjan as acting head coach of the national football team for the upcoming SAFF Championship in Bangladesh. Issuing a press statement today ANFA said an emergency meeting of its committee took a decision to this effect today. “After Koji Gyotoku’s visa […]
Jhapa / Aug. 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today laid a foundation stone of an Ayurvedic Hospital at Kamal rural municipality-7 in Jhapa. The facility going to be constructed by the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction under the Ministry of Urban Development will have 50 beds. It is said to have an […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 21: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said that the country’s new Criminal Codes Act 2018 curtails freedom of expression and the press. Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, the IFJ has expressed serious concerns over some restrictive provisions and demanded immediate amendments in the Act. Some provisions of the Act, […]
Biratnagar / Aug 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has argued that although the local units had authority to impose tax, it should be considered as per the people’s capacity to pay. Addressing the media persons at the Biratnagar Airport today, PM Oli asserted that Nepal’s taxation rate was lowest one among other countries in […]
Kathmandu / Aug 20: Nepathya is set to make their third performance in London. The first being the historic Wembley Arena show five years ago. Three years ago, Nepathya had performed at the O2 Academy Brixton, where they will be performing again on September 1. Earlier this year, Nepal’s premier folk rock band had a […]
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