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Deuba insists on job creation through promotion of entrepreneurship

Kathmandu / Jan 29: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed the need for exploring entrepreneurship opportunities at the local level to create jobs and achieve self-sufficiency. Speaking at the inauguration of the Nepal Startup and Small and Medium Enterprises Conference organized by the NC Department for Entrepreneurship and […]


Mushroom farming: From cultural taboo to a thriving enterprise

Sanju Paudel / Lumbini : The Brahmins were historically forbidden to eat mushrooms. A popular proverb reflects this cultural sentiment: “Bahun le chyau khaos na swad paos,” meaning, “The Brahmins would know the taste of mushrooms, if they ate them.” A decade and a half ago, Gangadhar Sharma of Belbariya, Kanchan rural municipality-1, challenged this […]


HPV Vaccination Campaign: Actress Koirala declared goodwill ambassador

Kathmandu / Jan 29: The Ministry of Health and Population has declared noted actress and social worker Manisha Koirala a goodwill ambassador for National Immunization Programme and HPV Vaccination Campaign. Organising a programme here Wednesday, the Ministry declared Koirala as the goodwill ambassador. On the occasion, actress Koirala, who is also a cancer survivor, mentioned […]


Bill on social sites presented in Parliament; proposes five years in prison and fine up to Rs 1.5 million

Kathmandu / Jan 28: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has presented the Bill Related to Operation, Use and Regulation of Social Sites in Parliament. The bill was presented in Parliament in accordance with the decision made at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on January 20. The Parliament will hold discussions on […]


Call not to enforce central bank directives and standards in cooperatives sector

Krishna Sapkota / Kathmandu, Jan 28: Stakeholders have raised voice that the Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank should not enforce its directives and standards to the cooperatives sector when the National Cooperative Regulation Authority has been already constituted. At a discussion programme hosted by Nepal Society of Cooperative Journalists (CJN) here today on ‘Cooperative […]


Experts stress on Chure conservation for prosperity of Madhesh

Mahottari / Jan 2: Experts have stressed the critical need to conserve the Chure region for the prosperity of Madhesh. During a two-day orientation on “Chure conservation and development”, organized by the Specialized Research Centre of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), in Madhesh Province at Bardibas, experts noted that daily life in […]


Ruling parties decide to make winter session of parliament effective

Kathmandu / Jan 27: The meeting of the ruling parties has decided to make the upcoming session of the parliament effective. The meeting was held today at the official residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar at the call of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to discuss about the preparations of ruling alliance in the […]


Ministry of Finance directs to halt implementation of four USAID-funded projects for 90 days

Kathmandu / Jan 27: The Ministry of Finance has directed the project implementing partners not to proceed with the implementation of certain projects funded through the grant assistance cooperation between the Government of Nepal and US Agency for International Development (USAID). Issuing a press release today, the Ministry stated that work on these projects be […]


Lamichhane reaches high court seeking cancellation of Rs 6.5M bail

Kathmandu / Jan 27: Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of Rastriya Swatantrata Party (RSP), has approached the Pokhara High Court, demanding the cancellation of the Rs 6.5 million bail set by the Kaski District Court to release him. A bench of District Court Kaski Judge Nitij Rai had ordered Lamichhane to be released on a bail of […]


Speaker Ghimire consults with chief whips of two major ruling parties

Kathmandu / Jan 26: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire, has discussed with the major ruling party Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) about the bill passed by the National Assembly and sent to the House of Representatives. Today, Speaker Ghimire invited Congress chief whip Shyam Ghimire and UML chief whip Mahesh Kumar […]




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