Kathmandu / March 18: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) under the Oxford University is to extend technical support to Nepal in its efforts for poverty identification. The Department in 2007 developed an index revealing multi-dimensional reasons for pushing a country into poverty. At a press meet here Friday, the Department shared that it […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The first meeting of the Nepali Congress new leadership held Friday formed a three-member election committee to choose the party’s parliamentary leader. The meeting of the party new central committee selected through the NC 13th General Convention that took place at the party’s central office Sanepa agreed to constitute the election […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The government has been preparing to fix minimum salary of a working journalist at Rs 19,500 effective from coming April 13. Minister for Information and Communications, Sherdhan Rai, has said that proposal of the Minimum Wages Fixation Committee of making minimum salary of journalist as Rs 19,500 and Rs 1,000 as […]
Kathmandu / March 18: Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Masashi Ogawa, paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the President Office, Sheetal Niwas, Friday. During the meeting, discussion was held regarding the projects funded by Japanese government in Nepal, said the Office of the President. Chief Representative of JICA Nepal, Tsitomu Shimizu, was […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The oldest running state-owned Bir Hospital has introduced the MRI service to carter to the needs of patients with a promise of affordable service. Minister for Health, Ram Janam Chaudhary, inaugurated the service introduced at an investment of Rs 86.1 million at the hospital. The Minister also pledged to leave no […]
Kathmandu / March 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) today launched a commemorative coin depicting a portrait of statesman Ganeshman Singh, the first of its kind. Coinciding with freedom fighter Singh’s birth centenary, the NRB issued the silver coin with the leader’s portrait at a joint programme organised by the NRB and the Ganeshman Singh Foundation […]
Kalaiya / March 18: Minister for Agriculture Haribol Gajurel has said that the government was planning to unveil special programmes in agriculture sector to uplift the farmers’ living standards. Inaugurating a programme for the mechanization in paddy farming at Dumarbana in Bara district today, Minister Gajurel appealed to the farmers to use advance technology for […]
Basudev Poudel (Pokhara) / March 18: The 37th meeting of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Council of Ministers concluded in touristic city, Pokhara, on Thursday in a grand manner. Various important decisions were made in the meeting held for the first time outside the Kathmandu Valley. This time too all the member-nation […]
Chitwan / March 18: The Chitwan National Park which has been in the world conservation list has placed forest fire control campaign to save wildlife. The campaign with ‘counter fire’ has been devised keeping in mind the protection of wild species at the onset of dry season, according to the Chitwan National Park sources. CNP’s […]
रत्ननगर (चितवन), ५ चैत । विश्व संरक्षण सूचीमा रहेको चितवन राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्जले आगलागीबाट वन्यजन्तु जोगाउन ‘काउन्टर फायर’ सहितको आगलागी नियन्त्रण अभियान सुरु गरेको छ । आगलागीको मौसम सुरु भएकाले वन्यजन्तुको सुरक्षालाई ध्यान दिँदै यस्तो अभियान थालिएको निकुञ्जले जनाएको छ । चितवन निकुञ्जका सूचना अधिकारी तथा सहायक संरक्षण अधिकृत नुरेन्द्र अर्यालले मुख्यगरी निकुञ्जभित्र ‘काउन्टर […]