“Mill owners took our canes, processed them to sugar, sold it and earned lucrative profits. However, we are still empty-handed. We are neck-deep into debt as we have borrowed money from the local moneylenders and financial institutions.”

Nepal’s Human Development Index reaches 0.587

Published On: December 13, 2020 04:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Nepal attained a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.587 in 2019, an inch up from the index of 0.579 in 2018.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Nepal recorded 830 new cases, 1,500 recoveries and nine deaths linked with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past one day.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Nearly a year after their agreement with the government in which the latter expressed commitment to ensure timely payments for their produce, sugarcane farmers, who have not been paid by sugar mills for as many as the past six years, have launched protests in Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu.

How kids’ immune systems can evade COVID

Published On: December 13, 2020 02:45 PM NPT By: Agencies

Young children account for only a small percentage of COVID-19 infections1 — a trend that has puzzled scientists. Now, a growing body of evidence suggests why: kids’ immune systems seem better equipped to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 than are adults’.

Man arrested with brown sugar hidden in a face mask

Published On: December 13, 2020 12:58 PM NPT By: Republica

KAPILVASTU, Dec 13: A man has been arrested with the contraband brown sugar hidden in a face mask from Bijaynagar Rural Municipality-4, Kapilvastu.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Gyawali has underscored the need for a comprehensive transformative revolution to address the issue of gender inequality and violence against women and girls in the country.

Man killed in accident

Published On: December 13, 2020 11:37 AM NPT By: RSS

GORKHA, Dec 13: A man died after being crushed by the bus he had been travelling in. The accident took place at Thalajung in Siranchowk Rural Municipality-2.

Man caught with 50 kg hashish in Dhading

Published On: December 13, 2020 10:21 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: An Armed Police Force (APF) team deployed from the Armed Police Force, Nepal Highway Security Post in Adamghat has arrested a man with about 50 kg of hashish. The APF team arrested Deepak Magar, 34, of Galchi Rural Municipality-8 in Dhading district Saturday night.

POKHARA, Dec 13: It’s sad but true. People in some villages in Mustang have reached the decision to leave their ancestral land out of no choice. The terrains where they could easily grow valuable crops, fruits and vegetables have gone barren due to the lack of irrigation facilities. The locals of Lo Manthang, Dhakmar, Lo Ghekar and so on have expressed grief over the “apathy shown by the government”.