Vegetable supplies to Ktm down by 100 tons

Published On: August 15, 2017 10:44 AM NPT By: Muna Sunuwar

KATHMANDU, Aug 14: Recent floods in the eastern part of Nepal have caused the supply of vegetables to the Kathmandu Valley to go down by at least 100 tons.

KATHMANDU, August 14: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is preparing to allow development banks to handle government transactions in local units after commercial banks showed reluctant to show their presence in all local units.

BIRGUNJ, Aug 13: The composite fiber LPG cylinders, imported in Nepal after a delay of four years since the government issued a related policy, is now facing problems of distribution.

Flights to Biratnagar to be affected for few more days

Published On: August 14, 2017 09:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Domestic airlines have announced that their flights to Biratnagar will be halted for a few more days.

Landslides caused by road expansion damage paddy

Published On: August 14, 2017 09:44 AM NPT By: Jagat Khadka

BAJHANG, Aug 13: Landslides have destroyed the paddy fields of dozens of farmers in the district, turning them into riverbanks. With their farms lost, the farmers have become landless.

NEA lowers power generation, imports as demand falls

Published On: August 14, 2017 09:38 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Nepal Electricity Authority is producing electricity below the capacity of the power plants because of lowered demand or halted supply in the urban centers of the eastern and central regions of the country.

TOKYO, August 14: Japan’s economy gained momentum in the April-June quarter, growing at a hearty 4.0 percent annual pace fueled by stronger consumer spending and corporate capital investment.

Mini-hydro project canal washed away

Published On: August 14, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: SHIVA LAL SUBEDI

GULMI, August 13: Incessant rain for the last three days has washed away the biggest hydro power project in the district, leaving several wards of Musikot and Badikot villages without power. The dam of Daramkhola hydro project located at Musikot-9 collapsed in the flood. This is the biggest mini hydro project in the country.

NEA to mobilize monitoring team to study flood damages

Published On: August 13, 2017 07:44 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 13: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to mobilize a central monitoring team to assess the loss it incurred due to floods and landslides triggered by the heavy rainfall across the country.

High-level committee formed to provide relief to agro sector

Published On: August 13, 2017 04:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 13: The Agriculture Development Ministry has formed a high-level committee to provide immediate relief after carrying out study of losses incurred by the agro sector in the recent flood and landslide following incessant rainfall.