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Sugar mills fail to pay sugarcane farmers
Published On: January 25, 2020 01:14 PM NPT By: Rekha Bhusal
NAWALPARASI, Jan 25: Sugarcane farmers in the country were ecstatic when the sugar mills agreed, after the government's pressure, to clear all pending dues to the farmers within January 21. But the sugar mill owners have yet to clear the dues and the farmers are worried that they will be tricked again.
Homestay not attracted by subsidy
Published On: January 25, 2020 01:09 PM NPT By: Sangam Gharti Magar
BAGLUNG, Jan 25: Last year, the Gandaki Province government had announced that it would provide subsidy for the operation of homestay programs in the province. Hundreds of applications were filed in hopes of receiving the subsidy from the government. More than two dozen applications were filed from Baglung district for permission to operate homestay programs. One and half dozen applicants received the subsidy from the government. But homestay operators in Nishi Khola have not been attracted by the subsidy programs offered by the government.
Valley Pollution Index for January 24, 2020
Published On: January 25, 2020 12:39 PM NPT By: Republica
Valley Pollution Index for January 24, 2020
Street children 'terrorize' tourists as they beg
Published On: January 25, 2020 10:56 AM NPT By: SANDESH SHRESTHA
POKHARA, Jan 25: Street children, including some from India, have been found to have created nuisance for tourists in Pokhara's Lakeside. They beg and run after tourists until some money is dropped off, and this ugly practice is sure to demotivate tourists to prolong their stay in Pokhara, and that too while Visit Nepal 2020 is ongoing, according to businesspersons.
China-returned Nepali student found infected with Coronavirus
Published On: January 25, 2020 09:44 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: A Nepali student, who returned here from China recently, has been found to be infected with the Coronavirus, a government official said.
China’s spring festival
Published On: January 25, 2020 09:01 AM NPT By: Harish Chandra Shah
Nepal and China have a lot in common in terms of culture and celebrations. Like Nepal, various traditional festivals are celebrated in China. Spring festival, also New Year, is the biggest celebration in China. Each year when winter is at its end and spring around the corner, people throughout China and those living outside China enthusiastically celebrate the first important traditional holiday of the year. Chinese celebrate spring festival as a New Year by the lunar calendar. Today (January 25) is their New Year. According to Chinese lunar calendar, there are 12 animals—mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig—to symbolize the year in which a person is born. This year is rat year.
Sapkota to certify five pending bills immediately after appointment
Published On: January 25, 2020 08:11 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Parliament secretariat has planned to certify next week five bills, which were shelved even after endorsement from the parliament in the absence of speaker.
NC rival factions bury hatchet after month-long disputes
Published On: January 25, 2020 07:58 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Nearly a month-long disputes within the main opposition Nepali Congress(NC) have finally come to an end on Friday. The disputes had surfaced after the party President Sher Bahadur Deuba unilaterally decided to defer the 13th general convention by a year and increase the number of the party’s central departments.
MCC will be expedited in best interests of country: Dahal
Published On: January 25, 2020 07:53 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that projects under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will be expedited in the best interests of the country after negotiating with the US on its terms and conditions if deemed necessary.
Minister Bhattarai inspects Tarigaun airport
Published On: January 24, 2020 08:25 PM NPT By: RSS
DANG, Jan 24: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has inspected Tarigaun based domestic airport on Friday.
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