SOCIETY
Vegetable farming changes fortunes of Chepangs
Vegetable farming changes fortunes of Chepangs
DHADING, Nov 1: There was a time when managing two square meals a day was a challenge for the people of the Chepang community. However, their fortunes have changed for good, thanks to vegetable farming. By cultivating vegetables in the steep and barren lands, these indigenous tribesmen are not just...
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Blacktopping done in hurry results in cracks within four months
Blacktopping done in hurry results in cracks within four mon...
GORKHA, Nov 1: The blacktopping of Abukhaireni-Gorkha road was intensified just a few weeks before the end of the last fiscal year just to ensure that the budget allocated by the government would not freeze.
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Banana market growing increasingly popular in the east
Banana market growing increasingly popular in the east
KHOTANG, Nov 1: Banibelas Dhungana of Dhakalbesi of Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhu Municipality-15 has grown over 1000 saplings of various species of banana in his field. Bananas, which grow all year round, are used for multiple purposes including consumption, giving gifts, and for religious purpose. A...
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Local governments allowing mining in Chure to generate income
Local governments allowing mining in Chure to generate incom...
LAHAN, Nov 1: During the last local and provincial elections, one of the promises that almost all political parties and leaders made was prioritizing the conservation of nature and wildlife, especially the Chure range. They stated that the Chure range ecosystem had been badly damaged and vowed to ta...
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Smart license printing halted due to the technical glitch at DoTM
Smart license printing halted due to the technical glitch at...
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Although the Department of Transport Management (DOTM) announced last week that printing of 600,000 smart driving licenses would be completed within 45 days, the actual printing work of the licenses has yet to begin due to some technical snags.
Nov 01, 2018
POLITICS
PM calls key ministers to hospital to discuss security situation, other issues
PM calls key ministers to hospital to discuss security situa...
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Amid some instances of political and religious violence in different parts of the country, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital since Monday, called the defense and home ministers to the hospital on Wednesday to discuss the security situ...
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
DPR revision of road linking China in final stages
DPR revision of road linking China in final stages
RASUWA, Nov 1: Authorities are in the final stages of revising the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Mailung-Syabrubesi road which connects Nepal with China via Rasuwagadhi international trade route.
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Sugar producer arrested for not paying Rs 473m to farmers
Sugar producer arrested for not paying Rs 473m to farmers
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Police in Kathmandu arrested sugar producer Rakesh Agarwal on Wednesday on the charge of not paying dues totaling Rs 473 million to sugarcane farmers.
Nov 01, 2018
SOCIETY
NC blame police indifference for Sarlahi incident
NC blame police indifference for Sarlahi incident
SARLAHI, Nov 1: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has blamed police indifference for Tuesday’s Sarlahi clash between the cadres of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the NC that saw one NC cadre gunned down and seven injured.
Nov 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Application for Upper Tamakoshi shares for general public opens today
Application for Upper Tamakoshi shares for general public op...
KATHMANDU, Nov 1: Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Ltd (UTHL) is floating 15.89 million units of primary shares to general public from Thursday.
Nov 01, 2018