ECONOMY
Import of sheep, mountain goats from Rasuwagadhi drops
Import of sheep, mountain goats from Rasuwagadhi drops
RASUWA, Sept 24: Nepal has imported only 55 sheep and mountain goats from the northern Rasuwagadhi border point this year. The import has dropped in comparison to the previous year as the price of livestock has gone up and the sheep and mountain goats are consumed in Tibet itself.
Sep 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Nepali, Indian entrepreneurs join hands to promote tourism
Nepali, Indian entrepreneurs join hands to promote tourism
SILIGURI (INDIA), Sept 24: Tourism entrepreneurs of Mechi zone and other stakeholders of Nepal have coordinated with tourism entrepreneurs of the Indian state of West Bengal for the promotion of tourism of both countries.
Sep 24, 2017
ECONOMY
Tribute paid to conservationists who died in Ghunsa mishap
Tribute paid to conservationists who died in Ghunsa mishap
KATHMANDU, Sept 24: A memorial service was organized in Kathmandu on Saturday, commemorating the conservationists who died in Ghunsa helicopter mishap 11 years ago in the eastern mountainous district of Taplejung.
Sep 24, 2017
ECONOMY
GMR starts giving compensation to locals, after long wait
GMR starts giving compensation to locals, after long wait
DAILEKH, Sept 24: GMR, the developer of Upper Karnali hydroelectricity project, has started distributing compensation to the locals at a very slow pace, after a long wait, against the land acquired for the project.
Sep 24, 2017
ECONOMY
NRB, World Bank differ on impact of fiscal transfers, recent floods
NRB, World Bank differ on impact of fiscal transfers, recent...
KATHMANDU, Sept 24: While the World Bank has recently revised its economic growth forecast for Nepal down to 4.6 percent for the current Fiscal Year 2017/18, partly due to the impact by recent floods, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has, however, played down such worries.
Sep 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Kandel, Baral awarded Madan Puraskar, Jagadamba Shree respectively
Kandel, Baral awarded Madan Puraskar, Jagadamba Shree respec...
LALITPUR, Sept 24: Poet Ghanashyam Kandel has been awarded with the Madan Puraskar -2073 for the epic titled Dhritarastra. Dhritarastra is his sixth book where he has sympathized with the blind king Dhritarastra, a major character of the Mahabharat.
Sep 24, 2017
POLITICS
Heads of all three branches of govt out of country
Heads of all three branches of govt out of country
KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The heads of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government are all out of the country at a time when the country is passing through a series of crucial elections. Many see this as serious negligence towards domestic priorities and the important happenings wit...
Sep 24, 2017
SOCIETY
Last month’s flood takes its toll on wild buffaloes of Chitwan National Park
Last month’s flood takes its toll on wild buffaloes of Chitw...
CHITWAN, Sept 24: Wild buffaloes translocated to Chitwan National Park (CNP) from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve few months ago have been hard hit by last month’s floods. Electric fences were put to cover 30 hectors of land at Padampur area of the national park to keep those animals. 12 buffaloes fro...
Sep 24, 2017
POLITICS
Parliamentary panels acting as govt's mere shadow
Parliamentary panels acting as govt's mere shadow
KATHMANDU, Sep 24: Instead of working as watchdogs over the government, the parliamentary committees have become loyal to it and favor its policies and decisions, recent decisions of some of these committees show.
Sep 24, 2017
ELECTION
NC poised to be the largest party in Province 2
NC poised to be the largest party in Province 2
KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The ruling Nepali Congress is leading the Province 2 elections, winning more number of seats than any other party so far but the party still appears to be short of the required number to lead the district coordination committee on its own.
Sep 24, 2017