ECONOMY
Tea production in Ilam likely to fall by a fifth
Tea production in Ilam likely to fall by a fifth
ILAM, Oct 29: Tea production in Ilam is likely to drop by about a fifth this year due to incessant rainfall and fog, tea entrepreneurs have said.
Oct 29, 2017
ECONOMY
Contractors collecting illegal tax along highway
Contractors collecting illegal tax along highway
BARA, Oct 29: It has been found that tax contractors assigned by District Coordination Committees in different districts to collect taxes on agricultural products along the highways are charging taxes on the same product on multiple occasions. This is in violation of the law.
Oct 29, 2017
ECONOMY
Smart Telecom starts 4G service today: starts 4G service today
Smart Telecom starts 4G service today: starts 4G service tod...
KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Smart Telecom is launching 4G service from Sunday, becoming the third telecom operator to provide fourth generation high speed Internet on smartphones after Nepal Telecom and Ncell. Officials of Smart Telecom have claimed that its 4G has Internet speed of up to 70 mbps.
Oct 29, 2017
SOCIETY
Climate change affecting human health
Climate change affecting human health
KATHMANDU, Oct 29: An international conference on climate change has expressed worry over increasing risks the climate change is posing on human health by making its way through agriculture, forestry, and environment.
Oct 29, 2017
SOCIETY
Saptari in grief right after Chhat merriment: six of a family die in accident
Saptari in grief right after Chhat merriment: six of a famil...
SAPTARI, Oct 29: The excitement of the festival of Chhat is not over yet and Saptari is mourning. As an ill-fated bus headed for the capital from the district skidded off and plunged into the Trishuli River in Dhading on Saturday morning, 31 people were killed, including six of the same family.
Oct 29, 2017
SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video
Newly built wall collapses after hailstorm
Newly built wall collapses after hailstorm
KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Kathmandu has been inundated by heavy rainfall along with hailstorm on Saturday night.
Oct 29, 2017
SOCIETY
Illegal settlements on riverbanks, geologists warn of flood
Illegal settlements on riverbanks, geologists warn of flood
BUTWAL, Oct 29: The banks of the Tinau River are fast being covered by newly-made concrete houses. Due to the lack of monitoring and regulations, the riverbank has been widely encroached upon by ‘squatters’. Locals say the river is actually narrowing due to the encroachment, adding to the risks of f...
Oct 29, 2017
SOCIETY
Lohani elected Chair of Tourist Bus Association
Lohani elected Chair of Tourist Bus Association
POKHARA, Oct 29: A new Working Committee of Tourist Bus Association – an organization of tourist bus entrepreneurs has been elected.
Oct 29, 2017
ELECTION
Parties fear proxies, backstabbing due to discord over ticket distribution
Parties fear proxies, backstabbing due to discord over ticke...
KATHMANDU, Oct 29: When the Nepali Congress (NC) picked senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel as the party’s official candidate for the federal parliament polls from Tanahun-1, hundreds of leaders and cadres in his home district took to the street demanding a rethink of the decision. The biggest oppositi...
Oct 29, 2017
ELECTION
EC likely to revise its decision
EC likely to revise its decision
KATHMANDU, Oct 29: A day after the Election Commission (EC) started printing ballot papers for central parliament and provincial assembly elections, the Supreme Court (SC) administration on Saturday submitted its letter to the EC seeking details about the progress in printing separate ballot papers...
Oct 29, 2017