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Hotel management study in Nepalgunj
Published On: March 28, 2018 10:03 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, March 28: Soaltee Pvt Ltd that has been running colleges in Kathmandu, Itahari, Bandipur and Pokhara has now established Gate Vocational Western Technical College in Nepalgunj.
Citizenship a far cry for most Madhesi daughters-in-law
Published On: March 6, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, March 6: Hasartjaha Darji, 45, of Janaki Rural Municipality, got married some 25 years ago. She has four children aged 11 to 19 years . She is now a grandmother as one of her daughters already has a child of her own.
Madhesi woman start earning and saving
Published On: March 3, 2018 04:00 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, March 3: As per the roles assigned by the traditional society, men should be engaged in labor, business and wages while the woman should be limited only to household works. However, it seems like the time has changed and the roles have been switched. Women nowadays have started earning and also saving it for future.
Migrant worker husbands infecting wives with HIV
Published On: February 13, 2018 08:17 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Feb 13: Most women infected with HIV in Banke lament that they were infected with the disease through their migrant worker husbands. These women asserted that during their short trips to home, the husbands 'gifted' the disease to them.
Costlier coal worries brick manufacturers
Published On: February 13, 2018 02:45 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Feb 13: The price of coal, which is used by brick entrepreneurs to fire their kiln, has increased by as much as 25 percent with the imposition Goods and Services Tax (GST) by India.
No man's land turning into a cowshed
Published On: January 28, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Jan 28: One thing that comes to our minds when we talk about international borders is tight security. However, the no man's land between Narainapur-4, Ghodadauriya of Banke district of Nepal and Asarniya-8 of Indian district Shravasti, has been turned into animal sheds for years.
Flood victims suffering from cold, cough, fever
Published On: January 3, 2018 10:45 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Jan 3: The dipping temperature has started to take a serious toll on health of flood victims living in makeshift tents set up near jungle areas. Children and elderly people living in these settlements scattered in the jungle area of Kohalpur are the worst affected.
Five months on, flood victims still await relief
Published On: December 30, 2017 03:48 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Dec 29: Even five months after after they were hit by devastating floods in the Rapti River and Daduwa stream, the flood victims of Daduwa Rural Municipality are yet to be provided any relief by the government.
Five months on, flood victims still await relief
Published On: December 27, 2017 06:15 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Dec 27: Even five months after hitting hard by the devastating floods in the Rapti River and Daduwa stream, the flood victims of Daduwa Rural Municipality are yet to be provided relief.
Forest encroachment rampant along Hulaki highway
Published On: December 18, 2017 04:00 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Dec 18: The forest cover along the Nepalgunj - Baghauda section of the Hulaki highway is fast disappearing. Instead, small huts in large numbers have cropped up inside the jungle.
Tired of tall promises, voters avoid campaigners
Published On: December 4, 2017 09:05 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Dec 4: Door-to-door canvassing is widely popular among various political party candidates contesting assembly and parliamentary elections in the district. Despite the popularity of the method, political parties are facing a new problem.
A single woman candidate fielded under FPTP in Banke
Published On: November 9, 2017 06:30 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Nov 9: Altogether 112 candidates have registered their candidacy in Banke for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial polls scheduled for December 7. However, only one Dalit woman will be contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) category from the whole district.
Transport office installs CCTV to discourage corruption
Published On: November 6, 2017 04:30 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Nov 6: In its attempt to minimize corruption, the Transport Management Office (TMO), Nepalganj has kept its officials and service seekers under the surveillance of 11 CCTV cameras.
Passengers suffer as only one aircraft is flying to Karnali
Published On: November 1, 2017 06:00 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Nov 1: Passengers are at the receiving end as many airline companies have stopped flying to Karnali zone after the Tihar festival.
Low storage facility hits Nepalgunj milk project
Published On: October 31, 2017 06:56 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Oct 31: The storage capacity for milk in Nepalgunj is insufficient to receive all milk produced in the far-western and mid-western regions, officials of Nepalgunj Milk Distribution Project, which is under Dairy Development Board, have said.
Kohalpur squatters removed after 12 years
Published On: October 27, 2017 06:53 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Oct 27: Squatters who had built a settlement at Kohalpur-11 by encroaching upon the road at Chauraha have been removed after 12 years. Without the use of force, police removed 72 huts built on the roadside and being used for commercial and household purposes.
TBM put to work for tunneling in Bheri-Babai project
Published On: October 23, 2017 08:01 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Oct 23: The tunneling work at Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project, a national pride project, has been started with the use of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). The machine, imported from China, is regarded an important value addition to the project, which has raised hopes of the contractor to complete the project work on time.
Woman delivers baby boy in mid-flight
Published On: October 10, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Oct 10: A woman has delivered a baby while flying from Talcha airport of Mugu to Nepalgunj on Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) plane on Monday.
Woman gives birth to a baby during flight
Published On: October 9, 2017 01:39 PM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Oct 9: A woman has delivered a child during a flight while she was heading to Nepalgunj from Talcha Airport of Mugu in a flight of Nepal Airlines on Monday.
Nepalgunj airport seeing parking, air traffic congestion
Published On: September 19, 2017 03:44 AM NPT By: Tekendra Basyal
KOHALPUR, Sept 19: Ranjha Airport of Nepalgunj is seeing air traffic and parking congestion in recent years.
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