DADELDHURA, Jan 15: The highways in the far western region are often blocked by heaps of snow during the winter season. As a result, hundreds of passengers have to get stuck on the roads as the authorities ‘cannot clear the roads due to the lack of equipment’. Parts of Bhimdutta Highway, which connects seven districts of the far-west with the rest of the country, has been blocked since the past few days due to heavy snowfall. Dasharath Chand Highway, Jaya Prithivi Highway, Dr KI Singh Highway and some other roads are still slippery due to sno

BANEPA, July 23: The Province 3 government distributed 19 types of equipment to farmers at subsidized rates through Agriculture Knowledge Center, Kavre, in Fiscal Year 2018/19.

BIRATNAGAR, July 2: According to Yubak Dhoj GC, secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives, the government decided to open farm equipment rental service with the objective of reducing cost of production of farmers, encourage youth toward farming and encourage use of farming equipment.

SIRAHA, April 17: A few days ago, Rameshwar Prasad Yadav, the in-charge of Majhaura Health Post of Nawarajpur Rural Municipality, was found checking the health of one and half years old Kritika Yadav by holding her wrist in his hand, trying to examine her pulse rate. He was not using even a stethoscope because the health post doesn't have one. The health post lacks other minor medical tools required for checking blood pressure, cough and other problems.

KHOTANG, July 18: District Health Office (DHO), Khotang has recently provided medical equipment worth Rs 500,000 to various health posts of the district.

KATHMANDU, July 13:  The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has been keeping a close watch on the purchase deals of medical equipment at government hospitals after allegations of irregularities surfaced in local media.

KATHMANDU, July 13: The Embassy of Japan has handed over ski equipment to Nepal Ski Association amidst a ceremony at the embassy on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, July 12:  Medical equipment supply to hospitals by some contractors shows  how irregularities are perpetrated by  government officials and the contractors.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Nepal Telecom (NT) is yet to announce global tender for procuring fiber equipment even though it has already been more than nine months since Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) - the telecom sector regulator - permitted the state-owned operator to lay down optical fiber along the Mid-Hills Highway.

KHOTANG, June 1: The demand for ironic objects such as knife, scythe, shovel etc. has increased in Khotang district. Those involved in producing these objects as well as those who sell them at retail price are making good money.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has taken steps to check irregularities while purchasing health equipment and technologies for government-run health institutions.

KATHMANDU, May 10: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has taken steps to check irregularities while purchasing health equipment and technologies for government-run health institutions.

KATHMANDU, May 5: With the current fiscal year about to end, the government has decided to provide additional equipment to hospitals across the country.

BIRGUNJ, April 18: Import of hydropower equipment and machineries through Birgunj Customs Office, which had fallen drastically due to border obstructions last year, is gradually picking up.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Auto Electro Mech Pvt Ltd has launched Shantui construction and earthmoving equipment such as excavators, motor grader, bulldozer and other heavy construction equipment in the Nepali market.

KATHMANDU, Feb 27 : Force Construction and Associates Pvt Ltd, the authorized distributor of Case Construction for Nepal, has said that Case backhoe loader and compactor roller now come with two-year warranty.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The Ministry of Health has said all the primary health centers across the country would be provided necessary medical equipment by the next four months.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8 : Medical equipment worth billions of rupees is dumped in the stores of Nepal's top government hospitals when they break down. The hospitals neither repair such equipment nor auction them off. Bir Hospital, Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj, Kanti Children's Hospital, B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan, the Regional Hospital in Pokhara and scores of others across the country have been dumping expensive equipment for years, preferring to procure new equipment rather than go for repairs.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Here's good news for photo journalists in the country. Now their health and camera will be covered under the insurance scheme.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The Department of Environment (DoE) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) is all set to install air quality monitoring equipment in various 15 places in the Kathmandu Valley, including Dhulikhel.