KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Around 90 per cent paddy plantation has been completed throughout the country so far.

ROLPA, March 19: Over 50 per cent births in Rolpa still take place at home, though the government has implemented various health programmes to ensure safe maternity care so as to reduce child and maternal mortality rates.

KANCHANPUR, Feb 11: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy Kamal Thapa has said that 40 per cent people in the country are still deprived of electricity supplies.

Special Court, 17 per cent of cases settled

MUSTANG, Jan 23: Number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang district has increased by 34.49 per cent in 2017 as compared to 2016.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 29: CPN (UML) leader and former Minister Lalbabu Pandit has claimed that he would reduce crime by 50 per cent were he to get the Home Ministry portfolio in the new government.

70 per cent voter turnout: EC

December 8, 2017 19:25 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 8 - Approximately 70 percent of voter turnout was recorded in the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies held Thursday, according to the Election Commission (EC). The EC's fresh announcement is more by three percent than the preliminary report of the EC.

40 per cent votes cast till 1:00 PM

December 7, 2017 13:47 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Forty per cent votes have been cast till 1:00 PM under the second phase of elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies in 45 districts across the country today.

DOTI, Dec 7: Thirty per cent voters from Doti have cast their votes by 11 PM with excitement.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: The votes have been cast around 55 percent in province four and five till 3:00 PM.  According to information shared by the Joint Election Operation Center officer Baikuntha Gautam, 70.45 per cent votes have been cast in Mustang and 70.97 per cent votes have been cast in Manang district.

Thirty per cent vote has been cast till 12:00 PM today in Solukhumbu under the elections of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies.

Fifty per cent vote has been cast till 12:00 pm today in Rasuwa under the elections of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies.

KATHMANDU,   Nov 21: On a Republica Poll, 42% believed that the Left Alliance would come victorious in upcoming elections of House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly. Thirty one percent stated the win of Democratic alliance and 26% voted for others.

KATHMANDU, September 4: Hotel booking has gone up with the start of the tourism season in the country.

KATHMANDU, July 26: Only the Ministry of Livestock Development has addressed cent per cent complaints filed by general public at Hello Sarkar program.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepal Women's Association (NWA), a sister wing of the Nepali Congress, has demanded that 33 per cent women representation be insured in the cabinet.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Fifty-three per cent voting had taken place until 1.30 pm under the second phase of local level election underway in Province Nos. 1, 5 and 7 today. The voting will take place until 5 pm.

KATHMANDU, June 17: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has been receiving tax levied on rental charges from only 22 per cent of the total number of house owners in the capital city.

KATHMANDU, May 28: The Government has estimated the economic growth of the current fiscal year to increase by 6.94 per cent.

KATHMANDU, April 17: The total capital expenditure in the country has stood at 36 per cent in the first nine month of the current fiscal year.

DADELDHURA, Jan 31: Most of the public works of development in Dadeldhura are undertaken by consumers themselves.

For many smartphone owners, checking their phones is among the first and last things they do every day, with 61 per cent respondents saying they look at their devices within 5 minutes of waking up, a report said.

SOLUKHUMBU, Jan 2: The number of tourists visiting the Mt Everest region shot up by a whopping 33.66 per cent in 2016 as compared to 2015.

POKHARA, Jan 1: The Lake City of Pokhara has recorded a cent percent occupancy in hotels for the first time following the 2015 April earthquake. Rooms in Pokhara at present are full with people enjoying the New Year 2017.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: More than 85 per cent of the total HIV infection in the country has been found transmitted from unprotected sex, a study by the National Centre or AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) revealed.

Fifty per cent factories defunct

August 14, 2016 10:00 am

ILAM, Aug 14: A huge bulk of the industries registered with the Cottage and Small Industry Development Committee –Ilam have shutdown.

Fifty per cent factories defunct

August 14, 2016 10:00 am

ILAM, Aug 14: A huge bulk of the industries registered with the Cottage and Small Industry Development Committee –Ilam have shutdown.

ST. KITTS, June 27: Rapper 50 Cent, also known as Curtis Jackson, was formally charged and cautioned for using indecent language during at a music concert here.