POKHARA, July 9: Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) have purchased rescue materials worth Rs 1 million for the welfare of local and international tourists.

UDAYAPUR, June 27:  As a part of the 'President Chure Tarai Madhesh Program', the extraction as well as buying and selling of construction materials has been banned in 12 districts attached with Chure since mid-July.

KATHMANDU, June 21: Social Sustainable Youth Foundation (SSYF) has distributed educational materials for financially deprived students of Mahendra Primary School in Sanothimi, Bhaktapur on Wednesday.

KHOTANG, June 10: Availabilty of fuel, daily consumables and construction materials has been affected in three districts after the Supreme Court issued an interim order that has barred heavy vehicles to ply on the BP Highway.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The fiscal budget has made provisions to levy tax on alcohol, cigars, sanitary, electronics and construction materials.

BIRGUNJ, May 24: With the quake reconstruction picking up pace in quake-ravaged Nepal of late, production of construction materials within the country too has increased to meet the market demand.

DHADING, May 22: Pemba Tamang was recently seen heading uphill carrying a heavy load of corrugated sheets on his back. Pemba, a local of Khaniyabas Rural Municipality in Dhading district, has been transporting construction materials to his home since the past few days.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The already sluggish reconstruction work of Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site damaged by the 2015 earthquakes, has been further slowed down due to acute shortage of traditional construction materials and skilled manpower.

KATHMANDU, April 5: The concrete materials used in the re-construction of Ranipokhari are to be removed from the site aimed at carrying out the work as per the archaeological requirement.

KATHMANDU, March 15: A team of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal (FCAN) has drawn the attention of the Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO) toward unnatural hike in prices of some construction materials in the market.

RAJBIRAJ, Feb 4: As many as 900 flood-affected families have been provided with various relief materials at Sakarpura of Tilathi Koiladi rural municipality in Saptari distric on Saturday.

SINDHULI, Jan 22: The long-delayed reconstruction process which had finally picked up pace has again been halted with the sudden hike in the prices of construction materials.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Samim Miyan Ansari,  a central advisory committee member of UML's Nepal Millat Council Center, distributed blankets and warm clothes to over 1,000 households affected by the recent cold wave in four districts of Province 2.

KHOTANG, Jan 12: A month after the successful completion of the parliamentary and provincial elections, the promotional tools and materials used in the election campaigns are yet to be removed from public places in Khotang.

KHOTANG, Jan 11: A month after the successful completion of the parliamentary and provincial elections, the promotional tools and materials used in the election campaigns are yet to be removed from public places in Khotang.

KHOTANG, Jan 10: A month after the successful completion of the parliamentary and provincial elections, the promotional tools and materials used in the election campaigns are yet to be removed from public places in Khotang.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: The government has decided to distribute relief materials worth Rs 20.22 million to the general public affected by the cold weather in 22 districts of the tarai region.

NUWAKOT, Dec 28: Huge amount of relief materials meant for the earthquake victims remained stored in a warehouse in Bidur while the victims were left high and dry for over two years.

NUWAKOT, Dec 26: Nearly 32 months after the deadly Gorkha earthquake, the District Disaster Rescue Committee, Nuwakot has just started to manage the relief materials received to distribute to the earthquake affected communities.

POKHARA, Dec 5: Carrying 66 types of election materials, returning officers and security personnel have headed for their destinations to hold the parliamentary and provincial elections slated for Thursday.

ILAM, Dec 3: Preparations are underway to send election materials to designated voting centers in Ilam for the election on December 7.  “We are extremely busy to transport election materials,” Prem Kumar Kafle, district election officer said adding that by tomorrow (Monday), all voting centers would have the election materials. See photos of election dispatch here.

CHITWAN, Dec 2: A team of the Deputy Attorney General Uddhav Pudasaini and Joint Secretary, Ram Krishna Subedi of Home Ministry deployed police to tear party election materials, pamphlets and flags at Chitwan. The move comes after political parties of the district violated the election’s code of conduct.  The monitoring team also met with leaders all parties and urged them to abide by the election’s code of conduct.

SINDHUPALCHOK, Nov 22: As many as 64 types of election materials will be used during parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for November 26 and December 7.

JUMLA, Nov 16: Unidentified group looted voters’ education materials at Ranukhana of Sinja rural municipality-2, Jumla. Jaya Sankar Chaulagain and Radha Shrestha, volunteers for the voters’ education said that an unidentified group seized the materials when the duo was on their way to educate voters.  Tek Bahadur Budathapa, Chief District Officer, Jumla said that security had been stepped up following the incident.

SURKHET, Nov 11: Police have seized a large cache of explosive materials used for making bombs.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: With 16 days to go for the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) has completed transportation of poll materials to all 37 election constituencies in hilly and mountainous regions, where the first round of elections are taking place.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: The Nepal Army has started to transport election papers, ballots, voters’ education materials, stamp pad among others in Khotang, Dolpa and other remote areas.  Election Officer, Dinesh Khatri said that preparatory works for upcoming Nov 26 election was at final stage at Khotang. The district is home to 125,183 voters. According to RSS, election materials for Dolpa were dispatched from Surkhet. See photos here.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had handed over relief materials to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) for distribution to the flood victims in the eastern and central tarai plains in mid-August. But those relief materials have not been distributed yet.

DAO bans election materials in Khotang

October 17, 2017 03:45 am

KHOTANG, Oct 17: With the parliamentary and provincial elections just around the corner, the District Administration Office (DAO), Khotang has announced to take stern action against those printing, distributing and selling clothes and materials with election symbols of various political parties

Stationery materials distributed

October 1, 2017 10:01 am

GULMI, Oct 1: As many as 150 children from the marginalized communities as Bote Majhi and Kumal at Balithum in Gulmi Durbar Rural Municipality-1 in Gulmi district received stationery materials as a Dashain gift from their local leader.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has sent materials for performing kshama pooja (forgiveness rituals) at the Bhimeshwor Temple based in Dolakha district.

GORKHA, Sept 12: When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country on 25 April of 2015, fourteen districts were the most affected. At its epicenter was Gorkha, where cracks were visible even on land. Though there was a loud hue and cry for help, the government could not address the problems of the quake victims on time.

KATHMANDU, August 29: Child Development Program Nepal, Korea Food for Hungry International (KFHI), Rose Club International Ltd and JCI Godawari Nepal have distributed relief to flood survivors of Sunsari.

KATHMANDU, August 29: Child Development Program Nepal, Korea Food for Hungry International (KFHI), Rose Club International Ltd and JCI Godawari Nepal have distributed relief to flood survivors of Sunsari.

KATHMANDU, August 27: Major political parties are quietly reaching out to people in the flood-hit areas of tarai with relief and aid materials after their scheduled polls campaign was thrown into disarray due to the worst natural disaster to hit the country after the Gorkha earthquake.

NEPALGUNJ, August 21: As the recent flood swept away his books, copies, and uniform, Ramesh Dangi of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-4, Lalpur is worried about his studies. As the schools have resumed after the floods, he is wondering how he will go to his school now.

NEPALGUNJ, Aug 20: As the recent flood swept away his books, copies and uniform, Ramesh Dangi of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-4, Lalpur is worried about his studies. As the schools have resumed after the floods, he is wondering how he will go to his school now. He is a grade eight student at Dhampur based community school. "The teachers have already started teaching but I don't know how I will go to the school without books, copies and uniform," he wonders.

ROLPA, July 10: Even so many days after the completion of the local elections, materials used in promotional activities have not yet been removed in Rolpa.

KATHMANDU, June 18: Coca-Cola Nepal has announced a new consumer scheme for its beverge Sprite.

KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA): Nabil Bank Ltd, in association with St Mary's Alumnae Nepal (ASMAN), distributed goods worth Rs 100,000 to burn victims of Burns Violence Survivors - Nepal (BVS).

RJPN cadres torch poll materials

June 16, 2017 22:15 pm

MAHOTTARI, June 16: Cadres of the agitating Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) on Friday have set fire to election-related documents that were in possession of election officer of Pipara Rural Municipality.

KATHMANDU, June 10: The Election Commission (EC) has instructed the parties not to distribute election symbol-printed T-shirts, bags and caps during their poll campaigns.

SURKHET, May 13: Cadres Biplab-led Communist Party of Nepal(CPN) on Saturday morning have taken under control election materials including ballot boxes in Mugu district.

KATHMANDU, April 18: With a view to assisting the local elections scheduled for May 14, China on Monday provided 11 different types of election materials worth Rs 144 million to the Election Commission (EC).

KATHMANDU, April 17: The government of China has handed over the various stationery materials, necessary for the upcoming local level election to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday.

DOLAKHA, April 6: Rural Development Tuki Sangh, Dolakha and Local Initiative for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LIBIRD), Dolakha distributed materials worth around Rs 20.88 million to the farmers of the district.

SCBNL provides support materials

March 2, 2017 10:37 am

KATHMANDU, March 2: Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd (SCBNL) has provided 20 units of wheelchairs and 25 pairs of crutches to Khagendra Navajeevan Kendra, Jorpati.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: State-owned telecommunications service provider Nepal Telecom (NT) says it has distributed various materials to hospitals in the country to mark its 13th anniversary, which it is celebrating on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Experts and locals have expressed their serious concerns over the ongoing reconstruction of the Jaisidewal Temple near Kathmandu Durbar Square as a pit dug up in the south-east corner of the foundation of the historic monument has been found filled with materials such as scrap plastic, papers and other trash.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: As earthquake victims who have received the first tranche of the house reconstruction grant are gearing up to rebuild their houses, the government has started preparations to set up 'construction materials banks' at various places in the 11 earthquake-affected districts for the convenience of the victims. These 'banks' or depots will have adequate stock of construction materials, which will be sold to the victims at reasonable rates, officials said.