SPECIAL
Flood victims laud local representatives’ prompt response
Flood victims laud local representatives’ prompt response
JHAPA, Aug 16: Flood victims in the past would always lament sheer delays in relief distribution and rehabilitation efforts. They would infuriate against the government for neglecting their pathetic situations. On the other hand, the government would feel equally helpless in extending support to the...
Aug 17, 2017
POLITICS
Indian dams causing floods in Nepal: Locals
Indian dams causing floods in Nepal: Locals
NEPALGUNJ, August 16: Every monsoon season, locals of the tarai region worry about flood water diverted from barrages, dams and embankments constructed by India. One such structure is Laxampur dam, which, along with the Kalkalawa embankment, has been causing floods in the Bagauda area of Banke dis...
Aug 17, 2017
SOCIETY
Experts blame Chure exploitation for tarai flood severity
Experts blame Chure exploitation for tarai flood severity
KATHMANDU, August 17: Experts and environmentalists have blamed a host of man-made problems including deforestation, sand and gravel mining along the Chure region for the devastating impacts of the monsoon-induced disaster in the tarai.
Aug 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Damage to irrigation amounts to Rs 2.42 billion
Damage to irrigation amounts to Rs 2.42 billion
KATHMANDU, August 17: Flooding has severely damaged 135 major irrigation projects in the country. The damaged irrigation projects include 15 major irrigation systems such as the Bagmati Irrigation Project, Narayani Irrigation System and Nepal Gandak West Canal, according to preliminary estimates m...
Aug 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Paddy crop in 10,000 hectares damaged in Saptari
Paddy crop in 10,000 hectares damaged in Saptari
RAJBIRAJ, August 17: Recent floods damaged paddy crop in more than 10,000 hectares in Saptari district, according to a preliminary estimate of the District Agriculture Development Office (DADO).
Aug 17, 2017
ECONOMY
Crops worth Rs 3.64 billion damaged in floods: MoAD
Crops worth Rs 3.64 billion damaged in floods: MoAD
KATHMANDU, August 17: Recent floods and landslides in different parts of the country affected crops worth Rs 3.64 billion, data compiled by the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) shows.
Aug 17, 2017
SOCIETY
Mustang starts generating electricity from wind
Mustang starts generating electricity from wind
POKHARA, August 17: Mustang district has started generating electricity from wind, tapping in the potential which the mountainous district holds due to high air current.
Aug 17, 2017
POLITICS
Big parties for provincial, federal polls by November-end
Big parties for provincial, federal polls by November-end
KATHMANDU, August 17: Three major parties --Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) -- have reached an understanding on holding both provincial and federal elections by November-end.
Aug 17, 2017
SOCIETY
MoE staffers decline to go to local units due to portfolio row
MoE staffers decline to go to local units due to portfolio r...
KATHMANDU, August 17:Seventy eight under-secretaries of the Ministry of Education (MoE) deputed to the local units have declined to undertake their responsibilities after they were kept under the supervision of junior officers at the local units.
Aug 17, 2017
POLITICS
Vote on statute amendment bill only after Sunday: Leaders
Vote on statute amendment bill only after Sunday: Leaders
KATHMANDU, August 17: The government upon the request of Kamal Thapa's Rastriya Prajatantra Party is working to put the constitution amendment bill to vote only after Sunday.
Aug 17, 2017