ECONOMY
Import of major crops growing with every passing year
Import of major crops growing with every passing year
KATHMANDU, March 4: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has pointed out increasing population and changing food habit of people as major factors behind increasing farm imports.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Call for regulating paragliding industry in Pokhara
Call for regulating paragliding industry in Pokhara
POKHARA, March 4: A Romanian pilot Ebe Chis Jer on Sunday succumbed to paragliding accident in Pokhara. The solo pilot had plunged into Fewa Lake after he lost control over the flight.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Relief quota teachers protest against new education bill
Relief quota teachers protest against new education bill
KATHMANDU, March 4: The teachers working at community schools working under the government relief quota and at early childhood development centers (ECDCs) centers staged protest in Kathmandu on Sunday against a provision in the draft of the Federal Education Bill.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Govt planning to declare 100% literacy ‘without achieving it’
Govt planning to declare 100% literacy ‘without achieving it...
KATHMANDU, March 4: The government is planning to announce that Nepal has achieved 100 percent literacy later this year by exaggerating the progress made on the education front.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Police recover costly Melamchi cables stolen by security guards and locals
Police recover costly Melamchi cables stolen by security gua...
KATHMANDU, March 4: With the work at the Melamchi Water Supply Project stalled since the past several weeks following the exit of the project’s Italian contractor, the security guards and locals have started stealing valuable construction materials from the project site.
Mar 04, 2019
ECONOMY
Malaysia mulls removing agents from worker hiring process
Malaysia mulls removing agents from worker hiring process
KATHMANDU, March 4: Malaysia is considering removing outsourcing agencies or agents involved in the hiring and management of foreign workers as the country prepares to streamline policies governing foreign workers. An estimated half a million Nepalis are currently employed in Malaysia.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Jay Shambhoo! Mahashivaratri today
Jay Shambhoo! Mahashivaratri today
KATHMANDU, Mar 4: Hindu devotees all over the country today are celebrating the great festival of Mahashivaratri by worshipping Lord Shiva at various rivers, ponds and temples since early this morning.
Mar 04, 2019
SOCIETY
Ward chief, five others jailed for gold smuggling
Ward chief, five others jailed for gold smuggling
LAHAN, March 4: Hakim Miya, chief of Lahan Municipality-19, who was arrested with smuggled gold, and five others were jailed on Friday.
Mar 04, 2019
ECONOMY
AEPC gets $50 million for climate resilient programs
AEPC gets $50 million for climate resilient programs
KATHMANDU, March 4: Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) has been awarded a US $50 million grant from Green Climate Fund (GCF) for running low-carbon climate-resilient development projects and programs in Nepal.
Mar 04, 2019
POLITICS
Govt urged to ratify ILO Convention 189 for welfare of domestic workers
Govt urged to ratify ILO Convention 189 for welfare of domes...
KATHMANDU, Mar 4: Various organizations working for the welfare of migrant workers have urged the government to ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 189 to ensure workers' including housemaids' rights within the country and abroad.
Mar 04, 2019