ECONOMY
Cable car service likely in Shivapur hills
Cable car service likely in Shivapur hills
Shivapuri Eco Tourism and Cable Car Ltd is seeking govt nod to start construction.
May 01, 2018
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Quake victims pressing for building integrated settlement
Quake victims pressing for building integrated settlement
SINDHUPALCHOWK, May 1: Earthquake victims in Sindhupalchowk have been increasingly attracted towards integrated settlement. The attraction is fueled by the benefits of such settlements and the strong bonding they have developed among themselves during their communal stay post-quake.
May 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Plights of Rapti flood victims still not addressed
Plights of Rapti flood victims still not addressed
NEPALGUNJ, May 1: It has been eight months since the Rapti floods wreaked havoc in the western plains of the country. However, the plights of the victims displaced by the floods have still not been addressed.
May 01, 2018
SOCIETY
Child marriage cancelled in Solukhumbu village
Child marriage cancelled in Solukhumbu village
SOLUKHUMBU, May 1: Preparations were going on full swing for the marriage ceremony of an underage girl of Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-4, Jubu. She was about to marry a teacher of Deusa on Sunday. However, the marriage has been canceled.
May 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Hydropower projects told to furnish progress report within 15 days
Hydropower projects told to furnish progress report within 1...
KATHMANDU, May 1: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has asked all hydropower companies to furnish an updated report of construction works in their project site within 15 days.
May 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Citrus fly infestation worries junar farmers
Citrus fly infestation worries junar farmers
SINDHULI/RAMECHHAP, May 1: Junar, a type of citrus fruit, farmers of Sindhuli and Ramechhap districts are worried as they fear Chinese citrus flies will infest fruits in their orchards like in the past years.
May 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Calls for wider reforms as Qatar vows to revise Kafala
Calls for wider reforms as Qatar vows to revise Kafala
KATHMANDU, May 1: In a move that could benefit nearly half a million Nepali migrants, Qatar is mulling crucial changes in its sponsorship system which 'subjugates' the expatriate workers to their employers
May 01, 2018
ECONOMY
Students swarm to highlands for picking Yarsa
Students swarm to highlands for picking Yarsa
DOLPA, May 1: Schools in remote areas of Dolpa have started wearing a deserted look as students prepare to head toward the highlands for picking Yarsagumba, a valuable herb with aphrodisiac properties.
May 01, 2018
POLITICS
Attempts of single-party totalitarianism would be challenged, Deuba says
Attempts of single-party totalitarianism would be challenged...
KAILALI, May 1: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that democracy and republic would be prevented from going into the single-party totalitarianism under any pretext.
May 01, 2018
WORLD
Dramatic action needed on climate change: UN
Dramatic action needed on climate change: UN
PARIS, MAy 1: The world must redouble efforts to halt global warming before it is too late, the UN's climate chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations kicked off talks in Bonn.
May 01, 2018