ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Lack of customs office in India renders Pashupatinagar customs useless
Lack of customs office in India renders Pashupatinagar custo...
ILAM, Aug 18: Pashupatinagar Customs Office of Ilam is not getting business as there is no customs office on the Indian side.
Aug 18, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rs 2.61 billion budget approved to upgrade Mailung-Syafrubesi road
Rs 2.61 billion budget approved to upgrade Mailung-Syafrubes...
RASUWA, Aug 18: The Ministry of Finance has approved budget for upgrading Mailung-Syafrubesi section of Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi Road.
Aug 18, 2019
ECONOMY
Govt brings Rs 500 million subsidy program to attract youths to farming
Govt brings Rs 500 million subsidy program to attract youths...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The grant will be focused on providing the grant to individuals returning from foreign employment and educated youths.
Aug 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Saving Tansen's Ropai Jatra
Saving Tansen's Ropai Jatra
TANSEN, Aug 18: Tansen, the headquarters of Palpa district and one of the major old cities of the country, is famous for various traditional and cultural festivals. Gai Jatra, Ropai Jatra, Ganesh Jatra, Amarnayaran Jatra, Shreenagar Jatra, Bagh Jatra, Taksar Ganesh and Bhagwati Jatra are some of the...
Aug 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Pokhara reports 79 dengue cases in two weeks
Pokhara reports 79 dengue cases in two weeks
POKHARA, Aug 18: The tourist city of Pokhara has also come under the grip of dengue. In just two weeks, Pokhara has recorded 79 dengue cases. The disease which has already infected over 3,200 people in Sunsari district over the past three months was detected in Pokhara on August 1.
Aug 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Man on the lam after ‘thrashing Dalit woman’ arrested
Man on the lam after ‘thrashing Dalit woman’ arrested
BIRENDRANAGAR, Aug 18: Police on Saturday arrested Raj Kumari Neupane, 25, a woman from Dailekh, who was absconding since April after allegedly thrashing a Dalit woman. He had allegedly thrashed the dalit woman for ‘touching water’ when Neupane was collecting water from a local tap on April 24.
Aug 18, 2019
SOCIETY
Koshi Barrage victims still await compensation, start relay sit-in
Koshi Barrage victims still await compensation, start relay...
ITAHARI, Aug 18: Ahead of a crucial Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting, Koshi Barrage victims from Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur districts have started an indefinite relay sit-in in Sunsari, demanding compensation for their lands without further delay.
Aug 18, 2019
POLITICS
No substance and no deadline in PM’s performance deals with ministers
No substance and no deadline in PM’s performance deals with...
KATHMANDU, Aug 18: In an apparent move to quell growing criticism over the government’s failure to deliver despite its near two-third majority grip over parliament, Prime Minister KP Oli made all his ministers sign work performance agreements two weeks ago. The ministers agreed to complete seven to...
Aug 18, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Separate protests by Pudasaini and Lamichhane supporters
Separate protests by Pudasaini and Lamichhane supporters
CHITWAN, Aug 18: Friends and families of journalist Salikram Pudasaini who was found hanging in Kangaru Hotel of Chitwan on 5 August demonstrated for a fair and free investigation into the case on Saturday. They raised their voice for justice in front of the District Police Office of Chitwan where f...
Aug 18, 2019
Editorial
How is Prime Minister’s health?
How is Prime Minister’s health?
We know that Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has health issues. He had undergone kidney transplant surgery in 2007 and ever since he keeps facing health complications intermittently. Thanks to his spirit, however, the PM presents himself as a healthy and active person. In July, while still at a poor h...
Aug 18, 2019