ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Farmers suffer as paddy production cost rises, price falls
Farmers suffer as paddy production cost rises, price falls
DAMAK, June 30: As farmers in the district have started using harvesting machine in a bid to modernize paddy farming, their cost of production has increased this season. However, they have been compelled to sell paddy for cheaper rates than in previous years, which is incurring them huge losses.
Jun 30, 2019
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Electricity dues for street lights cross Rs 6 billion
Electricity dues for street lights cross Rs 6 billion
KATHMANDU, June 30: A tussle between Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and local level units regarding use of land and payment for street lights has left electricity dues worth six billion in quandary.
Jun 30, 2019
ECONOMY
Banks fail to reach 23 local units due to lack of basic infrastructure
Banks fail to reach 23 local units due to lack of basic infr...
KATHMANDU, June 30: Though it has been over two years since the country went into a federal structure, 23 local units are still devoid of a bank branch.
Jun 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Army plants 38,000 fruit saplings
Army plants 38,000 fruit saplings
KATHMANDU, June 30: As a part of the campaign led by Nepal Government under the concept of ‘One Citizen One fruit plant’, Nepal Army started plantation program on Friday under the slogan of ‘One army official One fruit plant’ (Ek Jawan Ek Rukh).
Jun 30, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Faulty design halts construction of bridges
Faulty design halts construction of bridges
PALPA, June 30: The construction of two motorable bridges connecting Syangja of Gandaki Province and Palpa of Province 5 has been halted because of faults in their designs. An Agreement to complete the construction of the bridges in three years was signed eight years ago.
Jun 30, 2019
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Education office in Parbat has two chiefs!
Education office in Parbat has two chiefs!
PARBAT, June 30: A governmental office in Parbat has been facing difficulties in its day-to-day functioning for the last one and a half months after two chiefs started taking charge of the office.
Jun 30, 2019
POLITICS
Oli calls for coherent foreign policy
Oli calls for coherent foreign policy
KATHMANDU, June 30: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday said that it was important for all political parties to be on the same side in matters relating to Nepal’s foreign affairs as he urged for the need of a coherent foreign policy.
Jun 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Highway prone to blockage due to ‘illegal’ sand mines
Highway prone to blockage due to ‘illegal’ sand mines
DHADING, June 30: Thousands of passengers travel through the Prithivi Highway every day. The monsoon, however, has made their journey perilous, especially in Dhading area.
Jun 30, 2019
SOCIETY
Driver killed, ward chief injured in jeep accident
Driver killed, ward chief injured in jeep accident
RAMECHHAP, June 30: A person was killed while another sustained critical injury after a Bolero jeep met with an accident in Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality-1 of Ramechhap on Saturday morning.
Jun 30, 2019
POLITICS
Oli for ‘people’s democracy’ as NCP’s guiding principle
Oli for ‘people’s democracy’ as NCP’s guiding principle
KATHMANDU, June 30: Softening his previous stance, Nepal Communist Party Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Saturday said that the party will adopt Janatako Janabad (peoples’ democracy) as its new guiding principle.
Jun 30, 2019