Bhimdutta municipality be given projects worth Rs. 3 billion

Development projects equivalent to Rs three billion have been selected for the Bhimdutta municipality in Kanchanpur district. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ensured the concessional loan to implement the projects. 

17 deep tubewells worth over 30 million constructed in Bara, Parsa 

The Division Office of Water Resources and Irrigation Development in Parsa district has constructed altogether 17 deep tubewells at the cost of Rs 30.5.     Constructed under the unconditional grant scheme of State No 2 in 11 places in Bara and six in Parsa, the newly installed deep tubewells have provided irrigation facility in 425 bigaha of land in both districts.    

Blacktopping completes in Diktel-Halesi roadway  

The Diktel-Halesi section of the mid-hill highway has been blacktopped. The 36-km roadway was blacktopped with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank.          Project chief Bijay Kumar Thapa said the roadway was widened and pitched with the cost of Rs 48 million. Although it was planned to complete in three years, it was delayed by two years.

Media should prioritise contents that will promote industry: Industrialists 

Rupandehi-based industrialists have urged the media to prioritise news that would help promote industries and trade. The media should raise problems facing industrialists and traders and cover news about new technology and progress in the area of industry, they suggested at a discussion between editors of various media outlets and industrialists coordinated by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Rupandehi on the eve of the news festival in Rupandehi district.    

Chand-led group's cadre arrested

The Dang police on Saturday arrested a cadre of Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav) from Babai-5 in Dang district.     The arrestees have been identified as local resident Nim Bahadur Dangi, Babai rural municipality area in-charge of the group.

Jomsom-Korala road to be closed  

The Jomsom-Korola road of Mustang under the Kaligandaki Corridor Road Project is to be closed for three days. The road is being shut for three days starting November 21 in order to expand the road section from Samar to Jho river.    

State-3 government to promote agro-tourism

Addressing the 3rd district assembly of district coordination committee (DCC) here on Saturday, CM Poudel shared that such programmes would further help promote tourism and agriculture to materialize government's mission of development and prosperity.

Journalists, literary writers awarded

The awardees are photo journalist Ratna Krishna Shrestha (Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), reporter Yam Pradhan (RSS), litterateur Amrit Lal Shrestha (also former RSS's employee), journalist Himesh Ratna Bajracharya and senior journalist and litterateur Mohan Dulal.

Work with honesty, competition to transform Nepal Bank: Finance Minister

He went on to say that the Bank which had been once in a crisis due to a negative capital fund and high bad debt arrived to this situation following the enforcement of Nepal Bank Financial Area Sector and now had regained its reputation. "Now the Bank's profit is satisfactory, has a positive capital fund and a less ratio of bad debt."

Chandragiri Hills Resort bags Best Int'l Award

Lawmaker at Indian Rajya Sabha and former minister Bijay Goyal handed over the award to the founding chairman and proprietor of Chandragiri Hills, Hemraj Dhakal, at a programme in India on Friday.