Country records 63 percent –rise in foreign trade in first five months of current fiscal

The country’s foreign trade has increased by 63 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal (beginning from July 16) compared to the corresponding period last year (2020-21).

Water taps installed at 237 houses in Kalikot

Water taps have been installed and handed over to 237 households at Lalu, Narahari rural municipality-9 of Kalikot district under the 'One House One Water Tap' programme.

Wild buffalo life at CNP comes under threat

The survival of wild water buffalo at the Chitwan National Park is at risk for the lack of suitable habitat. A total of 15 wild buffaloes were brought here some five years ago from the Koshitappu Wildlife Reserve and the Central Zoo, Kathmandu in a bid to increase its population.

Darshana leaves Bibeksheel Sajha

The leader of the Bibeksheel Sajha Party, Ranju Darshana, has left the party. Issuing a press release today, Darshana announced her 'separation from all responsibilities of the party as well as from general membership', expressing dissatisfaction towards the party's main leadership.  

UML obstructs Bagmati provincial assembly meeting

UML lawmaker Keshav Raj Pandey announced that the main opposition party will not let the provincial assembly take up its business until the Chief Minister responded to the demands put forth by the UML in the assembly meeting yesterday. The UML lawmaker protested as Speaker Sanu Kumar Shrestha was about to present the meeting agenda.

Illegal riverbed mining continues unabated

Smuggling of sand and aggregates from the river basins has increased in various parts of the district. This is more profound in Ridi to the Rampur area along the Kaligandaki River.

Voting starts for electing new leadership in NC Province 2 

Voting has started from 10 am today for electing a new leadership of the Nepali Congress Province 2.   

NC 14th General Convention: Results of election towards Dalit cluster announced   

Results of the voting held for Nepali Congress central members towards the Dalit cluster in the recent party’s 14th General Convention have been announced. The results were declared today.    

Light snowfall forecast 

Weather in the hilly region of the country will remain partly cloudy today due to the influence of the westerly wind. Light snowfall has also been predicted at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Province no 1, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.   

Sailung Construction vows to complete Nagarkot road expansion by coming March-end   

The Kamalbinayak Nagarkot Road Construction Project and Sailung Construction Pvt Ltd have pledged to complete the construction of much-awaited Bhaktapur-Nagarkot road by mid-March next year.