Prime Minister Oli to attend virtual meeting with President of China tomorrow

Surya Thapa, press advisor to the Prime Minister, said, "Prime Minister Oli will be attending a meeting being held virtually on the occasion of 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)."

NC misses active membership row settlement deadline

The Nepali Congress Active Membership Probe Committee has failed to submit its last report to party president Sher Bahadur Deuba within the set deadline of July 4. The party had given the deadline of July 4 to the Committee to submit its report, but the Committee on Sunday said it had completed active membership disputes only in half of the 77 districts. However, all 77 districts had resolved entry of the names of active members in the system.

PM to lay foundation stone of Ram Raja Health Institute on July 6

The foundation stone of Ram Raja Prasad Singh Institute of Health Sciences is scheduled to be laid on Tuesday. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is to lay the foundation stone of the Institute at Rajbiraj Municipality-10, Biraul in Saptari, Ranjit Kumar Jha, acting medical superintendent and director of the physical infrastructure preparation committee, said.

Power generation in Upper Tamakoshi from today

The 76 MW power of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project being constructed in Bigu Rural Municipality-1 of Dolakha will be connected to the national grid. About 76 megawatts of electricity generated from a unit of the total 456-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project under construction with domestic investment will be connected to the national transmission line from Monday.

Biden says U.S. has made good progress vs. virus

President Joe Biden says the American people are closer than ever to declaring independence from a deadly virus.

FNCCI suggests project-based loan facility for expanding small, medium enterprises

Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has suggested the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to announce project-based loan facility to facilitate the expansion of small and medium enterprises and startups through its Monetary Policy of the coming Fiscal Year 2021/22.

Research on Niguro fern’s production promising

The ongoing research for the commercial production of the fiddlehead fern (Niguro), a wild edible green vegetable, has been headed toward success. Niguro, a curled frond of a young fern, is a nutritional wonder. It is a source of food and nutrition.

Nepal Army saves Bagmati’s spur dikes from erosion

One of the spur dikes in the banks of the Bagmati River in Rautahat’s Rajdevi Municipality Ward No. 9 has been on the brink of getting swept away by the river current. Torrential rain since the last four days has greatly increased the flow of the river, thereby putting Spur No. 1 of the Bagmati river dam under threat.

Floods wash away road, obstruct movement

With floods washing away both the roads connecting the bridge over the Ratuwa River between Morang and Jhapa districts, vehicular movements have come to a complete halt along the Postal Highway. Roads linking either mouth of the bridge have been sustaining damages by the flood since its construction six years ago, as proper dams were not built at either end of the bridge. Last year, Gauriganj Rural Municipality of Jhapa and Ratuwamai Municipality of Morang had constructed roads spending their own...

Pathari-Jante-Jyamire road construction slow

After more than a year-and-a-half, Mornag’s Pathari-Jante-Jyamire road has still not been blacktopped much to the dismay of local residents. Travelling during the monsoon has become a troubling inconvenience for thousands of people using the road. Traffic in the said road is mostly busy during the monsoon season than during the winter. Jante residents do not have any other alternative but to use the road because other paths get blocked by the river. “More than 20,000 people living in over 2,000...