NRA to launch Disaster Resilience Campaign

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is preparing to launch a 10-year grand campaign of Disaster Resilience Nepal. The 18th meeting of the NRA’s board of directors, which was chaired by Prime Minister and chairman of the board KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday, decided to start the campaign from next fiscal year. NRA Chief Executive Officer Sushil Gyawali said that a proposal for the campaign was being prepared in collaboration with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority...

Bandipur hotels packed with domestic tourists

Hotels in Bandipur are packed with domestic tourists travelling on the occasion of the Nepali New Year. Bais Gurung, former chairman of the Bandipur Tourism Development Committee, informed that more than 5,000 tourists had arrived in the place to celebrate the New Year. The committee data show that an additional 2,500 people stayed outside of hotels in homestays and as paying guests.

Seto Machhindranath chariot being built

Guthi Sansthan of Kathmandu has begun works to construct the chariot of Seto Machhindranath at Tindhara Pathshala, Jamal. This year, the white Machhindranath festival falls on April 20.

Achievement Made Amidst Challenges

We have bidden 2077 B.S. adieu and welcomed the New Year 2078 B.S. The New Year has arrived with hope, joy and resolution. It rekindles new vigour and enthusiasm among the people. It reckons us that our nation grows older by a year. This will add another chapter to the annals of the country’s history.

Purse Plays Havoc In The Polls

Local media highlighted, the other day, the news on the notification issued by the Parliament Secretariat to relinquish the membership of the Maoist Centre leaders like Top Bahadur Raymajhi, Prabhu Shah and Lekh Raj Bhatta who preferred to side with the CPN - UML following the breakup of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) engineered due to the ruling of the court. These Maoist leaders had joined the incumbent cabinet led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during the previous months, and are currently holding...

Contain Forest Fires

The forest fire in Nepal has become a serious concern these days. The layer of smog covering up the places near such fires has polluted the whole area. A couple of days back, the government had even decided to give a four-day holiday to schools and other educational institutions in view of the polluted environment. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, some five people have died so far while trying to put out the fires that have been raging in different parts...

No improvement in capital spending

The country has failed to come out of the chronic disease of poor capital expenditure even during the brief period of hopes for political stability, and following the implementation of federalism, which was touted as the remedy for all development maladies from the centre to the local units.

Deuba for sincere unity among political forces

Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has underlined the need of sincere unity among all political parties to implement and safeguard the Constitution. Deuba in his new year-2078 message issued on Tuesday said the present political achievements were the outcomes of the sacrifices of seven decades.

Upper Tamakoshi power generation from mid-May

Dr. Ganesh Neupane, spokesperson for the project, said that the major construction of civil structures, such as dam, intake, main tunnel and power house, had been completed, along with technical tests of water-filled dams, sand thawing ponds and hydro-mechanical equipment such as gates and stop plugs.

Charging stations to be set up in 50 locations in 7 provinces

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Development Project of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and Wangwang Digital Energy Corporation Limited, selected from an international tender, signed a contract of Rs. 377.9 million (excluding tax) for the construction of the charging station on Tuesday.