BFIs can spend CSR money in e-payment promotion

The Nepal Rastra Bank has allowed the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to spend 5 per cent money from their Corporate Social Responsibility fund in the promotion of electronic transaction. Making amendments to the Integrated Directives 2077 for the BFIs, the central bank has created the new provision for them.

Kirant sacred rock at risk of being target of development

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Elderly laments as Holi turns into monotonous affair

Various Kirtan Mandali would lead the practice right from the day Saraswati Puja ended. “The Jogira practice took place every evening in every village, back in our time. However, it has been lost for decades now,” reminisced a local teacher Ram Prasad Yadav.

Poachers kill four rhinos in six months

After 41 months of zero poachings, four rhinos were killed in Chitwan. A 30-year-old male rhino was shot dead by a hunter in Bandarjhula area on September 2, 2020. Poachers, however, could not take the horns and hooves.

Medical doctors graduated from universities in Pakistan organise free health camp

Nepali medical doctors who graduated from different universities in Pakistan organised a free medical camp at Lamidanda, Panchkhal-4, Kavrepalanchok district. The free medical camp was the 13th camp of its kind.

COVID-19 update: 78 new cases, 82 recoveries, one fatality in 24 hours

In 2,532 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 78 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Phewa Lake's new area 5.726 square kilometers

ccording to a report prepared by the Phewa Lake Demarcation and Mapping Committee, the new area of Phewa Lake in Pokhara is 5.726 square kilometers. (11,255 Ropanis 11 Aana 1 paisa).

Prime Minister inaugurates bridge over Kamal River, Jhapa

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday inaugurated a bridge at Kamal River connecting Kyampa of Kamal Rural Municipality-2 with Dharampur, Mangalbare.

Prime Minister employment programme kicks off in Khadbari

Prime Minister Employment Programme has kicked off in Khadbari Municipality of Sankhuwasabha district from Saturday.

Prime Minister to lay foundation stone of Industrial Park in Jhapa

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is visiting Jharka of Kamal Rural Municipality-7, which falls at Jhapa constituency no. 5, to lay the foundation stone of China-Nepal Industrial Park.