No shortage of chemical fertilisers: Ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has claimed that there is no shortage of chemical fertiliser anywhere in the country. The ministry has urged the people to not be misled by the rumors saying that the required fertiliser is available for wheat, mustard and vegetables farming. "Large quantities of chemical fertiliser are being made available and distributed in the country. The purchased fertiliser is also continuously entering the country," said Dr. Yogendra Kumar Karki, secretary...
Govt keen to collaborate with private sector
Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has assured the private sector that the Ministry of Finance would give special emphasis to the development of and collaboration with the private sector. Welcoming the newly elected leaders of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) at the ministry on Wednesday, he said that the collaboration with the business community would be further enhanced in the days to come. “The FNCCI’s plan to create research-based recommendations and...
UK gives world’s first approval to COVID-19 vaccine
Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday they’ve won permission for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by rigorous science — and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. The move allows Britain to become one of the first countries to begin vaccinating its population as it tries to curb Europe’s deadliest outbreak. “The vaccine will be made available across the U.K. from next week,″ the Department of...
We feel elated when those who ridiculed us come to us for shoes: story of five homemakers who started shoemaking
A small factory that five women began in order to utilise their spare time after finishing household works in an investment of just 15,000 rupees has now grown into a business of 300,000 rupees.
Clash over bridge inauguration issue in Tanahu, NC senior leader Paudel arrested
Owing to the dispute between the NC and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in Tanahu over the inauguration of the bridge built over Buldi stream that connects Talghare of Ward no. 1 and ward 11 of Byas Municipality, a tense situation had erupted in the area.
Nine COVID-19 fatalities, 1,490 new infections, 1,567 recoveries in last 24 hours
With 1,490 new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed on Wednesday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 236,246.
NCP Secretariat meet deferred, next meet on Dec 5
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also one the two Chairmen of the ruling NCP, did not participate in today's meeting, according to NCP spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha.
Rs. 2 million a year by sale of grass? Yes. A septuagenarian making money in Tanahu, the district of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta
"I made a profit of about twenty lakh rupees in the months of Asar and Saun (mid-May to mid-July) by the sale of grass saplings as there was a big demand for them," Khanal said.
NCP Secretariat meet being held at Baluwatar, PM Oli to attend it for a while
Surya Thapa, press advisor to Prime Minister Oli, informed that the meeting was deferred for an hour due to busy schedule of the PM.
US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday.
