FMTC to sell goat in Valley from today, live goat at Rs. 640/kg

Food Management and Trading Company (FMTC), a public enterprise, is all set to sell live goats for the Dashain festival from Saturday. The Company will begin to sell goats from its Thapathali depot from Saturday morning after the goats started arriving in Kathmandu from Friday, said Shrimani Raj Khanal, deputy general manager of the FMTC. About 530 goats arrived in Kathmandu by Friday evening and the remaining will come gradually till Tuesday, he said. The FMCT has planned to sell around 2,000...

Due Diligence Of Civil Society

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Take Measures To Prevent Unsafe Abortion

The 28th of September is marked as International Safe Abortion Day. The day was first celebrated in 2015 when Nepal also started celebrating the National Safe Abortion Day on September 26. The abortion law in Nepal grants the right to

Technological Convergence

This is the age of convergence. Previously, separate and independent pieces of technology had come together to create larger and newer equipment that are indeed greater than the sum of their parts. The field of communication has also not remained untouched and communication technology has also undergone significant convergence over the last years and decades. This convergence, in a scholarly sense, can be taken to signify the coming together of telecommunications, computing, social networking, cloud...

Monkey menace leads to closure of Baitadi schools

Believe it or not, monkey menace has led to the closure of five schools of Dasharathchand Municipality in Baitadi district.Chief of the education department of the municipality Moshan Nath informed that the schools were closed due to the lack of students.

Monkey menace leads to closure of Baitadi schools

“We allocated a budget of Rs. 1 million and brought a machine used to chase the monkeys, but it didn’t work. We are looking for other options and are in discussions with respective authorities,” said Masna Chand, Deputy Mayor of Dasharathchand Municipality.

Returning tourists lift Ilam hoteliers’ spirits

New hotels were also started in the district by investing millions of rupees targeting the Visit Nepal 2020 announced by the government. However, the pandemic and subsequent strictures imposed by the government in March last year kept them out of business.

Gorkha Museum to stay open on public holidays

According to Chief Navaraj Adhikari, the museum will remain open for visitors throughout the year except for three days in Dashain and three days in Tihar. Previously, the museum used to be closed on Tuesdays and public holidays.

Spain in Nations League final

Ferran Torres put Spain into the Nations League final on Wednesday with a brace in a 2-1 win that ended Italy’s world record unbeaten run at 37 matches in front of their own fans. Torres struck twice in the first half to make sure that Luis Enrique’s Spain won the Final Four clash at the San Siro in Milan, where they will face either France or Belgium in Sunday’s final.

Trump-backed candidates face scrutiny after minimal vetting

One has been accused of assaulting another White House aide. Another allegedly threatened his ex-wife’s life, exaggerated claims of financial success and alarmed business associates with his erratic behavior. A third has asked a judge to keep past protection-from-abuse orders sealed.