ECONOMY
Udayapur cement says irregular power supply hitting production
Udayapur cement says irregular power supply hitting producti...
UDAYAPUR, JUNE 20: Government-run Udayapur Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL), producer of Gaida cement, is facing losses due to irregular supply of electricity, officials of the company have said.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
Apple production falling in Jumla
Apple production falling in Jumla
JUMLA, June 20: Apple production in Jumla is falling even though cultivation area is increasing with every passing year, a recent data of District Agriculture Development Office (DADO) shows.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Biometric attendance forces teachers to reach school on time
Biometric attendance forces teachers to reach school on time
SARLAHI, June 20: Dilliram Bhattarai, principal of Janata Adharbhut Vidyalaya of Hariban-8 had a huge headache. No matter how much he would request teachers to come to school on time, they would not heed him.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Musahars start using toilet four years after Udayapur attained ODF status
Musahars start using toilet four years after Udayapur attain...
UDAYAPUR, June 20: It has been four years since Udayapur was declared an Open Defecation Free (ODF) Zone but the locals of Musahar community living in various parts of the district have just started making and using toilets.
Jun 20, 2018
ECONOMY
No clear strategy in big infrastructure projects: Experts
No clear strategy in big infrastructure projects: Experts
KATHMANDU, June 20: Nepal officially started building the Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway in 2017. The government recently announced it is to build a railway line along the same route, extending all the way to Raxaul across the Indian border.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
NCP struggles to pick heads, members of House panels
NCP struggles to pick heads, members of House panels
KATHMANDU, June 20: Formation of parliamentary committees has been delayed because the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has failed to name members and heads of the committees as a number of senior leaders have started intense lobbying to bag the positions of committee heads.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Construction of trans-Himalayan railway govt's top priority: PM Oli
Construction of trans-Himalayan railway govt's top priority:...
KATHMANDU, June 20: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Tuesday reached Beijing on a six-day official visit to China, leading a 119-member Nepali delegation.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Democratic system in jeopardy under communist rule: NC Prez Deuba
Democratic system in jeopardy under communist rule: NC Prez...
KATHMANDU, June 20: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that democratic system in the country has fallen in jeopardy under the communist rule.
Jun 20, 2018
POLITICS
Policies formulated by local units contradict constitution
Policies formulated by local units contradict constitution
DANG, June 20: Bangachuli Rural Municipality of Dang district recently passed a policy on education. The policy states that the management committee of each community school of the rural municipality shall be chaired by the ward chairperson concerned.
Jun 20, 2018
SOCIETY
SC orders govt to formulate six-month 'save Bagmati action plan'
SC orders govt to formulate six-month 'save Bagmati action p...
KATHMANDU, June 20: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to formulate a six-month long action plan to save the Bagmati River and submit its report to the apex court. A division bench of justices Dr Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Sapana Pradhan Malla issued the order on Tuesday.
Jun 20, 2018