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Micro-hydropower and solar light up remote village

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Pyuthan, Dec. 18: At a time when electricity users across the country are bearing the brunt of increasing hours of power outage, it has not affected villagers of Syauliban, Pyuthan. They neither need load-shedding schedule nor have burden to pay exorbitant electricity tariff. Locals...

PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEE UNDER PERFORMANCE

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Janakpurdham, Dec. 18: The educational performance of public schools based in Dhanusha district is found to be dismal. It was found in course of monitoring of government schools undertaken by the District Education Office. Some schools were found shut, a few were open but...

Indian Parliament’s Upper House passes historic Ombudsman Bill

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NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The Upper House of Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Tuesday passed the historic anti- corruption Lokpal (Ombudsman) Bill, at an atmosphere of rare political consensus by almost all major political parties. “The landmark bill has been passed after a...

Japan invests in new military kit as China row simmers

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TOKYO, Dec. 17:(AFP) – Japan announced Tuesday it will buy stealth fighters, drones and submarines as part of a splurge on military hardware that will beef up defence of far-flung islands amid a territorial row with China.The cabinet of hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

New blockade hits Bangladesh as economy suffers

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DHAKA, Dec. 17:(AFP) – Bangladesh opposition parties Tuesday called another nationwide transport blockade aimed at toppling the government, despite fears by business groups that the impoverished nation’s economy is being crippled. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamist allies called the...

US warns China against imposing South China Sea air zone

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MANILA, Dec. 17:(AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned China Tuesday against imposing an air defence zone over the South China Sea, similar to one it declared over disputed islands in the East China Sea.”The zone should not be implemented and China...

CA member prods locals child education

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Saptari, Dec. 17: Newly elected Constituent Assembly (CA) member from Saptari Constituency No. 3, Umesh Kumar Yadav, has distributed stationery materials to children belonging to Dalit and backward community in Rajbiraj Municipality on Monday. CA member of Unifieid CPN (Maoist) Yadav had reached the...

Project completion before mid-term evaluation

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Baglung, Dec. 17: The construction of a road project here has been completed before mid-term evaluation of fiscal year 2070-71 BS (2013-14 AD). The construction works of agriculture road stretching from Kushmisera to Bareng via Rangkhani of the district have been completed. The District...

AIR FARE HIGH; BUS SERVICE BECOMING ALTERNATIVE

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Jumla, Dec. 17:  Most of the district people have preferred buses for travel after flight service providers here hiked air fare in a voluntary manner. Presently, the air companies are charging Rs 12, 000 for one way ticket to and from Nepalgunj/Surkhet to Jumla. ...

Deadline to submit final pr list extended by 10 days

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Kathmandu, Dec. 16: The Election Commission has extended the deadline for the political parties to submit the final list of the winning candidates under the Proportional Representation by ten more days. Accordingly, the parties can now submit the list of the winning candidates under...

GOVERNMENT HONOURS NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM

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Kathmandu, Dec.16: The government has honoured the Nepali cricket team which has been selected to the T20 world cup cricket tournament going to be held in Bangladesh next year. The Nepali cricketers’ team attained the third position in the T20 qualify match held in...

Bid to integrate climate change adaptation in local development plan

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Kathmandu, Dec. 16: A major initiative to train district officials on integrating adaptation to climate change in local development plans has been launched in the capital on Monday. The programme ‘District Training on Climate Change and Community-based Adaptation Planning’ is aimed at increasing capacity of...

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