Kathmandu, Dec 10: The Government of the Republic of Finland has agreed to provide Euro 15 million grant assistance (equivalent to NRs. 1.81 billion) to the Government of Nepal for the implementation of Rural Village Water Resource Management Project Third Phase, RVWRMP III. An...
Lahan, Dec 9: Police and cannabis smugglers Tuesday night exchanged gunfire near the Bagan stream that flows through the border between Siraha and Saptari. Police took under control around 40 kilogrammes of cannabis the smugglers abandoned after the firing incident that took place at...
Rasuwa, Dec. 9: Houses have been built up to the quake-affected homeless people in two VDCs of southern belt in Rasuwa district. A total of 985 huts have been built in Dhaipung and Laharepauwa VDCs from Nepal Agro-Forest Foundation with support from the ActionAid...
Kathmandu, Dec 8: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Chairperson Shesh Ghale held consultation with the acting Chief District Officer and other government officials of Sindhupalchowk – one of the quake worst-hit districts – regarding post-quake reconstruction plan. The NRNA which is making preparation to construct...
PHNOM PENH, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — Two more Cambodian villagers died after consuming a toxic dog meat delicacy in eastern Kratie province, bringing the number of the dead to five, a local official confirmed on Tuesday. “Two more men were pronounced dead at the...
Kathmandu, Dec 8: The government has requested Saudi Arabia to provide fuel to Nepal at subsidised rate so as to cope with fuel crisis facing the country, following India’s unofficial blockade. Under secretary at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies Shiva Prasad Tripathi said...
Itahari, Dec 8: Indian Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) has arrested 52 Nepalese in Birpur, India who were on the way to India through Bhantabari border for employment. The arrestees are from Udaypur, Saptari and Dolakha districts. Of total arrestees, 19 are males and 33...
Kathmandu, Dec 8: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide 15 million US dollars grant assistance from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) to the Government of Nepal for the Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihood Restoration for Earthquake affected communities. The...
Hetauda, Dec. 8: Two persons died on the spot after a Kathmandu bound mini-truck (Na 3 Kha 5132) from Hetauda met with an accident at Sisneri along the Bhimphedi-Khulekhani road section last night. The District Police Office, Makawanpur, identified the deceased as 18-year-old Amrit...
Lahan, Dec. 8: Two wild elephants destroyed two houses and ate up five quintals of paddy from a house after entering the human settlement at Dhangadhimai Municipality-13 in Siraha district last night. The elephants destroyed the houses of Dhanmaya Thapamagar and Kedar Gelal at...
Humla, 8: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has begun community development programme through the rural reconstruction project in some VDCs in the district. The Ministry has run the programme with the financial support of the Department for International Development (DFID) of...
Kathmandu, Dec. 7: Top leaders of major political parties have held a meeting today to end the deadlock in the Legislature-Parliament. During the meeting held at the office of Speaker Onsari Ghartimagar, the leaders are learnt to have focused their concerns to resume the...