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Banepa, July 25, The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has made preparation to delist Kavrepalanchok district’s over 7,000 beneficiaries of the housing grant provided to victims of Gorkha earthquake, citing they failed to reach a grant agreement over four years into the disaster. The district project implementation unit (grant management and local infrastructure) took the decision […]

Surkhet, July 25, The Karnali state government has declared to make Birendranagar a ‘bicycle city’.  The government’s policies and programmes brought for the fiscal year of 2018/19 has said that the government’s declaration in this regard aims to make Birendranagar environment friendly and reduce carbon emission. The Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers […]

Kathmandu, July 25, The ‘mass printer’ which the government had ordered for have not been dispatched yet. The government had forwarded the process of purchasing the mass printers through global tender last year.  The mass printer machines were being imported to remove the delay in printing and distribution of smart driving licenses. The term of […]

Mahottari, July 25, Approximately 300 families who survived the recent flooding and inundation in the district are taking shelter under the open sky around the under-construction Janakpur-Bardibas railway track for the past 13 days. The flooding in local Ratu river on July 13 in Loharpatti-5 has put the entire village under the water, displacing 296 […]

Palpa, July 25, A concrete bridge has been constructed at Gaurighat of Rampur municipality-6 in the district. The bridge connects Rampur municipality-6 of State 5 and the Chapakot municipality-7 of Gandaki state. The construction company has handed over the bridge to the Road Division Office, Palpa after completing it. Its foundation stone was laid on […]

Kanchanpur, July 25,  Shuklaphanta national park has reported zero poaching after hidden cameras were installed at various places inside the park. Such cameras have been installed at more than two dozen places with high possibility of poaching. “We caught three poachers last year with the help of the hidden cameras. Cases of wildlife poaching have […]

Lahan, July 25, A minor drowned in a ditch at Golbazaar municipality-4 in Siraha district on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Ankit Kumar Sah, son of a local Santosh Sah. The incident took place when the child fell into the ditch filled with water following incessant rainfall nearby the house. According to […]

Kathmandu, July 24, A visiting team of environment high-level officials of China has praised Nepal for implementing model environment conservation programmes based on people’s participation. The team members also stated that they wanted to learn from this. The high-level delegation led by the Chinese People’s Congress (Parliament)’s Environment and Resource Conservation Committee chair Cao Huchhang […]

Kathmandu, July 24,  Forty-five percent total land in the country is covered by forest area. Despite this backdrop, country’s dependency on other countries for timber is growing. The statistics shows that Nepal’s annual import of wood and wooden materials exceeds Rs 6.5 billion. In the fiscal year 2075-76 BS (2018-2019), Nepal spent Rs 6.61 billion […]