Chitwan, Sept 30, Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the party’s Jagaran (awareness) campaign has caused a further energy boost among the cadres. Talking to journalists here today, he spoke the need of organising the party’s general convention as soon as possible to take the level of restored energy to a new height. […]
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4,500 km road to be constructed: Minister Pandit
Biratnagar, Sept 30, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Lalbabu Pandit has informed that work has been forwarded to build a total of 4,500-km of road network linking towns and rural municipalities to the major highways of the country. At a festival greetings exchange progamme organized by the Biratnagar Buspark Management Committee at Biratnagar, […]
PM urges PAF to transform through policy change
Kathmandu, Sept 30, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) to transform itself from its past modality of grants into a ‘think tank’ for the Ministry and entities working in the poverty alleviation. He gave this directive in a meeting of the PAF held this morning at the Prime Minister’s […]
Heavy rainfall affects daily life
Lahan, Sept 30, Heavy rainfall since the past four days has affected public life in Siraha district. Regular daily activities have been hampered as a result. And the heavy downpour has also affected shopping for the Bada Dashain festival that began on Sunday. Daily rainfall coupled with cold wave has made life difficult. Roads have […]
Body of missing child found
Galeswar, Sept 30, The body of one of the two children who were swept away by the Kot river in Beni municipality-2 has been recovered. The two had been missing since being swept away by the flooded river on Saturday night. Ten-year-old Prabina Pariyar and eight-year-old Anuska Pariyar had gone missing after sudden heavy rain […]
Tourist dies of altitude sickness
Gorkha, Sept 30, A foreign tourist died of high altitude sickness in course of a mountaineering expedition to Manaslu mountain in Samagaon of Chumunubri rural municipality-1. The incident took place on Saturday. Polish citizen Rita Doneta Bladya,50, died of high altitude sickness in the third camp of the mountain, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police […]
Health services to continue during public holiday
Kathmandu, Sept 30, Health services will continue as normal during the public holiday on the occasion of the Bada Dashain, Tihar and Chhat festivals. Accordingly, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has requested the local level government units to make necessary arrangement for the same. The MoFAGA issues an 11-point request to all […]
NC leader faces protest
Damauli, Sept 30, Nepali Congress leader Dr Minendra Rijal laid the foundation stone for a new building of Rishing rural municipality here on Sunday. The act however was protested by the ruling NCP workers, who were against the construction of the building at that location. The rural municipality Chair Rajendra Krishna Shrestha said that the […]
Locals to reconstruct Aagamchen and Taleju temples
Kathmandu, Sept 30, The Aagamchen temple in Basantpur Durbar Square of Kathmandu and the Degu Taleju temple in Patan Durbar Square of Lalitpur will be reconstructed through local users committee. The decision to this end was taken by an executive committee meeting of the National Reconstruction Authority. Financial support for the reconstruction of the temples […]
Seed processing centre established
Lamahi, Sept 30, A seed processing centre has been established in Rajapur of Tulasipur-6 with the objective of producing quality seeds for the farmers in and around the district. The centre established by the Rukumeli Agro Seed Centre was inaugurated on Sunday. The centre received 50 per cent grant assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture […]