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Rajapur, Oct 23, More than 1,000 community forest users have taken to street at Gulariya in Bardia district protesting the triple taxation imposed on income of community forests. The Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN), which encourages for proper utilization and equitable distribution of resources available from community forests to improve the socio-economic condition […]

Doti, Oct 23,The Dipayal Silgadhi municipality in Doti has decided to include unmarried single women above 50 in its social security scheme. Municipality officiating administrative officer Bhojraj Sharma confirmed the local government’s decision to provide social security allowance to those unmarried women above 50 and single, from coming November-December until alternative arrangements are made for […]

Solukhumbu, Oct 23, The Thulungdudhkoshi rural municipality has received 17.5 ropani of land free of cost. Local social worker Eka Bahadur Gurung donated the land to the rural municipality as per his previous commitment, shared Abi lal Rai, chief administrative officer of the rural municipality. According to Rai, the land worth around Rs 8.5 million […]

Baitadi, Oct 23,  A murder case has been filed against a dozer operator for thrashing women. The case has been registered against dozer operator Kishor Bohora for thrashing Gauri Joshi, a local of Dasharathchand municipality-9, With a video showing dozer throwing woman into viral, the murder case was registered against the operator who was already […]

Tamghas, Oct 23, The ammonite stone, popularly known as Shaligram stone, is awaiting conservation. The precious dark stones that are usually available in the Kaligandaki River – the confluence of Gulmi, Arghakhanchi and Parbat districts – are in the sorry state of affairs in lack of conservation efforts. Frequent erosion of Kaligandaki River and a […]

Tokyo, Oct 23 , President Bidya Devi Bhandari has left for home via Tokyo Haneda Airport this morning after attending Emperor Naruhito’s special enthronement ceremony at the cordial invitation of Japan government. President Bhandari was seen off by Japanese Foreign Minister’s special assistant Masashi Ogawa, Nepal’s Ambassador to Japan Prateeva Rana and other officials of […]

Kathmandu, Oct 23, The construction of ground floor of Kasthamandap has completed. Organizing a public hearing event on Tuesday, the Kasthamandap reconstruction committee said almost half of the re-build works of Kasthamandap has been over. According to Rajendra Shakya, chairperson of the users committee, said Rs 30 million has been so far spent in the […]

Melamchi, Oct 23, The international-level Himalayan White Water Challenge-2019 is to take place in Sindhupalchowk. Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies (NARA) is organizing the international competition in the Bhotekoshi River on November 26-28. Narayan Shrestha, Associate Treasurer of the NARA informed that this year’s Himalayan White Water Challenge programme is to take place in the […]

Phidim, Oct 22, Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the relation of Nepal with two neighbouring countries – India and China, has reached to a new height. Talking to media persons at Phidim today, Chair Dahal said, “Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Nepal visit and operation of […]

Kathmandu, Oct 22,  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwor Pokhrel has said small countries are facing challenges to protect their environment and ecology due to impact of climate change, seeking support from the developed and industrial countries to maintain the ecological balance. In his address today to a session on the ‘common interest […]