Kathmandu, Dec 25: The number of people eligible for drawing government assistance over the Jajarkot earthquake has increased. The figure is expected to rise as the collection of details is underway. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), to date the number of beneficiaries has reached 67,780 with identification of around 9,000 during the last update
Kathmandu, Dec 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is scheduled to address the nation at 3:00 pm tomorrow, Tuesday. He will be addressing the nation from his Singha Durbar-based office on the occasion of the completion of one year in the office. Dahal was appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal on December 25, 2022 (Push 10, 2079 BS).
(Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and 26 others injured in a traffic accident in the central Nicaraguan department of Matagalpa on Saturday, said Vice President Rosario Murillo. Among the fatalities were several children, she told local television Channel 4. The accident occurred in the morning when a bus carrying some 70 passengers crashed into the fence of the Mancera river bridge
Kathmandu, Dec 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has directed the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to move ahead the process of purchasing aircraft in a transparent manner, leaving no room for any error and dispute. He gave this directive in the joint briefing and discussions programme of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Wa
Kathmandu, Dec 13: The Commission formed by the government to inquiry and resolve usury related cases has resolved 5,155 cases out of over 28,000 complaints so far. Uttamraj Subedi, member of the Commission and also for Additional Inspector General of Police, shared that the since the formation of the Commission a total of 218 bigha 10 kattha 7 dhur (793) has been returned to the loan shark victim
Ukraine said Friday that Russian forces had launched more than two dozen Iranian-designed attack drones and two missiles on the south and east of the country, in Moscow's latest aerial barrage. Officials in Kyiv say Russian forces have been stockpiling drones and missiles for systematic attacks on Ukraine's struggling energy grid over winter months. "In total, the enemy used two X-59 missiles a
By Pritam Bhattarai, Kathmandu, Dec 1: Digital platforms are found to have reported increasing number of violence against women and girls, in conflict with the constitution of Nepal that has guaranteed people's right to a life free of violence and coercion. According to police data, the total 4,686 cases of online violence were reported in the fiscal year, 2021/22 with 2,389 cases of VAWG alone
Kathmandu, Dec 1: The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-28) has kicked off on Thursday with a call to expedite the collective climate action. Started in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the conference will conclude on December 12. The Loss and Damage Fund has been formally launched on the f irst day of COP-28 followi
Bharatpur, Nov 30: Two new bridges have been brought into service along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section. A bridge each constructed over the Lamo Baluwa and Dumre rivulets on this road section have been opened for vehicular traffic since Wednesday, said Bijaya Darai, an engineer of the Nagdhunga-Muglin Road Project Western Sector (Narayangadh-Muglin). He said five bridges have already been
Kanchanpur, Nov 30: The sugarcane farmers in the district are deprived of government subsidies. They have not yet got the subsidies in due from last year. The government has been providing subsidy to the sugarcane farmers who sell their sugarcane to the domestic sugar industries. The government provides the subsidy amount every year to the Treasury and Comptroller Office in the districts wher
