Mechanised farming

Mechanised farming (MF) is one of the modern techniques to boost agricultural production. In the developed countries, it has been gaining popularity for the past few decades because in these countries agriculture is commercialised...

EC starts updating voters’ list

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 The Election Commission has started updating the voters’ list for the upcoming election of the House of Representatives. The incumbent government has already fixed the dates for mid-term polls — April 30 and...

Returnees discover entrepreneurship at home

DHANGADI, DECEMBER 27 Tej Prakash Tiwari of Dhangadi sub-metropolis had returned home from Malaysia after the coronavirus spread across the world. Following the pandemic, Tiwari did not return to Malaysia for employment, but started goat...

Medicine production declines as sales falter

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Medicine production and consumption has declined in recent days in the country. Among other sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected the medicine production and distribution sector. Dropping sales of medicines is the...

Labour minister to prioritise job creation

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Newly appointed Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gauri Shankar Chaudhari has said that creating employment within the country and controlling irregularities in the foreign employment sector would be his top-most...

EDITORIAL: Stop the rot

Should the CIAA’s sphere of probe extend to the private sector, there is that danger of it being used to harass private companies That corruption is rampant in Nepal at all levels of the government...

Isolation centre empty

CHITWAN, DECEMBER 27 The coronavirus isolation centre at Yogi Naraharinath Yog and Naturopathy in Bharatpur Metropolitan City has been deserted after COVID-19 patients stopped visiting the centre. “The isolation became empty as of the total 18...

Liverpool miss chance to stretch lead, Tottenham held at Wolves

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool‘s hopes of opening up a menacing five-point lead at the top of the Premier League were scuppered in unlikely fashion as struggling West Bromwich Albion snatched a 1-1 draw at Anfield to...