Sensational Samba wants elusive gold

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Sensational footballer Sabitra Bhandari has enjoyed the stardom in South Asia but her dreams of winning the SA Games have taken her sleeps away. This undated image shows Nepali footballer Sabitra Bhandari. Photo:...

Fintech innovation: Through modern technology

A solid understanding by the fintechs of the root causes behind lesser adoption of digital financial services will lead to new innovative products that are built ground up and fit in the Nepali context....

Squatters to get land ownership documents

KAWASOTI, DECEMBER 27 The Landless Squatters’ Problems Resolution Commission is at work to begin the distribution of land ownership certificates to landless squatters in the first phase after four months, said the commission. In the first...

Result-oriented activities top priority, says Minister Dhakal

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 Newly appointed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhanubhakta Dhakal pledged to focus on result-oriented activities to make the tourism sector, a pillar of national economy, dynamic and robust. Policy level reforms...

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...