Evidence-based policy needed: For cooking energy transition

The policies and strategies adopted to increase access to clean cooking energy are falling short. To be sure, affordability of clean fuels would have increased in this period due to rising incomes, but many...

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JSP-Nepal stages protest in Saptari

RAJBIRAJ, DECEMBER 17 A sit-in was staged in Saptari today expressing solidarity with the ongoing agitation of sugarcane farmers in the capital. The strike that lasted for an hour this afternoon in front of the District...

Take immediate action against sugar mills: House panel

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17 The Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee of the Federal Parliament has directed the government to take immediate action against sugar mills that are yet to pay the sugarcane farmers. After...

Nepali chef Santosh Shah named the runner-up of ‘MasterChef UK’

London, United Kingdom: Santosh Shah, a participant in the prestigious ‘MasterChef UK The Professionals 2020’, broadcasted by BBC, has become the runner-up of the competition. In the competition held on Thursday evening, 25-year-old Alex Webb...

PM forced to put off Constitutional Council meeting

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who yesterday agreed to withdraw the new ordinance that amended key provisions of the Constitutional Council Act, called a meeting of the Constitutional Council this evening, but...

Authorities told to submit details of four-wheelers

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration issued a circular to all 77 district coordination committees and 753 local levels, directing them to provide details of four-wheelers they own. As per the...

MoU signed to import chemical fertiliser from Bangladesh

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 17 A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the state-owned companies of Nepal and Bangladesh to procure 50,000 metric tonnes of chemical fertiliser from Bangladesh. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development said...