Illegal crusher industry shut in Bajura

BAJURA, DECEMBER 7 Bajura District Administration has shut a crusher plant operating illegally near the Bahulikhola in Badimalika Municipality. Earlier, this daily had carried a news report about a crusher plant operating near the river without...

India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness

BHUBANESWAR: Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of more than 400 in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in...

One Covid-19 related fatality recorded in Dharan

KATHMANDU: The Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) reported a Covid-19 related fatality on Tuesday. According to BPKIHS, a 42-year-old male of Lakshmipur-3 in Saptari passed away at 10:50 pm on Monday while...

Nagarkoti wins silver

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s taekwondo player Raju Nagarkoti and three others won medals in the 2020 USA Taekwondo Open Online Poomsae Championship held in Chicago on Sunday. Nagarkoti, who has been living in Macau, bagged silver medal...

COVID-19 impacts Nepal’s air travel

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 7 The passengers’ movement in both domestic and international sector has declined drastically this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), the passenger...

EDITORIAL: Don’t miss deadline

The govt needs to hold intensive talks with India to obtain other air routes to make GBIA and PRIA commercially viable Were it not for the 2015 massive earthquake and subsequent border blockade for more...

Tourism in key tiger reserves: Involve local communities

There is a need to empower the disadvantaged local communities to involve them in the tourism business. Studies indicate that most of the businesses are owned by outsiders, and the locals are getting only...

Government recommends action against two NGOs

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 7 The government has issued a notice recommending legal action against two Non-government Organisations. The notice has to do with scrapping all government deals reached earlier with them after they published a report...