Forest area expanding in Nepal on the back of community forestry
Pokhara : Although forest area is shrinking in many parts of the world due to human encroachment and natural disaster along with increasing population,...
KMC steps up drive to reclaim encroached land
Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has reclaimed around 100 ropani of public land encroached by illegal occupants.
KMC has repossessed 100 ropani of land in wards...
Three separate routes for public vehicle from mid-December
KATHMANDU: The government is planning to operate public vehicles in three separate routes starting from mid-December.
After claimed end of transportation syndicate, the Department of...
Respect our works, say street sweepers
KATHMANDU: Maya Deula of Gwarko in Lalitpur reaches to Mangalbazaar at 4AM every day. She holds an old sack and starts sweeping the streets...
Business unusual: the shift to “carbon neutral”
Dozens of countries and companies are racing to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving climate change.
In October climate scientists...
Tihar laughs in flowers (In pictures)
Kathmandu—Flower is an integral part of all Hindu rituals and practices.
However, flower has a special place in Tihar, festival of light. Tihar is enjoyed...
Scientific exploration of Karnali River in 44 days
A scientific exploration was done in Karnalil River for the first time that took 44 days.
At a press meet organised in Kathmandu on Monday, Nepal...
Uncertainty hovers over Nepal’s proposal to buy 900,000 metric tonnes fertilizer from India
KATHMANDU : Nepal hasn’t been able to forge a deal on its proposal to procure chemical fertilizer from India under Government-to-Government (G2G) scheme for...
New report outlines air pollution measures that can save millions of lives
Geneva : Millions of lives could be saved and one billion people living in Asia could be breathing clean air by 2030 if 25 simple...
