Priority areas for action Youth Initiative carried out a survey in Nepal among youth to prioritise five issues out of a 15 priority areas identified in the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) and World Youth Report 2003. The survey was undertaken to mark the... Travel Abroad 11 Aug, 2005
Fuel consumption dips Butwal, August 2:The sale and consumption of petroleum products in nine districts of western region under Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has declined for the first time during fiscal year 2004-05, as compared to the previous fiscal. According to the... 02 Aug, 2005
ONCE-OVER 1 dies in mishapDHADING: One person was killed and one seriously injured when a truck hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite side at Chambas, Gajuri, along the Prithvi Highway on Monday. The driver of the motorcycle, Maram Kumar Sudehi, 30, of... Travel 25 Jul, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS Revenue collection up BIRATNAGAR: Biratnagar Customs Office, Rani has collected revenue worth Rs 4.70 billion, exceeding its target of Rs1.59 billion in the current fiscal year. Revenue worth Rs 1.49 billion was raised from custom duties while revenue... 21 Jul, 2005
Journos stage protests, seek press freedom Himalayan News Service Pokhara/Bara, July 6: Demanding press freedom, journalists staged protests in different parts of the country today, reports said.Pokhara-based journalists, rights activists, representatives of NGOs, leaders and cadres of... Travel 07 Jul, 2005
BRIEFS Clean up! clean up!Students of Siddhartha Children Group of Siddhartha English School organised a sanitation campaign in their school and its surrounding locality. They had also conducted a mass rally with a participation of 78 students to create... Travel Abroad 29 Jun, 2005
Indo-Nepal meet on border security Himalayan News ServiceBhairahawa, June 9:The security officials of border areas of Nepal and India have agreed to exchange information to check criminal activities in border areas of the two countries. The meeting between the security officials of the... Travel 10 Jun, 2005
Names of victims of Chitwan bus blast identified so far Himalayan News ServiceKalyanpur, June 6:So far, 27 victims of today’s bus blast in Chitwan have been identified. They are: Phurke Praja of Ayodhyapuri VDC; Sita Tiwari (Madi Kirtanpur); Sumansen Thakuri (Nawalparasi Harkapur); Khuma Devi Poudel... Travel 07 Jun, 2005
BIZ BRIEFS Big Mimi popular KATHMANDU: Big Mimi noodles scheme introduced by Fast Foods Nepal Pvt Ltd, one of the subsidiaries of Chaudhary Group, is getting popular day by day. According to a press statement issued by Chaudhary Group today, the Big Mimi scheme... 31 May, 2005
Govt bans production, import and sale of D-Cold-like drugs Renu KshetryKathmandu, May 30:Seizes huge amounts of illegal drugs from Terai districts.The Drug Advisor Committee formed under the coordination of health secretary today banned drugs containing pheny-propanol-amine as an active ingredient, which is... Horoscopes 30 May, 2005
Women call for an end to ‘biased’ laws against them Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 25:Participants at the ‘Consultation on Citizenship right of Nepalese Women’ today held a discussion on laws relating to acquisition and transfer of citizenship on the basis of heredity and marital relationship... Travel 26 May, 2005
RNA spokesman’s house bombed Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 22:The Maoists bombed Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) spokesperson, Brigadier General Dipak Kumar Gurung’s house in Kawasoti village of Nawalparasi district yesterday evening. Brig Gen Gurung’s brother and... Travel 23 May, 2005
