BIZ BRIEFS New rice varietyKATHMANDU: Hardinath-1 (BG1442) paddy has been recommended for this harvesting season for terai and inner-terai. A meeting of variety approval, release and registration sub-committee at the National Seed Board recommended the rice on... 02 Apr, 2004
ONCE-OVER NC(D) discussionKATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (Democratic) central working committee on Thursday discussed the concept letter of the party for a long-term and short-term policy of restructuring the state management. The central committee meet will... Travel 19 Mar, 2004
ONCE-OVER Two held for murderBARA: Two individuals have been held on charge of murdering another person. Bannu Roy, 40, and Baliram Shah, 30, of Inrwasira VDC have been arrested for killing Dhanai Ram, 35, of the same VDC. Ram’s body was found covered with... Travel 11 Mar, 2004
Floriculture Trade Fair from Mar 12 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 9:Floriculture Association of Nepal (FAN), in order to boost floriculture business and promote people involved in flower business, is organising a Floriculture Trade Fair from March 12 to March 15.Informing a... 09 Mar, 2004
Non-formal education for poor children Renu KshetryKathmandu, March 7:Ministry of Education and Sports, with the financial assistance from the Japanese government, is launching a pilot project next month to bringing underprivileged children to schools in Siraha and Dhangadi... Horoscopes 08 Mar, 2004
Leadership programme to help fight poverty Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 2,Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) has selected six districts to launch its leadership programme for poverty reduction with active participation of the poor, marginalised and excluded groups. According to a press... 02 Mar, 2004
Tender care Our reporter presents a case for saving newborn livesShweta MallaKathmanduWhen we feel cold, we wrap ourselves in warm clothes. When we feel hungry, we ask for food. But there was a time when none of us could do this — the time when we were born. We... Travel Abroad 24 Feb, 2004
Five persons freed SIRAHA: The local administration on Friday released five persons who were under house arrest for their suspected involvement in maoist activities.According to the police, those set free include Jagat Singh, and Kamaleshar Yadav of Mohanpur Kamalpur... Travel 21 Feb, 2004
Khukuri Cup begins from February 15 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 8All Nepal Football Association and Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd are jointly organising the Khukuri Cup Football Tournament from February 15.The one and half month tournament is divided into three phases — district... 09 Feb, 2004
‘4,265 Maoists gave up’ in eastern region in two years Himalayan News ServiceDhankuta, February 5The Eastern Regional Administration office Dhankuta has claimed that some 4,265 Maoist cadres have surrendered before the different district administration offices of the eastern development region in the past... Travel 06 Feb, 2004
Nine including ex-MP killed Himalayan News ServiceLahan, February 3Altogether nine people — including an ex-lawmaker and two security personnel — were killed in separate incidents across the country in the past 24 hours, reports said.Maoists shot former lawmaker of Siraha... Travel 04 Feb, 2004
ONCE-OVER Nepal-India border talksKATHMANDU: The two-day meeting of the Nepal-India border management joint task foce begun here on Friday. The present meeting is concentrating on enhancing cooperation between the officials of the two countries assigned at... Travel 31 Jan, 2004
