DDRCs told to come up with action plan KATHMANDU: Central Implementation, Facilitation and Monitoring Committee on Settlement Relocation headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam today directed 18 District Disaster ReliefCommittees to formulate the action plan... Horoscopes 02 Jul, 2015
MinErgy Initiatives to build temporary shelters LALITPUR: MinErgy Initiatives, with the support from Engineers Without Border-Germany (EWBG), has distributed construction materials to build temporary shelters for 47 households of Godamchaur in Lalitpur. Majority of the population in the area... Horoscopes 30 Jun, 2015
Take action against officials distributing sub-standard food, panel tells govt KATHMANDU: National Disaster Management, Monitoring and Directive Special Committee of the Parliament on Sunday issued a directive to the government telling it to punish officers of Gorkha district responsible for distributing inedible and sub-standard... Horoscopes 29 Jun, 2015
Maternity care Those most vulnerable after natural calamities are the elderly, women, children and infants. It is over two months since the devastating earthquake of April 25, followed by some powerful aftershocks. Seventeen districts and also the three cities of the... 29 Jun, 2015
Quake-hit libraries KATHMANDU: A good book in your favourite library on a rainy day is never a bad combination. Probably for most of the avid readers, rainfall doesn’t dampen your reading spirit, but this rain is not good for precious books. The onset of monsoon is... Horoscopes 27 Jun, 2015
Govt asked to expedite supply of zinc sheets KATHMANDU: A meeting of the parliamentary committee on commerce, industry and consumer interest on Thursday instructed the government to take steps for quick supply of corrugated zinc sheets to the earthquake victims. The committee also directed the... Horoscopes 19 Jun, 2015
Owners of damaged houses facing tough time KATHMANDU: Some house owners, whose houses were fully or partially damaged due to the quakes, have been facing a tough time. Quake victims have been provided with Rs 15,000 per household to buy corrugated zinc sheets to build temporary shelters. The... Horoscopes 18 Jun, 2015
Not much relief Irregularities in handling relief materials had started surfacing soon after the major earthquake struck on April 25, and relief supplies started arriving from various places, people and organizations, both domestic and foreign. A major part of the... 18 Jun, 2015
House panel takes government to task on relief work KATHMANDU: The parliamentary National Disaster Management, Monitoring and Direction Special Committee on Tuesday sought clarification from the government regarding anomalies in relief distribution. As per the recommendation of its sub-committee, the... Travel 17 Jun, 2015
Bhattarai elected KATHMANDU: Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Administration and Budgetary Committee for the 70th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA-70) on Monday.... Horoscopes 17 Jun, 2015
400 quake-hit Lalitpur families get zinc sheets LALITPUR: Around 400 quake-affected families have been provided with corrugated zinc sheets today. The Pranmaya Ganeshman Bahadur Chitrakar Foundation provided zinc sheets to families of Lamatar, Siddhipur, Tikathali, Imadol and Lubhu in Mahalaxmi... Horoscopes 13 Jun, 2015
Temporary shelters for quake-affected people in Bhojpur BHOJPUR: A team lead by Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD), the youth wing of Nepali Congress, in Bhojpur has started to build temporary shelters for the quake-affected people in eastern three villages of the district. The team has started the construction after... Travel 11 Jun, 2015
