HSEB plans 14 model schools by July-end Renu KshetriKathmandu, May 23:The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) plans to establish a “model” higher secondary school each in 14 districts by August 1. Existing community higher secondary schools that fulfil all the criteria will be chosen... Travel 24 May, 2005
LETTERS Not private sector aloneRakesh Wadhwa sometimes expresses a very simplistic view of free enterprise. While the rise of the private sector has resulted in better products and services for the public, I say that there is still a role for the public... 24 May, 2005
Maoists free 8 cops, civilian Himalayan News Service Masuriya, April 26:Maoists released nine persons, including eight policemen, today who were abducted one-and-a-half months ago. The CPN-Maoist’s central member, Lekhnath Bhatta, released them in the presence of journalists and... Travel 26 Apr, 2005
Populist programmes to be a thing of the past Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 22:The practice of allocating huge funds for populist programmes will come to an end once the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) moves in more and more districts and starts running projects by involving local... Travel 22 Feb, 2005
RBB, PAF plan joint action Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 10:Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB), the largest commercial bank of the country, and Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) today signed a partnership agreement to alleviate poverty in rural areas through boosting income... 10 Feb, 2005
Ministry to increase food for education quotas Renu KshetryKathmandu, January 17:The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) is planning to increase the quota for food for education programmes as the demand of food by girl students is on the rise.Purna Bahadur Ranabhat, programme director of Food... Horoscopes 18 Jan, 2005
Project monitoring key to beat poverty Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 13:Senior experts and donor representatives have similar views on effective utilisation and allocation of resources in poverty-hit areas of the country for which effective ‘monitoring’ is the need of the... 14 Jan, 2005
Radio programme popular Himalayan News Service Dipayal, March 1: For the people in the far western region where there are very limited telephone and other communication facilities, Radio Nepal has been serving as a reliable medium for communication. Every Sunday at 10.00 in... Travel 03 Jan, 2005
Phone services disrupted in far west Himalayan News ServiceDipayal, June 19:The people living in rural areas of the far-western development region have to come to Dipayal, the regional headquarters, and wait for two to three days to make a phone call. The situation arose after the Maoists... Travel 20 Jun, 2004
Maoists asked to free abductees Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 16:Condemning the Maoists for recent abductions, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the former to set the abductees free at the earliest. Seven teachers, including Ramhari Sharma Timalsina,... Travel 17 Jun, 2004
Faulty measurement hits customers Himalayan News Service Mahendranagar, May 23:Customers are being fooled by the lack of monitoring and evaluation, of scales used in weighing machines in rural areas of far-western development zone, by the office of Quality Control and Measurement,... 23 May, 2004
Privatisation of Chamelia Hydel Project opposed by locals Ravi DhamiMahendranagar, May 19:Many renowned people in Darchula and Baitadi oppose the government plan to handover the Chamelia Hydel Project, the biggest hydel project under-construction in the far western development project, to the private sector... 19 May, 2004
