EDITORIAL: Cholera scare Since the first case of cholera was detected on June 19, the Kathmandu Valley reported its 12th case on Monday, with health experts warning that the valley could be on the cusp of a massive cholera outbreak. Opinion 29 Jun, 2022
Paddy output down 1pc to 5.55m tonnes Kathmandu, January 3 Paddy production, which had increased for the last three consecutive years, has fallen by 1.05 per cent to 5.55 million metric tonnes in the current fiscal year. As per the paddy output statistics released by the Ministry of... 04 Jan, 2020
Paddy plantation completed on 64 per cent of arable land so far Kathmandu, July 24 Paddy plantation has been carried out on 63.79 per cent of 1.37 million hectares of arable land across the country as of Monday, according to the latest update provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development... 25 Jul, 2019
Rice import up even as paddy production increases In the current fiscal, paddy production has hit all-time high of 5.6 million tones Kathmandu, June 29 Although paddy production in the country has been increasing every year it has failed to substitute rice import. The government has been claiming... 30 Jun, 2019
EDITORIAL: Follow the criteria A university has the right to set its standard, and affiliated colleges must abide by the rules to ensure quality of education Around 30,000 first semester students under the Bachelor’s programme in Management of Pokhara University (PU) have not... 23 Apr, 2019
19pc growth targeted in paddy production Kathmandu, April 21 The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) has targeted 19 per cent growth in paddy production in the next five years. Based on the government’s 15th five-year national plan, the ministry had set a target to... 22 Apr, 2019
Paddy productivity up 8.6 per cent Kathmandu, December 26 Paddy productivity is estimated to go up by 8.6 per cent in the current fiscal year to 3.8 tonnes per hectare on the back of favourable monsoon, timely availability of fertilisers and use of modern tools and equipment. Paddy... 27 Dec, 2018
Will celebrations lead to higher paddy output? Kathmandu, June 29 The government started celebrating the 15th day of Asar (popularly called ‘Asar Pandhra’) as the National Paddy Day or National Rice Plantation Day since 2005 in a bid to increase the country’s paddy production and... 30 Jun, 2018
Govt fails to meet paddy production target Kathmandu, December 20 The government has missed the paddy production target of 5.4 million metric tonnes in the ongoing fiscal year. Though the government earlier was optimistic that paddy production in 2017-18 would not come down despite... 21 Dec, 2017
Paddy production up ... and so is rice import Kathmandu, November 22 At a time when the government has been rejoicing over the increasing production of paddy in recent years, surging production of the crop has not been able to bring down the import of rice accordingly. The country’s recent... 23 Nov, 2017
Paddy output unlikely to come down despite monsoon havoc Kathmandu, October 30 With country’s farmers busy cutting paddy, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) has said that paddy production in the ongoing fiscal year is unlikely to come down though unfavourable monsoon had inundated many... Horoscopes 31 Oct, 2017
Paddy production in Jhapa up by 15 pc Bhadrapur, November 23 Jhapa district, which enjoys the status of being the district that produces the highest yield of rice in the country, has witnessed an increment of 15 per cent in paddy production this season compared to last year,... Travel 24 Nov, 2016
