Applications invited from drug rehabilitation centres for grants The Ministry of Home Affairs has called on interested drug rehabilitation centres to submit application to its Drug Control Section, Singha Durbar, within 15 days for grants. Nepal 05 Mar, 2023
Government amends grant distribution procedure for drug rehabilitation centres The Ministry of Home Affairs has made an amendment to the ‘Procedure related to Operation of Drug Users’ Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres, 2021’ to rehabilitate and reintegrate drug users into society in a more effective and systematic way. Nepal 18 Jan, 2023
Drug rehabilitation centres to receive government grant The Ministry of Home Affairs is set to provide grants to drug users’ treatment and rehabilitation centres to guarantee the right to basic health services of each citizen. Nepal 17 Dec, 2021
Three drug rehabilitation centres selected for capital grants The Ministry of Home Affairs has selected three drug users’ treatment and rehabilitation centres to provide capital grants in a bid to encourage them, as well as to guarantee the right to basic health services of each citizen. Kathmandu 29 Apr, 2021
A new high: Indigenous Thai farmers swap opium for coffee, land DOI TUNG: Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze. It's how all the men in his mountain village on the Thai-Myanmar border spent their time. Stateless, with little... 15 May, 2019
Pashupati declared �marijuana-free zone� Kathmandu, January 28 Pashupati Area Development Trust with the help of police today declared Pashupati area a ‘marijuana-free zone’ in view of the upcoming Mahashivaratri festival. PADT also announced plans to organise the festival in a... Horoscopes 29 Jan, 2018
Pashupati to become marijuana-free zone Kathmandu, January 26 Pashupati Area Development Trust with the help of police is all set to declare Pashupati area a marijuana-free zone. PADT officials said police would be authorised to interrogate any person, including sadhus, suspected of... Horoscopes 27 Jan, 2018
Nakkhu jail to be upgraded LALITPUR: The capacity of Nakkhu Jail, which currently accommodates around 500 inmates, would be expanded to accommodate 1,000 inmates. Out of the two blocks -- one block each for males and females -- with accommodating capacities of 250 inmates... Horoscopes 11 Jan, 2018
Over 3,000 benefit from eye camp under health campaign in Chitwan CHITWAN: As many as 3,000 people have been benefitted from the 'Eye Camp for Chitwan', a health campaign recently launched with an objective to make Chitwan district blindness-free. The campaign spearheaded by German national Catria offered free eye... Travel 08 Nov, 2017
568 children rescued from Valley streets According to a recent report, there are over 5,000 street kids all over Nepal Kathmandu, April 19 As many as 568 children, including 55 girls, were rescued from the streets of the Kathmandu Valley during the period of mid-April 2016 to... Horoscopes 20 Apr, 2017
Moss graces Vanity Fair cover LONDON: Troubled supermodel Kate Moss, who just finished a stint at a drug rehabilitation centre, is back on the front page of Vanity Fair magazine. Ananova.com reported that a spokesperson for the magazine says that they picked Moss simply because she... Travel Abroad 04 Nov, 2005
Women set to put life of drug abuse to rest Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, February 24: With a drug addict for a husband, overburdened with responsibilities, school teacher Sabitri Tamrakar, felt she could not take it anymore. So, she gave in and became a drug abuser too. Her binge lasted 13... Horoscopes 25 Feb, 2005
