Onion smuggling thrives after Indian export ban
With the export ban on onions, the price of onions have declined in India, but it has fuelled smuggling due to the price differences in Nepal.
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52 candidates file nominations for 19 National Assembly seats
The parties in the Nepali Congress-led ruling alliance are contesting the election together, while the main opposition the CPN-UML is vying for the election in all the 19 seats on…
Winter brings bumper honey harvest in Nepal’s mountains, but no markets
Om Prakash Khadka, a beekeeper in the mountainous region of northern Nepal experienced an unusual burst of optimism this winter—a rarity in his line of work. The reason? A…
Nepal, India agree to study construction of new high-capacity cross-border transmission lines
Such an agreement between the two sides was reached at a time when the two countries signed a long-term power trade agreement under which the southern neighbour promised to buy…
Three years on, monsoon-displaced people in outlying Bajura settlements await rehabilitation
A total of 519 families have been displaced over the past three years after their homes were destroyed by heavy rains, government data show.
Most Covid-19 labs across Nepal lack testing kits as threat increases
Officials said testing people suspected to have the coronavirus will be halted both in the laboratory and at border points if kits are not immediately supplied.
Schools in remote areas suffer from teacher crunch
Schools in all the local units—Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality, Himali Rural Municipality, Jagannath Rural Municipality and Budhinanda Municipality—in the northeast…
Nepal, India set to ink two deals during Jaishankar’s visit
Jaishankar is arrives Kathmandu on January 4, leading an Indian delegation at the seventh meeting of the Nepal-India joint commission, the highest level bilateral mechanism…
Nepal PM downplays growing pessimism, but youth exodus suggests otherwise
The statement came after thousands of youths desperate to go to South Korea for jobs protested at Balkumari in Lalitpur after they were denied a chance to apply for the Korean…
Nepali producers await India’s nod to export cement
According to the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nepal, a dozen Nepali cement factories have applied for the certification to make their products eligible for export,…