Food and water security concerns
The emerging global and regional supply chain disruptions seem to further shrink prospects for food import, and the writer says Nepal must act now to ensure food and water…
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Rains raise alarm over water contamination, food poisoning
As the festive season nears, concerns grow over the quality of drinking water, which has already fuelled cases of food poisoning and water-borne diseases—diarrhoea, dysentery,…
Multinationals see profits fluctuate due to slowdown
After observing their net profit trends jolted by the economic slowdown and inflation, firms say they are uncertain about the course consumer spending will take in the days to…
Shortages and good neighbourliness
Though South Asian states have come to the rescue of each other in times of crisis to meet shortages, sometimes sudden export bans due to domestic considerations defeat the…
Nepal’s Department of Transport Management hikes public transport fare
Under the system, the government can revise fares up and down whenever the prices of petroleum products fluctuate by more than 5 per cent.
Can ex-President Bhandari’s political comeback spoil Oli’s ‘one-man show’?
Leaders close to Bhandari say she has been waiting for an opportune moment to make a comeback with the support of those in the party who are fed up with Oli’s “one-man…
Madhesh struggles with rising cases of missing children
A majority of missing person complaints are about children aged between 10 and 17 years, said police.
Heavy rainfall floods 43 houses in Bardiya
Houses in Auri, Bhagatpur, and Dudha of Barbardiya Municipality-8 were inundated as these areas have been experiencing heavy rainfall.
Nepal’s vice-president Ramsahay Yadav embarks on China trip
Former vice presidents Nanda Bahadur Pun and Parmananda Jha had also attended the Kunming expo during their tenures.
Bardiya marks World Elephant Day amid growing human-wildlife conflict
The elephants have grown violent of late, due to lack of food inside the national park and also because the locals chase them away to protect their crops, said a resident whose…