– Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week.The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from the Syrian town of Jableh survived on dirty drips of water and eventually lost…
Tough times are ahead for Pakistan as Islamabad and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have failed to reach a staff-level agreement on a much-needed USD 1.1 billion bailout package aimed at preventing the country from going bankrupt. Analysts believe that the current economic crisis in Pakistan is a culmination of decades of faulty policies, reported…
The high hills and mountains in Kaski district would attract tourists with snow blanketing the areas if it was a normal time. This time, the situation is different. Potential visitors are waiting for snowfall to enjoy. Dearth of snowfall has caused severe concerns for environmentalists and tourism entrepreneurs alike. Tourism entrepreneurs are worried over a…
The internal terminal of the Chobhar dry port in Kathmandu is going to come into operation soon.A terminal inside the dry port, under the Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Committee, came into operation since mid-March last year, but the internal terminal...
Bird flu infection has been confirmed in chickens reared at three different locations in Kathmandu Valley. According to the Department of Animal Services, the infection was found in chickens reared by farmers of Nepal Agricultural Research Council's firm at Khumaltar...
Tea worth Rs 38 million has been exported from Nepal. According to National Tea and Coffee Development Board, tea farming is done in around 27,500 hectares of land and Jhapa covers more than one third of the total tea gardens....
The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation has suggested the local governments for the classification of land at the earliest possible time. The Ministry made such appeal to the local governments as sales and rights ownership of land...
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Damodar Bhandari, has insisted on the involvement and promotion of the private sector in the journey towards national prosperity.While inaugurating the ninth AGM of the Nepal Printers’ Association Federation here today, the Minister ruled...
A total of 16 districts in the country are yet to be free of leprosy. According to information shared at a programme organised to mark the 70th World Leprosy Day here on Friday, the 16 districts are Jhapa, Morang, Siraha,...
Sita Air has conducted a test flight at the Tarigaon airport located in Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city-12 of Dang. Sita Air's 19-seater aircraft with call sign A-AJH landed at the airport on Friday. Landing of the plane was tested from both...
