The National Planning Commission and Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development have been jointly felicitated with the ‘South-South Triangular Cooperation Leadership Award 2013’.

The government has stepped up measures to discourage the use of pesticides in the agricultural sector owing to the health hazards it poses and the harm it causes to the ecology.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development signed a NOK 150 million ($25 million) agreement to support ICIMOD in resilient and sustai

Leaders should recognise and act on dangers facing people living on the margins in urban centres, a report states.

Ambassador of India to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, today handed over a cheque bearing Rs 374.68 million to Umakant Jha, Minister for Energy and Irrigation, at the latter’s office in Kathmandu.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is in the dark about the status of implementation of a greenery project that it launched in January, 2012.

Until a few months ago, Kathmandu Valley denizens would walk past the Bagmati River covering their noses.

Construction of the much-awaited Sikta Irrigation Project in Banke has been halted after farmers resorted to protests, saying they will not part with their land until they were paid the ‘promised c

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is preparing to launch a pilot project for a biogas plant in the Kathmandu Valley.

Nepal has been lobbying for international support to improve sanitation and minimise water scarcity in the country in order to achieve Millennium Development Goals on sanitation and water by 2017.