Nepal should increase the production of ginger to become the topmost ginger producing country from its current status of being the fourth largest producer, according to experts.

Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation has floated a plan of complete removal of the settlement and any other encroached forest land within five years.

Hundreds of fowls that died in a Dharke-based a chicken firm over the past one week are learnt to have died due to bird flu outbreak.

A government team started inspecting hospital waste management systems in the Kathmandu Valley from today after reports that hospitals are mixing toxic waste with general waste against the law.

Poor condition of public toilets in the Kathmandu Valley is repelling people from using them, an NGO survey said today.

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that his government will double budget for agriculture in the fiscal policy.

As part of its cleanliness drive, the government is planning to declare some major areas in the Kathmandu Valley ‘waste-free zone’ within the current fiscal year.

The Asian Development Bank ( ADB) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Friday to provide a grant assistance of USD 11 million (around Rs.

Champa Devi Kathayat, a resident of Rilu VDC-9, left her field work for some days to construct a toilet after 50 years of the construction of her house.

Butwal municipality has successfully launched the first solar energy street light project in the country.