At a time when the government has given emphasis to the construction of large and medium-sized reservoir-type hydroelectricity projects, the 127 MW Upper Seti Hydro Electricity Project (USHEP) got

The board of directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of US$ 20.1 million for the Raising Incomes of Small and Medium Farmers Project.

The project will support nearly 900 farmer groups in 10 districts in western Nepal.

National coordinating body under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works launched a

With pressure mounting for green revolution, the four wheeler market in the country is seeing the launch of electric vehicles.

An outbreak of viral fever in over nine VDCs in Gulmi district has claimed three lives while scores have taken ill in the past one week.

Nepal needs at least US$ 42.7 million from the international community and conservation partners to carry out conservation programmes to meet the global tiger recovery goal and double the wild population of tigers, a meeting was told here on Friday.

As part of celebrations for the International Tiger Year 2010, all 13 tiger range countries have agreed to double the big cats

Hundreds of people have been taken ill due to viral fever and typhoid spreading in Parbat, Baglung and Myagdi districts for the last two weeks.

The Parbat District Public Health Office and other health centres are struggling to cope with the number of patients.

Italian scientists have confirmed a

KATHMANDU, NOV 29 - The government will discuss climate change and global warming issues at the historic Cabinet meeting to be held at Kalapathar (5,250 metres above the sea level) on Dec. 4, said officials on Sunday. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will later present the conclusions of the meeting at the UN

Nepal should play a meaningful leadership role to draw the attention of world leaders on the impacts of climate change despite being a country least responsible for global carbon emissions, experts said on Monday.

Speaking at a programme organised by Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), Arjun Karki, international coordinator for Least-Developed Countries (LDC) Watch, said that though the effects o