An outline of environmental and social management framework is to be prepared to draw attraction of small farmers towards adopting modern agriculture through dissemination of climate change related

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Nepal has become the first ever country, among the 11 South East Asian countries, to use the latest antidote to Polio, Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV).

One person has died and over 300 people have been infected from the dengue virus this year.

Dengue fever is spreading rapidly in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts with at least one person confirmed dead from the disease.

Floods and landslides have damaged standing paddy and vegetables on 35,804.1 hectares in 17 districts, including the rice-bowl districts of the country such as Bardiya, Banke, Dang, Kanchanpur, Sir

European Union (EU) has announced the relief fund of Rs 32,293,750 for the most vulnerable families that have been affected by the natural disaster in the Mid-Western region.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 2: Recent monsoon floods in Banke district have damaged crops and food grains worth more than Rs 210 million, said a government report unveiled on Tuesday.

Bowing to pressure exerted by crusher operators, the government on Monday decided to extend the deadline for implementation of standards for crusher industry till mid-January 2015.

Tuesday´s meeting of the government´s Central Monitoring Committee on sand and aggregates has decided to allow crusher factories to temporarily register to clear their current stock.

Out of the Rs 250 million donations collected from various organizations in the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, Rs 150 million has been released to the Ministry of Home Affairs so far for providing r