June 19, 2024

Internal income of local governments in Jumla shrinks

The 61st annual report of the Office of Auditor General has revealed that internal sources of income of eight local governments, including seven rural municipalities in Jumla have decreased. According to the report, Chandannath, the only municipality …

Flood displaces 38,000, maroons 14.5 lakh in greater Sylhet

Gushing waters from upstream areas in northeast India accompanied by downpours continued to inundate fresh areas in Sylhet and neighbouring Sunamganj with officials saying the deluge so far forced 38,000 people to take refuge in safer places and maroo…

Depositors’ savings returned from three troubled cooperatives

Kathmandu: A campaign has been intensified to return the depositors’ money from the troubled cooperatives.

Ministry of Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation has accelerated the campaign to return the savings of depositors in the first-…

PM to visit India on June 21-22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave here for New Delhi on June 21 on a two-day state visit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

This will be the first bilateral visit by any head of government to India after the B…

Koshi Province Assembly put off after opposition’s boycott

The meeting of the Koshi Province Assembly has been put off after the opposition Nepali Congress and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) boycotted it on Wednesday.

The 10th meeting under the fifth session of the Assembly was scheduled to deliberate …

Fisherman killed by thunderstruck in Bhola

A fisherman was killed by thunderstruck at Nabir Char area of Badarpur union under Lalmohan upazila of the district today.

The deceased was identified as Lokman Hossain, 48, son of Abdul Wahab Bepari, resident of Charpata village of Badarpur union of…

Quader mourns death of poet Asim Saha

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Ekushey Award-winning Poet Asim Saha.

In a condolence message, he prayed for eternal peace of the departed sou…

Former PM Bhattarai urges leaders to concentrate on developments

Kathmandu: Chairman of Nepal Samajbadi Party Dr Babauram Bhattarai has suggested political party leaders that they concentrated on development and prosperity of the country.

Former Prime Minister Bhattarai expressed such view after observing the phot…

113th birth anniversary of poet Sufia Kamal tomorrow

The 113th birth anniversary of poet Begum Sufia Kamal, founding president of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad and a pioneer of Bengali women’s emancipation, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow in a befitting manner.

Different socio-cultural orga…