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Bangladesh, S Korea sign $3b framework loan

Bangladesh and South Korea today signed a new framework arrangement concerning 3 billion U.S. dollars of concessional loans from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for the year 2023 through 2027.The signing ceremony took place in Incheon…

Cabbage worth Rs 17o million exported via Kakadbhitta border

Cabbage worth over Rs 170 million has been exported to India via Kakadbhitta border in nine months of current fiscal year. The cabbage was produced in Dhankuta, Ilam and Jhapa districts.Information officer at Plant Quarantine Office of Kakadbhitta, Ch…

220 rhinos die in CNP in eight years

A total of 220 rhinos died in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and vicinity in eight years.The CNP shared that among the casualties, 64 rhinos died of aging and falling off cliff; and 19 died in morass and floods. Information officer at CNP, Ganesh Prasad …

Promote press freedom to bolster other freedoms

The 30th World Press Freedom Day is observed across the globe. Nepal also observed the Day, organizing various activities on this occasion.Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachnda’; Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba; Minister for Communi…

Youth missing in Kaligandaki found dead

A youth who had gone missing in the Kalikandaki River since the past five days was found dead this morning.Abhishek Raut, 21, had disappeared from Kopcheghat of Rampur municipality-4 while swimming on April 29 and his lifeless body was retrieved from …

Boro cultivated in costal, saline area of Barguna

The maiden ‘Boro-paddy cultivation’ has been possible in a field located at Burirchar union under Barguna Sadar upazila in Barguna district of the Barishal division in the country.Around 200 bighas of land in the area has been brought under Boro culti…

Journalist Quamrul Islam laid to eternal rest

Senior journalist and former news editor of the national news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Quamrul Islam Chowdhury who died on Tuesday was laid to eternal rest today at the family graveyard at his village home in Sonaimuri of Noakjhali d…

World Press Freedom Day today

World Press Freedom Day is being observed today across the globe including in Nepal. May 3 each year is marked as the World Press Freedom Day in commemoration of the Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press…