- Friday, 10 April 2026
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Baglung’s Dhaulagiri hospital starts selling surplus oxygen
Dhaulagiri Hospital, in Baglung district, has started to produce oxygen commercially. The high-capacity oxygen plant was set up during the time of COVID-19 crisis, and the capacities of the old ones have also been upgraded. Recently, the leftover oxygen was sold to a health institution for commercial use. The hospital, which once experienced debilitating crisis of oxygen, has now reached the point of exporting itself. It had been reeling from an acute oxygen shortage in the wake of second wave of the pandemic. The oxygen plant has been established at a cost of Rs. 30 million funded by the federal and Gandaki province governments. Tej Prasad Niure, administration branch officer of the hospital, informed that the new oxygen plant has been in operation for the past two months and is now producing regular medical oxygen.
A dozen stolen Nepali sculptures spotted at auction houses of 4 countries
A dozen stolen sculptures from several parts of Nepal have put up at auction house of several nations for auction. The action was spotted by Lost Arts of Nepal which tracked the on-going auction at Bonham’s Auction, Paris of France, Kunsthaus Lempertz KG, Koln Germany, Koller Auctions, Zurich, Switzerland, Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart, Germany, Sotheby’s Auction, Paris, Dogny Auction, Lausanne, Switzerland and art auction house, DVC, Antwerp of Belgium.
Nonoperation of cold stores even after construction worries Dadeldhura farmers
Cold stores have been built to store potatoes in two villages in Dadeldhura district. But even a year after their construction completed, the stores have yet to come into operation. And this has worried the farmers. The construction of the building of a cold store located near the office of the Aalital Rural Municipality in Inner Madhesh was completed a year ago at a cost of Rs. 5 million. Information officer of the municipality Indra Bahadur Rawal said that he had no knowledge why they failed to come into operation. Chief administrative officer Narendra Singh Thagunna is even not aware that there are cold stores there. He said that he had no information about the cold stores.
NIFRA and IFC sign MoU for PPP project development
Nepal Infrastructure Bank (NIFRA) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of infrastructure projects in Public Private Partnership (PPP) modality in Nepal. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NIFRA Ram Krishna Khatiwada and Manager, Asia Pacific PPP Transaction Advisory Services of IFC Thomas Lubeck signed the MoU on behalf of their respective agencies at a programme, organised in NIFRA on Friday. As part of the MoU, NIFRA and IFC will collaborate on accelerating the pace of investment in infrastructure sector by bridging the gap in financial and technical resources required for the country’s infrastructure development, according to a press statement of NIFRA.
Homestay makes locals financially self-reliant
The local entrepreneurs, who run homestays at Dhunwakhola in Gulmi district, are helping promote tourism and providing job opportunities to the locals. Located in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-7, the homestay started by the locals has now become one of the popular village tourism destinations. The homestay service has been in operation since 2019 in Dhunwakhola, which is mainly inhabited by Gurung community. There are a total of 76 housholds of Gurung community, 20 families of Chantyal and seven families of Pun Magar residing in the village. In the homestay, tourists can get a chance to live in people’s houses and share their meals and experience local life and culture. The place is full of scenic beauty and the Gurung settlement is the major attraction.
Experts discuss climate risks facing agriculture, solutions in Karnali
Experts have expressed their concerns over the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector in Karnali. Stating that Karnali is suffering from food security problem, they on Wednesday stressed the importance of commercial farming and said that agriculture sector is facing growing risk of disease outbreak due to changing climate. In a provincial level agricultural technical working group meeting, director of Surkhet Directorate of Agricultural Development Chitra Bahadur Rokaya said that due to the climate change, there had been a problem of orange seeds bursting in Dailekh, Jajarkot and Surkhet districts. Farmers in these places have faced problems during a pick season of plucking ripe fruits. Not only seed bursting, farmers have faced other problems like moths in maize and yams, stem dryness of rice plant, seed rotting of tomatoes, crops and fruits.
Morocco becomes 1st African nation to reach World Cup semifinals
Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal 1-0 on Saturday, likely ending Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of ever winning soccer’s biggest prize. Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the 42nd minute to continue Morocco’s improbable run that has generated an outpouring of pride in the Arab world during the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East.
UML selects 34 HoR members under PR
The CPN (UML) on Sunday finalized the names of 34 members of House of Representatives (HoR) under the proportional representation (PR) system.
Government sensitive to deliver justice to conflict survivors-PM Deuba
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has vowed to promptly deliver justice to conflict survivors by effectively addressing their demands.
CPN (Maoist Centre) nominates 14 HoR members under PR
The CPN (Maoist Centre) finalized the names of 14 candidates for the member of House of Representatives (HoR) under the proportional representation (PR) system.
CPN (US) submits province PR name list to EC
The CPN (Unified Socialist) has finalized the names of its province assembly members under the Proportional Representative (PR) system.
Sport strengthens people-to-people relations, Prachanda says
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that sport is a medium to strengthen people-to-people relations in society.
Mountain tourism has huge potential: Vice President Pun
Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun asserted that Nepal possesses a huge potential in mountain tourism. Vice President Pun said it while inaugurating the 7th Mountain Festival organized by the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) at the International Mountain Museum in Pokhara today on the occasion of International Mountain Day that falls today.
One new case, active cases fall below 50
In 403 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, one person was found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Saturday. Whereas, no positive case was found in 696 Antigen testing in the last 24 hours.
Chandi Nach at Tundikhel (Photo Feature)
People belonging to the Sunuwar tribe performed Chandi Nach at the Tundukhel on Saturday. On the first Saturday of the Udhauli festival, Chandi Nach has been performed.
