- Saturday, 4 April 2026
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Nepal Police and NEA sign MoU to establish charging stations at 25 locations
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Nepal Police and the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the construction and operation of electric vehicle charging stations. Inspector General of Nepal Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh and Managing Director of NEA Kul Man Ghising signed the memorandum of understanding on behalf of their respective institutions at a programme held at Police Headquarters, Naxal, on Monday.
Desperate farmers cut paddy plants to feed cattle
Farmers of Rupandehi have started feeding the cattle by cutting the rice paddy after it dried up due to drought. After the paddy crop started drying up in the field, the farmers started cutting the paddy crop out of desperation, citing that it can at least be used for feeding animals. Earlier, in absence of timely rains, farmers bought fuel at high prices and planted paddy. Now the lack of rain has added more problems for the farmers who have been cultivating paddy due to lack of fertiliser and water.
Rare gharials appear in Kailali rivers
A rare species of gharial, which is listed as critically endangered, has started appearing in good numbers in the tributaries of Kailali rivers. Recovering numbers of gharial, a family of crocodiles, have started appearing in the tributaries of Karnali River including Mohana, Pathraiya, Kadha and Kandra more than in the past. According to local conservationist Bhojraj Dhungana, there are around two dozen fish eater gharials in the dolphin conservation area. Gharials that reached various tributaries after the onset of the monsoon, probably came from the Karnali River, he said.
MoU between NP and NEA for charging station and operation
Nepal Police's Inspector General Dhiraj Pratap Singh and Nepal Electricity Authority's executive director Kulman Ghising signed the MoU amid a ceremony here on Monday.
Govt. implementing agreement reached with Chand-led party
The government's subordinate agencies are working to implement the agreement, as per the policy to resolve political problems through talks and dialogue.
Karnali Province at high risk of earthquake, experts say
Researchers and experts said the most active fault line of the Himalaya is created in the western part of the country.
Bangladeshi delegation calls on Energy Minister Bhusal
On that occasion, Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh, Mohammad Habibur Rahman, said that the clean energy produced in Nepal was necessary for Bangladesh and shared that it was working with Nepal and India to make it a reality.
EC proposes to limit number of people in election publicity programme to 25
Shaligram Sharma Puadel, spokesperson of the EC, informed that such a proposal was put forth in the meeting of the EC with the political parties held today.
Ten Nepalis hurt in jeep accident in India
Ten Nepalis were injured when a jeep en route to Khatima from Banbasa, India met with an accident today. India's Banbasa market lies along the Nepal-India border in Kanchanpur.
U.S. to give $15 Million to Nepal for Global Food Crisis
As part of the recently announced $2.76 billion in U.S. government funding to address the global food crisis, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide $15 million to Nepal to protect vulnerable populations from the escalating global crisis.
Ten Nepalis hurt in jeep accident in India
Mahendranagar, Aug 22: Ten Nepalis were injured when a jeep en route to Khatima from Banbasa, India met with an accident today. India's Banbasa market lies along the Nepal-India border in Kanchanpur. According to the Gaddachauki-based Area Police Office, it was reported that the jeep with the Indian number plate met with the accident near the Chakarpur-based police station. Radha Dayal and Jit Bahadur Dayal of Sukasal, Hem Ojha and Deepak Ojha of Kanchanpur, Chandra, Shanu, Baldev Singh, Khem Bahadur, Laxmi and Sharada are leant to have been wounded in the accident and among them, some are said to be critically hurt. The Indian police informed the Office that they are being treated in a government health facility based in Khatima. (RSS)
KMC Mayor Shah directs private companies to manage garbage within a week
Mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Balendra Shah, has directed the private companies involved in garbage management of KMC to the final management of all the uncollected waste within a week.
Federal Parliament endorses condolence motion on Giri's demise
The National Assembly has passed the condolence resolution on the demise of lawmaker Pradip Giri. A session of the upper house today endorsed the motion on the passing away of House of Representatives (HoR) member Giri who breathed his last amidst the treatment for cancer at Mediciti Hospital, Lalitpur at 9:30 pm on Saturday.
658 new cases, one death in 24 hours
In 3,381 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 405 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Monday. Likewise, the virus infection was detected in 253 people in 3,262 antigen tests performed in the last 24 hours.
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Prachanda and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Nepal meet
A meeting of the ruling coalition is also slated at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar later today.
