Kathmandu. The Nepali men's national cricket team is entering the field today with the plan to create history by winning the title of the third edition of the ACC Premier Cup. Nepal will face the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the final match of the ongoing tournament in Malaysia today. If Nepal can defeat the UAE in today's match, it will become the first team to win the one-day format ACC Premier Cup for the second time in a row.Nepal is the champion team of the 50-over ACC Premier Cup held on home soil in 2023. In the process of...
Bojpur. Akbare (Dalle) chili produced in Bojpur has recently found a good market in various major cities of the country. With easy access to transportation reaching villages, Akbare chili produced by farmers here is being exported to external districts and cities including Kathmandu, Dharan, Biratnagar, and Jhapa.Commercial cultivation of Akbare chili has become a reliable source of main income for most farmers here. As Akbare chili yields good income compared to traditional food crops, most local farmers have been attracted to its commercial cultivation. Currently, farmers are selling chili at the local level for Rs 150 to Rs 200 per...
Kathmandu. Nepal Rastra Bank has determined the exchange rate of foreign currency for today. According to the central bank, the purchase rate for one US dollar has been set at 152 rupees 59 paisa and the selling rate at 153 rupees 19 paisa.The purchase rate for one Australian dollar is 109 rupees 41 paisa and the selling rate is 109 rupees 84 paisa, and the purchase rate for one Canadian dollar is 110 rupees 19 paisa and the selling rate is 110 rupees 62 paisa.The purchase rate for one European Euro is 176 rupees 96 paisa and the selling rate...
Palpa. Two years ago, farmers in Khyaaha, Ribdikot Rural Municipality-1, would reach their fields before dawn, monitor maize plants all day, and chase away troops of monkeys with slingshots and fake guns. They couldn't even return home after dusk. Worries about wild boars entering the fields at night constantly plagued them. Some farmers were becoming discouraged with farming as they couldn't bring their produce home despite cultivating it. However, now farmers have found relief as the ward office has arranged for monkey-watching employees in the villages and provided thorny wire fencing in farmers' fields. Since 2080 BS, the ward office...
Kathmandu. World First Aid Day is being celebrated today with the theme 'First Aid in the Context of Migration'. Internal and external migration is increasing worldwide due to various reasons. In Nepal too, people migrate in search of disaster, flood, landslide, and other emergencies and opportunities.On this occasion, the Nepal Red Cross Society stated in a press release on Friday, 'Migration journey is not easy and can face various obstacles such as uncertain living conditions, lack of livelihood, barriers to access basic health services, use of risky routes, lack of information about language, culture, geography, lack of training, etc., can...
आज बाको मुख हेर्ने दिन… धेरै सन्तानले आज बाबुको अनुहार हेर्लान्, मिठाई खुवाउलान्, नयाँ कपडा फेरिदेलान् र खुट्टा ढोगेर आशीर्वाद लेलान् । सामाजिक सञ्जालमा बाबुसँगको मुस्कुराउँदो तस्बिर पोस्ट गर्दै प्रेम, सम्मान र कृतज्ञताका शब्दहरू पनि पोखिएलान् । तर, यो पर्व मनाउँदै गर्दा आज हामीले आफैँसँग एउटा असहज र गम्भीर प्रश्नको जवाफ माग्नुपर्ने समय आएको छ […]