Bhairahawa fast rising as country’s pharmaceutical hub
Pharma factories in Lumbini province produce medicines worth Rs15 billion annually and provide 2,500 jobs, officials say.
Pharma factories in Lumbini province produce medicines worth Rs15 billion annually and provide 2,500 jobs, officials say.
Many children are stateless as they are unable to get citizenship certificates due to lack of birth registration documents issued by ward office.
Garbage is dumped on the riverbanks as the city does not have a waste processing site.
The District Administration Office in Rupandehi has clamped a curfew in Motipur Industrial Corridor Area for an indefinite period to avert any untoward incidents.
The clash ensued when police deployed to demolish illegal huts erected on government land were attacked by squatters.
Over two dozen people including police personnel have sustained injuries during the incident, said police.
Of the 1,724 people who opted for permanent family planning measures in Lumbini last year, only 235 were men.
Shanker Pokhrel on Wednesday had resigned as the chief minister of Lumbini Province.
The alliance has proposed Maoist Centre Parliamentary Party leader Kul Prasad KC for the post of chief minister.
The special session was suspended after Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel submitted his resignation letter to the provincial chief on Wednesday noon.
Nepal’s vast riverbeds, mostly unused, have huge potential to be utilised for the poverty alleviation of thousands of landless families.
The project aims to help marginalised people, women, disabled persons and workers who return from foreign jobs become self-employed.
Since 2013, only 20,000 houses have been constructed across the country under the housing programme.
Hotels and restaurants are still shuttered, resulting in a massive drop in meat demand, farmers say.
Smugglers have been using Butwal as a transit point to smuggle wildlife parts to China from Korala border point, police say.