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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Business with a cause

Maybe time has come for Nepali entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses with a social cause In Bhuwaneswar of Odisha, India, is located a sprawling campus of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). It houses around...
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Fighting poverty

Challenge is to deliver ‘bikas’ at the doorsteps of extremely poor communities like Chepangs and help transform their lives by involving them at every level. Nearly five years ago, when philanthropist Bishnu Gautam reached  Kanda...
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Fun after 40

Unless Nepal is able to create significant number of jobs in agriculture, infrastructure and tourism labor migration to other countries won’t stop. A popular Nepali song by Hemanta Rana says, “Sun saili saili pardesh baat ma aula, chalis...
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Giving: The Nepali way

Generating resources locally and deploying them in a sustainable way warrants both strategic planning and clarity of purposeGyan Singh Tharu, who works as a peon at the Mahendra Campus at Bharatpur, Dang, decided to donate over Rs one...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Where’s the money?

Coming up with $24 billion over the next ten years is going to be a Himalayan challenge for NepalMinister for Energy, Janardan Sharma, said last month that the government aims to generate 17,000 MW of power within the next seven years....
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Saturday, February 2, 2019

एउटा ऐतिहासिक यात्रा

५० वर्षअघि नेपाल आएको ब्रिटिश चिकित्सक र नर्सहरूको समूहको सम्झना भगीरथ योगीबीबीसी न्यूज नेपाली साँचो अर्थमै त्यो एउटा ऐतिहासिक यात्रा थियो। पचास वर्षअघि सन् १९६८ को एप्रिल महिनामा ब्रिटिश चिकित्सक र नर्स सम्मिलित ११ जनाको...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

Getting back on track

Perpetual delays in legislation and implementation on road safety will cost more lives - Bhagirath Yogi Jan 20, 2019- Pradip Ghimire, 31, was one of the much-sought-after teachers in Dang. After completing an MSc in Botany from Tribhuvan University five years ago, Pradip returned to his home district to work as a teacher....
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