Nawalparasi: a hub of cement production set to grow

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Cement hub about to grow bigger: another cement factory under construction in Nawalparasi (central Terai)

Nawalparasi is already firmly established on the map as one of Nepal’s most industrialised rural districts. Located between Rupandehi to the west and Chitwan to the east, it’s exactly on the half-way mark along the Mahendra East-West Highway. Major industries like Chaudhary Udhyog Gram (CUG), Bhrikuti Pulp and Paper Factory, and Lumbini Sugar Industry and Triveni Distilleries, are already there. But above all, the district is known for its large cement production sector – and that’s just about to grow bigger!

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The NRA moves on to release funds, at snail speed

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The NRA still moving at snail speed: most of the 600,000 households made homeless by the earthquake are now facing another monsoon in makeshift tin shelters.

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) just moved on to “phase II” in rebuilding houses post-quake. The NRA has decided to release the first installment of the house reconstruction grant – that is, 50,000 rs. out of 200,000 rs. per household – but only in eight of the fourteen worst affected districts and merely in one VDC in each! Why not more!? Well, officially…

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We need local elections to rebuild: NRA chief

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Without the cooperation of strong local leaders, getting things done at local kevel often becomes very difficult: village politician

It’s an experience as old as Nepali government, dating back to the Rana regime and the royal rulers before them who often had to struggle to establish a reliable and continuous tax collection system at local level. Without the cooperation of strong local leaders who enjoy a good deal of control with the local people, […]

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The dark side to local traditional beliefs

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It’s hard to believe that witch burnings and child sacrifices still happen. But they do! It’s also true, though, that these occurrences are relatively rare – maybe they happen just once or twice a year, although some say numbers are higher. It’s indeed ages ago that witch burnings and child sacrifices were common parts of […]

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Raute women: delivery on grass will continue

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Raute women: delivery on grass will continue

Is it ok to give birth at home? Well, government policy is to ultimately make all women deliver at the hospital or at least the local health centre. But women of the Raute tribe, who’s striving to uphold a traditional nomadic lifestyle in the mid-Hill forests, insists on giving birth in nature. “It is our […]

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Silicon Valley in Bhaktapur: Rojina’s soft-tech story

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Who says computer programming is only for boys? Rojina Bajracharya, a young Bachelor student from Bhaktapur, just won a Toptal Scholarship for Female Developers! Who is Toptal? Well, it’s one of the fastest-growing companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in California in recent years, today connecting thousands of elite freelance programmers around the world with […]

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