February 2023 - Digital Khabar

White House gives 30 days to enforce TikTok ban

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

28 February, Washington: The White House on Monday (local time) gave federal agencies 30 days to purge the Chinese-owned app TikTok from all government-issued devices. The directive comes after congressional legislation passed in December banned the popular video-sharing app from federal government devices and systems, amid concerns TikTok’s parent company ByteDance could allow the Chinese Communist Party access to user... Read More

Tourism Minister’s commitment to not board helicopters unless essential

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

28 February, Kathmandu: Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, who has adopted a policy of not flying helicopters during his tenure except for national calamities and essential work, has informed. He clarified that even though people have invited him by chartering helicopters for social programs in different places of the country, he has not gone to many... Read More

Chairperson Nepal rejects proposal of sharing presidential term

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

28 February, Kathmandu: Chairperson of the CPN (Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, has said he rejected the proposal put forth by CPN (UML) Chairperson, KP Sharma Oli. Chairperson Nepal, who arrived in Surkhet on Monday for an orientation program for party strengthening in Karnali, shared that he rejected Chairperson Oli’s proposal of sharing the presidential term, saying it was not... Read More

Fine of Rs.50,000 if hospital waste disposed at Bancharedanda

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

28 February, Kathmandu: Kathmandu Metropolitan City has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on those who bring hospital-related harmful waste to Bancharedanda, the final waste disposal site. Rabinman Shrestha, Head of the KAMPA Environment Department, informed that Sunaulo Parivar Nepal in Kampa-5 was fined Rs.50,000. According to him, we will take action against anyone who takes the waste to the... Read More

Farmers earn 200 million rupees from cardamom

February 26, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

14 February, Kathmandu: Farmers of Lamjung have earned Rs 200 million from the sale of cardamom this year. A total of 380 metric tons of cardamom was sold in the district in the year, according to the Prime Minister’s Agriculture Modernization Project Implementation Unit Lamjung. Since commercial farming of cardamom began in 2041 B.S., this year saw a record amount... Read More

Eight-party shapes the framework of national consensus – PM

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

14 February, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said a consensus reached among the eight political parties representing the parliament on Friday was a framework of national consensus itself. Prime Minister Dahal said this at a talk program entitled ‘Contemporary Nepali Politics and Nidhi’s Thoughts’ held at PM’s residence, Baluwatar, on Saturday on the occasion of the 101st birth anniversary... Read More

NSU to host Nepal Hackathon

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

26 February, Kathmandu : A Hackathon is going to be hosted by the central committee of the Nepal Students Union (NSU), a sister organization of the Nepali Congress. The event is going to be held at Pulchok Campus from coming February 28 to March 2 under the auspices of the NSU central committee and co-organized by the NSU Pulchok Campus... Read More

Parties meet to decide presidential candidate

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

23 February, Kathmandu: Leaders of political parties are still deciding on the presidential candidate. The Maoist Center, leading party of the government, is preparing to hold separate discussions with Nepali Congress, United Socialist Party, and Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal (JSP) today and hold a joint meeting of the old five-party power alliance this evening. Yesterday there was a discussion between... Read More

14 rhinos die in CNP in seven months

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

22 February, Kathmandu: At least 14 rhinos have died in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) and the forest area until February 9 of the current fiscal year, 2022/23, said the CNP. The FY in Nepal usually begins in mid-July. Of them, 12 died in the CNP and two in the forest area. Poachers killed three of them (two in the... Read More

Prime Minister and UML Chairman hold meeting

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Digital Desk Digital Desk

22 February, Kathmandu: A meeting was held between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chairman of CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli. It is said that the current political situation, presidential and vice presidential elections were discussed in the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar. There is a schedule for nominations for the presidential election, this February 25. The... Read More