Published On: April 25, 2020 11:45 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, April 25: The city of Damak in Jhapa district is on high alert after the first coronavirus case was confirmed here on Friday evening.
Published On: February 19, 2020 12:14 PM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Feb 19: The local government body has shown dissatisfaction on the matter of compensation for the construction of the China-Nepal Friendship Industrial Park in Damak. The body has demanded proper management of the squatters living in the area set aside for the industrial park.
Published On: November 14, 2019 08:40 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Nov 14: The deadline for completing the construction of the much awaited Birtamod–Bhadrapur road is just two months away. However, so far around 25 percent of the project has been completed.
Published On: November 9, 2019 08:56 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Nov 9: Police on Tuesday morning impounded four trucks with 50 bulls which were being taken to Jhapa from Morang. A joint team of Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force had arrested the drivers and taken the trucks under control at 4 am. According to the security forces, the bulls were being taken to India.
Published On: November 3, 2019 11:39 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Nov 3: A shift from regular electricity to solar power has come as a relief for residents of Gauradaha in Jhapa district. Locals who had to pay a minimum of Rs 130 per month on electricity bills now have to pay Rs 105 only, thanks to the installation of a solar-powered water pump in their locality. Of the paid amount, Rs 5 will be used for the payment of the community water tap.
Published On: September 15, 2019 08:09 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Jhapa, Sept 15: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, addressing a gathering in the home district of Prime Minister KP Oli, who is also a co-chair of the party, has sought party members’ support to lead the newly-unified party single-handedly in the coming days.
Published On: September 14, 2019 11:09 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Sept 14: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has been able to invite Chinese government’s investments in some mega projects for his home district Jhapa.
Published On: August 4, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Aug 4: Though the government has already approved Chinese investment of Rs 64 billion to construct Nepal-China Friendship Industrial Park, it is not sure that the park will be constructed.
Published On: June 30, 2019 08:23 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, June 30: As farmers in the district have started using harvesting machine in a bid to modernize paddy farming, their cost of production has increased this season. However, they have been compelled to sell paddy for cheaper rates than in previous years, which is incurring them huge losses.
Published On: May 27, 2019 03:00 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, May 27: Initially planned to be completed in 18 months, the construction of the four-lane Birtamod- Bharatpur road has not shown any sign of completion within the deadline even though it was started nine months ago.
Published On: April 1, 2019 06:00 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, April 1: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday made an announcement to build an earthquake museum in Damak that will create awareness among the upcoming generation about the catastrophic earthquake of 2015.
Published On: March 8, 2019 07:45 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, March 8: Menuka Kafle, the chairperson of Kamal Rural Municipality of Jhapa district, is the only woman chief in entire Province 1. It has now been one-and-a-half years since she has been serving in the capacity of the chairperson of a rural municipality.
Published On: January 6, 2019 10:32 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Jan 6: It is not easy to reach the proposed site for the construction of a view tower at Damak-3 of Jhapa district. One has to drive nearly six kilometers from Krishna Mandir of Damak along the unpaved section of the East-West Highway and then travel 300 meters along a rural road to reach Dapga Gachhi, the proposed site for Prime Minister KP Oli's pet project.
Published On: October 31, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Oct 31: The human rights bodies 'have stopped looking after them'. Nepal government no more feels obliged to ensure their comforts.
Published On: October 9, 2018 09:00 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, Oct 9: Tea laborers have been protesting for the last 12 days in Jhapa demanding implementation of minimum wage fixed by the government. Picking tea leaves has been halted. The government is yet to address concerns of those tea laborers to address their problems though a government panel has reached to the industries and has also taken stock of the matter and also discussed on the matters of tea laborers.
Published On: September 16, 2018 06:32 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
The elderly refugees wish to ‘die in Bhutan’
Published On: July 23, 2018 08:39 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, July 22: Farmers of Jhapa are worried as their paddy saplings are drying up due to scorching heat and lack of rainfall.
Published On: July 5, 2018 06:43 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, July 5: He had an option to live a comfortable life as a royal physician in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu. But when the regime evicted around 75,000 of its Nepali-speaking population in the early 1990s, Doctor Bhampa Rai made up his mind and decided to follow his fellow citizens.
Published On: June 2, 2018 03:43 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
DAMAK, June 1: "Nepal gave us shelter for 25 years. Now we just want to go back to our land. Our lives are miserable here.”
Published On: May 4, 2018 08:13 AM NPT By: YUBARAJ BIBASH
JHAPA, May 4: Damak XI has advanced into the quarterfinals of the first Damak Gold Cup football tournament with a 4-3 tiebreaker win over Rupandehi XI on Thursday.