Private and state-owned dairies owe around Rs5 billion to farmers as their stocks of butter and powdered milk remain unsold in the market, and demand for fresh products has also dropped.
KATHMANDU, April 12: As locally produced honey struggles to find a market, farmers are facing dire circumstances, with some even contemplating leaving the honey harvesting industry altogether. The disappointment stems from Indian honey dominating the Nepali market, leaving indigenous honey unsold.
KATHMANDU, April 2: Amid accusations of misappropriating cooperative funds against Home Minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane, another high-ranking member of the same party, Vice-Chairman Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal, is now entangled in a cooperative fraud scandal.
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Three companies have been selected on the basis of provisional proposals for the construction of the 42 MW Upper Modi 'A' Hydropower Project.