BHARATPUR: Prakash Pant, a resident of Bharatpur Metropolis-18, Gunjanagar have made an income of Rs one million in less that three months. He has been successful to make a lucrative income by selling ‘Red Rose’ meant for the Valentine Day.
According to him, he made a net profit of 300,000 from rose farming. “I sell at least one thousand to 12 hundred sticks of this flower from my farm”.
There is a demand of 20,000 stick roses in Chitwan on the occasion of Valentine Day, said Pant, who is also the Chairman of the Floriculture Association Nepal, Chitwan Chapter. He usually starts cultivating this flower from the month of April and May, and yields production from November. He has been supplying roses to major cities of Nepal, including Chitwan, Pokhara and Kathmandu.
In the recent days, with the celebration of ‘Valentine Day’ gaining popularity in the country, the demand of ‘Red Rose’ has also gone up. However, Nepal has not been able to produce sufficient flowers to meet the growing demand.
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security is set to scrap the registration of those manpower companies failing to send at least 100 Nepali workers abroad for employment a year.
A meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Committee took a decision to this effect last Monday.
Once the provision comes into effect, a total of 411 manpower companies registered at the Department of Foreign Employment will get their licenses scrapped.
According to the record maintained by the (DoFE), these companies have been found sending less than 100 Nepali workers abroad for foreign employment.
Currently, a total of 1,072 manpower companies have been registered at the Department of Foreign Employment.
“Many a manpower company do not send even 100 Nepali workers a year abroad for foreign employment,” Dilip Kumar Chapagain, General Director at the DoFE told Khabarhub, adding, “Many Nepali youths have been duped in the name of foreign employment. We are mulling to amend Foreign Employment Act to end such frauds and other related problems surrounding foreign employment.”
However, Mukunda Khanal, former vice-president of Nepal Foreign Employment Entrepreneurs’ Association, has accused the government of putting restrictions on the manpower agencies by introducing a new provision. “The agencies need to be regulated through an amendment to the Foreign Employment Act but it should not take away entrepreneurs’ right to run the business,” Khanal told Khabarhub.
The ministry has already reached a deal with Nepal Rastra Bank on the deposit and bank guarantee to be furnished by manpower agencies by dividing them into three categories.
According to the agreement, manpower agencies exporting up to 3,000 workers are required to deposit Rs 5 million in government coffers and furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 15 million to start operation.
Similarly, agencies sending 3,000 to 5,000 workers a year are required to park Rs 10 million in state coffers and present a bank guarantee of Rs 30 million to operate their business.
Likewise, those exporting over 5,000 workers annually have to deposit Rs 20 million in state coffers and provide a bank guarantee of Rs 40 million to start operation.
The committee will table the bill at the federal parliament for deliberation. Once it is endorsed by the federal parliament, it will be presented before the President for authentication. Once it is authenticated by the President, it shall come into force.
As many as 30,000 Nepali youths leave Nepal for foreign employment on a monthly basis.
Nepali youths have been working in over 172 different countries across the world.
Doing something genuine today? Being a little bit dramatic and expressive for your partner is a good vibe. Giving a romantic gift today on this special Valentine’s Day will sure to fuel the fire.
If you are yet to buy a deserving gift to you Valentine, make a slapdash effort to get Teddy Bears. If not, chocolates, simple toys, red roses or a bouquet will work just fine. These gifts will please your partner, for sure and that the day goes off without a hitch.
Another idea would be to go for a nice dinner together.
The history of Valentine goes like this: The day may have taken its name from a priest named Valentine, who was martyred about 270 CE by the Emperor Claudius II Gothicus. Legends have to say that, the priest Valentine signed a letter saying “From your Valentine” to the jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, healed from blindness.
Likewise, several other accounts say that it was St. Valentine of Terni, who was a bishop, for whom the holiday was named.
Another story says that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. That is why his feast day is associated with love.
SURKHET: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has urged Nepali Congress to refrain from doing ‘politics of pollution’.
He also urged the main opposition party to refrain from being restless since the government is periodic.
Inaugurating the national conference of Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB) in Surkhet, Minister Baskota urged the NC party to stop indulging in dirty politics.
On the occasion, he also suggested the media to play the role of a critique of the government, not as the opposition.
SIRAHA: Locals in the northern belt of Siraha are terrorized by wild elephants. They have been compelled to stay up the whole night to chase away the elephants that enter their settlements at night and wreak havoc.
The wild elephants come out from the Chure Forest, locals said. The animals enter the villages such as Jamdaha, Musaharniya and Golagaun in Golbazar Municipality-3 at night and destroy houses and toilets.
The wild elephants also cause damage to the crops and vegetable farming.
KATHMANDU: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqui, on Wednesday called on Nepal Communist Party leader Jhalanath Khanal.
During the meeting held at Khanal’s residence at Dallu, the duo discussed about Nepal-China relations.
On the occasion, Khanal apprised the Chinese ambassador of the long-standing culture of mutual cooperation between the two countries.
Former Prime Minister Khanal also said he was hopeful that Nepal would get assistance on a wider scale from China for its efforts towards the attainment of development and prosperity. He also underscored Nepal’s determination on One-China policy saying that no anti-China activities would be allowed to take place in the Nepal’s soil.
Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador Hou assured that she would do her best to take the bilateral relations to a new height.
BHADRAPUR: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has instructed the security bodies to be vigilant against anti-state elements active in the country.
Minister Thapa said so during a meeting with employees and security personnel at the District Administration Office in Jhapa on Wednesday.
He urged everyone to be alert since some internal as well as external elements have been active to topple the government to create instability in the country.
Without naming, Home Minister Thapa said some forces are trying to divide the country in the name of ethnicity and religion.
KATHMANDU: Chairman of Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured of completing the remaining task of party at the earliest.
Speaking at a program to pay tributes to the martyrs of the People’s Movement and ‘People’s War’ at party office at Dhumbarahi, Dahal said even though some international forces are conspiring to avert party unification, he claimed that the two parties would be united at all levels.
“Be assured, we will conclude the unification soon,” he told the meeting urging party leaders and cadres to have patience for another few days.
On the occasion, Dahal urged all political parties, including the Nepali Congress and the Madesh-based parties to join hands with the government in its agenda of the country’s development and prosperity.
KATHMANDU: The much-hyped Prime Minister Employment Program has been launched amid a special ceremony at City Hall in the capital today.
Launching the program, Prime Minister KP Oli dubbed the program a “step forward’ towards the path of ‘Prosperous Nepal and Happy Nepali’ envisioned by the government.
“Unemployment and poverty are the major hindrances that have been preventing the country from moving ahead to achieve the goal of prosperity,” he said amid a jam-packed audience.
The government has announced the Prime Minister Employment Program in a bid to create massive job opportunities for Nepali youths in the country, thereby discouraging foreign employment.
Prime Minister Oli claimed that his government has launched various people-oriented programs, including the Social Security Fund aimed at improving the living standard of the Nepali people. The PM Employment Program, he argued, has been planned to create massive job opportunities to end poverty in the country.
We are inching closer to our set priorities as the incumbent government is moving ahead with a clear-cut goal and vision, PM Oli added.
The government has announced the Prime Minister Employment Program in a bid to create massive job opportunities for Nepali youths in the country, thereby discouraging foreign employment.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, the government has plans to introduce programs to create 200,000 jobs in the fiscal year 2018/19 and 700,000 jobs in 2022/23.
The government will provide subsidized loans to youths to start up their own business, as per the program.
Under this program, the government will issue loans to students based on their educational certificates as collateral, provide up to Rs one million to foreign employment returnees based on their skills and Rs 500,000 seed money to start up their own businesses.
LAHAN: A person died in an accident at Mircharya in Siraha along the East-West Highway today.
Another person sustained injuries when a bus collided with a three-wheeler on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Birendra Shah of Mirchaiya. The identity of the injured is yet to be ascertained.
The incident took place when a school bus, Na 4 Kha 4904, heading towards west from east collided with the three-wheeler, Na 3 Cha 3420, coming from the opposite direction, police said.