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KATHMANDU: In an effort to promote clean energy technology in cooking, the government has prepared a national action plan that envisages providing electric stoves to 3.3 million households by 2030. Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC)
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KATHMANDU: On September 23, a meeting of the Council of Ministers passed the Bill to Amend Electricity Act 1991 through an ordinance paving the way for granting licenses to the private sector for electricity trade.
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Warren Evans is the Special Senior Advisor (Climate Change), at the Office of the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Evans gained more than 40 years of experience in sustainable development and climate change
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KATHMANDU: An investment worth Rs30.38 trillion is required for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2016 to 2030. The need identification, cost estimation and financial strategy report for the SDGs prepared by
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KATHMANDU: Dr. Bindu Lohani is a former Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), who holds significant knowledge of the dynamics of sustainable development and climate change. Lohani played a remarkable role in sensitizing issues
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KATHMANDU: Up until 1990 when multiparty democracy was restored in Nepal, total electricity generation was hardly 176 MW with private sector contribution of only 9.4 MW. Almost a decade later, the budget for the fiscal
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KATHMANDU: A decade ago, Nepal Infrastructure Development Company Limited came up with an ambitious plan to build a four-lane tunnel expressway connecting the capital city to Hetauda. The government also granted permission to the private
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Habibur Rahaman, Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh, is in Kathmandu leading the Bangladeshi delegation for the 4th secretary-level Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting for Nepal-Bangladesh energy collaboration, scheduled on
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KATHMANDU: In 1960, Santa Bahadur Pun, then an intermediate, had no idea about what subject to choose for the next academic level. Some hydropower experts suggested that he pursue hydro-engineering. The only reason for encouraging
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KATHMANDU: Fed up with the excessively slow delivery of big infrastructure projects, then Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai came to the conclusion that country needs a dedicated powerful body to promote and facilitate large-scale investment.
