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The Statesman
April 27, 2018
As a team of 'marchers' reached Samalbung, an area under the Suryoday Municipality in Ilam district of eastern Nepal, some Indians in the team were taken aback after they saw the status of the location. “Is this a municipal area? If this is the condition of an urban area, what does a village here look like?
The Kathmandu Post
April 19, 2018
Most of the tea produced in Jhapa and Ilam districts is exported to India. Jhapa alone produces 15.9 million kg of tea on around 9,489 hectares of land, according to the Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB). Most of this tea is exported to India. It is said Indian traders re-export Nepali tea toÃâà...
Outlook India
April 19, 2018
DURATION Two days (to reach Tumling) and four days (to reach Sandakphu). From Dhotrey, you take a scenic walk that goes through Singalila National Park (known for its red panda) to arrive at Tumling, which lies just inside the Ilam district of Nepal. It's accessible because the Indo–Nepal border aroundÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
April 19, 2018
Most of the tea produced in Jhapa and Ilam districts is exported to India. Jhapa alone produces 15.9 million kg of tea on around 9,489 hectares of land, according to the Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB). Most of this tea is exported to India. It is said Indian traders re-export Nepali tea toÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 10, 2018
Borderland physical and social infrastructures projects like universities, technical and professional institutions, hospitals, industries, trading centres, tourism, pilgrimage and training and skill-building centres could take the form of the Bhairawa-Gorakhpur-Delhi and Ilam-Darjeeling-North East IndiaÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
April 6, 2018
Nepal produces tea at an altitude of 800-2,200 meters from the sea level. Previously, the production centered in few districts, such as Ilam and Jhapa of eastern Nepal. Lately, tea gardens flourish in other parts of the country as well. At present, over 26,000 hectares of land all over the country produces tea.
The Kathmandu Post
March 31, 2018
Tourism organisations like Hotel Association Nepal have welcomed the list of promises unveiled on Friday calling it a new economic order. Adhikari has promised ... of the seven provinces. Ilam, Janakpur, Makwanpur, Pokhara, Rupandehi, Mugu and Kailali have been identified as potential tourist spots.
The Kathmandu Post
March 30, 2018
“Without rain, our 'first flush' of the tea harvest as well as future harvest will be affected,” said Dambar Katuwal, a tea farmer in Kanyam, Ilam. The 'first flush' is the plucking of tea leaves after the winter season that begins from mid-February and lasts until mid-May. This is also the best season for high qualityÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 29, 2018
MANGALBARE, ILAM: Police have arrested two persons in connection with torching the Ncell tower at Sajejung in Ilam Municipality-1 of the district. The arrestees have been identified as Bishal Rai and Bimal Rai. Of the arrestees, Bishal is the district chairperson of an outfit named Kirat Mukti Morcha.
Himalayan Times
March 24, 2018
PANCHTHAR: A man died on the spot after the tractor he was driving met with an accident in Phidim Municipality-1 along the Phidim-Nangin road section of Panchthar district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as driver Khagendra Khatri (21) of Godak in Ilam Municipality-10 of Ilam district.
The Kathmandu Post
March 14, 2018
The event's associate partners are Himalayan Orthodox Tea Producer's Association , Himalayan Tea Producers Cooperative, Specialty Tea Association Nepal, Central Tea Cooperative Federation Nepal and Nepal Tea Planters Association. The slogan of the event is Discovering Hidden Treasure.
Himalayan Times
March 12, 2018
MANGALBARE, ILAM: Android mobile phones with special inbuilt software in the set have been distributed to the visually impaired students in Ilam district. The Association of the People with Visual Impairment, with assistance from Action Disabled Rights and Development Nepal, had distributed the phoneÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 9, 2018
MANGALBARE, ILAM: An unidentified group has assaulted two employees of the Chiyabari FM in Ilam last night. Some unidentified people attacked radio technician Prakash Neupane and marketing manager Krishna Pathak at around 10:00 pm on Wednesday when they were going to their room afterÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 7, 2018
According to the Nepal Ginger Profile 2016, which was produced jointly by UK Aid-funded Samarth-Nepal Market Development Programme and the NGPTA, the ginger grown in Nepal is high in oil and oleoresin, and it can be sold to large industrial buyers in India and other countries if output is increasedÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 7, 2018
... picking tea leaves in Ilam. Mar 7, 2018-Nepali tea industry is lagging behind in terms of technology and expertise, putting a damper on the country's attempt to promote the Himalayan product in the international market. ... Today, many tea farms in eastern Nepali district of Ilam have machines to pick and trim tea leaves.
Kathmandu Tribune
March 5, 2018
... Netra Ghimire, Biren Singh Rajbamshi, Krishna Kuinkel and Narayan Shrestha—were killed in Sukhani forest bordering Jhapa and Ilam by the then Panchayat government on March 4, 2029 for their voices against Panchayat rule. On the occasion, UML leaders Jhala Nath Khanal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Bam Dev GautamÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 3, 2018
ILAM: The first district convention of Agriculture Workers Association affiliated with Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) elected a new leadership under the chair of Bishnu Prasad Dulal. Among the office-bearers elected in the committee are Khem Raj Bhattarai (Vice-Chairperson), Meena ChauhanÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 3, 2018
ILAM: Local social workers have donated three ropanis land worth around Rs 600,000 for the construction of a birthing centre building to the health post in Rong Rural Municipality-2 in the district. Locals Dik Bahadur Rai, Bir Bahadur Rai and Ram Prasad Rai donated one ropani each for the birthing centreÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 2, 2018
The report said that wild large cardamom originated in Sikkim and Darjeeling in India and in eastern Nepal in ancient times. In 1830, large cardamom was cultivated by farmers in four districts in Nepal: Ilam, Taplejung, Panchthar and Bhojpur. It has been commercially grown only since 1853, when the RanaÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 2, 2018
ILAM: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Ilam has started cutting off power supply to the government offices which have not cleared their dues since ... such action are Land Revenue, Adarsha Secondary School, Small and Cottage Industry Development Committee and Cold Store of Ilam Municipality,Ãâà...
Himalayan Times
February 20, 2018
Tea is grown in around a three dozen districts of Nepal these days but Ilam appears on the top for producing tea leaves with distinctive aroma and taste. Ilam has a rich history and tradition of tea plantation. It is now the right to time to promote Nepali tea and tea growing areas in the global market. While teaÃâà...
Borneo Bulletin Online
February 6, 2018
According to the statistics, the tea cultivation started in the Himalayan country from eastern district Ilam, some 154 years ago, while Nepal became a member of International Tea Committee in 2007. The government of Nepal has also been marking 15th Baisakh as per the Nepali calendar as National TeaÃâà...
Moneycontrol.com
February 5, 2018
According to the National Tea and Coffee Development Board, Nepal produces tea in over 66700 acres of land. Nepal mainly exports tea to India, Canada, Germany, the US and China. Tea cultivation that began in Nepal from Ilam since 1920, has spread to 44 districts. The then chief of the districtÃâà...
ETRetail.com
February 5, 2018
According to the National Tea and Coffee Development Board, Nepal produces tea in over 66700 acres of land. Nepal mainly exports tea to India, Canada, Germany, the US and China. Tea cultivation that began in Nepal from Ilam since 1920, has spread to 44 districts. The then chief of the districtÃâà...
HERE. NOW
February 5, 2018
Kathmandu: Nepal's orthodox tea exports will no longer have the logo 'Darjeeling, India' and will be sold abroad with its own identity, 154 years after tea cultivation commenced in the Himalayan nation, a media report ... Tea cultivation that began in Nepal from Ilam since 1920, has spread to 44 districts.
The Hindu
February 5, 2018
Tea cultivation that began in Nepal from Ilam since 1920, has spread to 44 districts. The then chief of the district 'Badahakim' Gajaraj Singh Thapa had first cultivated tea in Ilam, after which a factory was set up in 1935 that started tea production from the district. Ilam is also home to the oldest and historicalÃâà...
Himalayan Times
February 3, 2018
ILAM: Nepal's orthodox tea has finally received its own identity in the international market through a trademark after 154 years of beginning tea cultivation in the ... Nepal has received its own logo or trademark, with the long-standing efforts of the Nepal Tea and Coffee Development Board, organisationsÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
Nepal shipped large cardamom worth Rs3.3 billion during the period mid-July to mid-February, up from Rs2.2 billion year-on-year. ... Dil Bahadur Shrestha, technical officer of the Ilam Cardamom Development Centre, said output increased significantly this year as a disease outbreak was effectivelyÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
Feb 25, 2018-Karuna Foundation, a Nepal-based NGO, has bagged two international awards for its ongoing programme on disability implemented in a district of Nepal. The Inspire2Care model, formerly piloted in Sunsari and Rasuwa (2011-2015) and currently being run in Ilam for last three years was lauded as top 10Ãâà...
Himalayan Times
December 31, 1999
As many as five women were rescued while they were being trafficked to India from two border points in Jhapa and Ilam yesterday. Two women were rescued from ... Personnel from Nepal Police, APF and India's Seema Surakshya Bal rescued them from the border. Ward Police Office Bhadrapur said thatÃâà...
Himalayan Times
December 31, 1999
As many as seven experts have been carrying out quality tests of the orthodox tea produced in Dhankuta while three experts have been working in Ilam. Yadav said the experts were busy testing CTC Tea produced in Jhapa. Nepal's orthodox tea has recently received the international trademark to export itÃâà...
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