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Posts tagged as “failed”

Rubber growers worried over falling prices

by Jagaran Chakma in The Daily Star, Feb 10, 2023Rubber growers in Bangladesh were left disappointed as their success in raising the production of the key material used in automobile and other industries has failed to fetch better prices owing largely to lower demand globally. According to the Bangladesh Rubber Board (BRB) and rubber producers, 67,939 tonnes of latex were produced in the country last year, up 58 per cent from 43,000 tonnes in 2021,…

Still unresolved: Who leads the coalition government first?

by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu PostThe five-party coalition failed to hammer out a power-sharing deal by Saturday night, with less than a day remaining of the deadline given by President Bidya Devi Bhandari to claim government leadership. Several bilateral and multilateral meetings between ruling party leaders and between the leaders of the governing alliance and the CPN-UML, which is likely to be the main opposition, failed to yield any decisive outcome, leaders privy to…

Kalanki-Maharajgunj road widening project in limbo

by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 21, 2022The second phase of the Ring Road widening project remains uncertain as the work on the Kalanki-Maharajgunj section has failed to gather momentum ever after over two years since it was planned. Officials at the Department of the Road said that they were taken by surprise by the dilly-dallying of the Chinese contractor in starting the work on the site, citing various reasons. They said they…