Curfew extended in Birgunj
The District Administration Office, Parsa has extended the curfew order from 8 am to 1 pm on Tuesday.
On Monday, the DAO had issued the curfew order from 6 pm to 8 am today in the Birgunj Metropolitan City Area.
Chief District Officer of Parsa, Bhola Dahal, said that attempts are on to resolve the disputes.
It is noted that the curfew order was issued to maintain law and order in view of potential conflicts between the two ethnic communities.
The administration has stated that the vehicles of essential service will be allowed to run even during the curfew hour and has urged the people to coordinate with the security agencies in case they need to come out of their homes.
The local administration has stated that gathering, rallies and demonstrations are not allowed during the curfew hour in the Bus Park area in the east, Sirsiyapul in the west, Powerhouse Chowk in the north and Shankaracharya Gate in the south.
Schools in Kanchanpur closed due to excessive cold
Three local levels in Kanchanpur district have decided to close the academic institutions for three days due to excessive cold.
Normal life in the district has been affected following the biting cold.
The three local levels have closed both the community and institutional schools for three days from Monday to Wednesday.
Laljhadhi Rural Municipality, Belauri Municipality and Beldadi Rural Municipality announced schools closure for three days to avoid the impacts of cold on children.
The local levels have also urged the guardians to keep their children at home and adopt precautions to stay away from the cold wave.
The leave given to the students will be managed by reducing the winter vacation, the Laljhadhi Rural Municipality stated.
Meanwhile, the normal life in the market area has also been affected and the human mobility has slowed due to excessive cold in the district headquarters.
Curfew clamped in Birgunj
The District Administration Office, Parsa, has issued a curfew order in Birgunj, with effect from 6 pm today to 8 am tomorrow.
After protests continued despite the prohibitory order issued from 1 pm today, Parsa Chief District Officer Bhola Dahal issued the curfew order.
He said that the curfew order was issued to maintain law and order in view of the potential risk between the two communities.
The local administration has stated that no gatherings, processions or sit-ins will be allowed in the Bus Park area in the east, Sirsiapul in the west, Powerhouse Chowk in the north and Shankaracharya Gate in the south.
The administration has stated that essential service vehicles will be allowed to ply during the curfew period. The administration had issued the prohibitory order prohibiting any gatherings, meetings, processions or demonstrations in the Birgunj metropolitan area from 1 pm today until further notice.
National Economic Census to begin from mid-March
The government has planned to conduct the second Economic Census, 2025 from mid-March to mid-July.
The census aims to provide an accurate picture of the national economy through statistical information.
This information on it was shared at a program organized here to unveil the schedule, log and theme of the census. The census will be conducted under the theme of 'Economic Census for Measuring Economy' from March 15 to July 16, 2025, according to the National Statistics Office.
Office Spokesperson and Deputy Chief Statistics Officer Dhundiraj Lamichhane informed that details of the census would be released gradually starting from the fiscal year, 2026-27. He stated that the census is a significant initiative for gathering basic and reliable statistics, which are essential for formulating economic policies, plans and development strategies.
Lamichhane added that the main purpose of national economic enumeration is to collect data on the number, type, investment, employment, production, and service flow of industries, trade, businesses, services, cooperatives, and private–public institutions.
Shedding light on the objective and importance of the survey, Chief Statistics Officer Dr Kamal Prasad Pokharel said this census would play a significant role in building a strong institutional foundation of economic statistics. He underscored, "It is expected that the economic census will make a vital contribution in short-term and long-term economic plans prepared by the government, investment promotion and employment creation and receive details."
Strengthening of the estimates of gross domestic product of the country, production of necessary data to change the base of national accounts, formulation of policies and plans of the government and assessment of the goals sets by the government are other objectives of the economic census.
The government had conducted the national economic census for the first time seven years back.
A total of 923,356 business institutions across the country were recorded during the first economic census and 3.228 million people were involved in the business institutions.
Similarly, around 30 percent of business firms had women managers. There were equal numbers of formal and informal institutions, according to the first economic census.
Economic activities to be measured are divided into 21 parts as per international industrial categorization.
The study takes stock of the roles these sectors have played in the national economy. Basic information on 18 sectors out of 21 would be collected for the census.
