Nepal to ration cooking gas due to panic over shortage

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, March 12 (Reuters) - Nepal will begin rationing cooking gas amid fears that the Middle East ...
UNHCR

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal soon to cook with bio-briquettes

DAMAK, Nepal, December 14 (UNHCR) - Bhutanese refugees in seven camps in eastern Nepal will start cooking with environmentally friendly bio-briquettes in 2006, as the UN refugee agency cannot afford ...
BBC

Nepal's inventive use for waste placentas

The burning of medical waste poses a serious health and environmental danger. Hospitals in Nepal have started turning this hazardous waste into cooking gas. Hospital staff close to the incinerator ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cooking gas shortage hits kitchens in India and Nepal as supplies from Middle East slow down

Hot food and drinks — even tea, are disappearing from menus across India as the Middle East ‌conflict creates a nationwide shortage of cooking gas. Cooks are switching to simpler meals that use less ...
Nepali Times

Look what’s cooking in Nepal

Russian Mi-17 helicopters fly in LPG cylinders to Syangboche from Phaplu. Photo courtesy: ADAM STERN The import of LPG cylinders has grown 4-fold in the past 10 years. Even remote areas of the country ...
The Financial Express

Cooking oil imports from Nepal surge

India imports about 57% of its edible oils consumption of 24-25 MT annually. (Reuters) With unusually high import of soybean oil via Nepal this year, the domestic edible oil industry has urged the ...