Chitwan / June 24: As many as 81,813 tourists have visited the famed Chitwan National Park (CNP) during the last 11 months of the current fiscal year. Among them 71,204 entered through the Sauraha point while 10, 609 entered through the remaining points, CNP data shows. Majority of the visitors entered through the Sauraha point […]
Kathmandu / June 23: The government has decided to provide compensation of one million rupees each to the families of the 13 Nepalis killed in the Kabul bombing carried out last Monday. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held this evening decided this, according to Government Spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan […]
Kathmandu, June 23: An international conference began here today with the objective of minimizing the damage caused to human life and property by lightning and ways to avoid it. More than 40 scientists and experts from India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and host Nepal are taking part in the two-day conference on lightning. A total of […]
Kathmandu / June 22: Newly-elected Chairperson of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee Kul Bahadur Gurung has said the stalled parliamentary hearings for endorsing major appointments including that of justices would make a headway. The PHSC meeting today unanimously elected lawmaker from main opposition party, Nepali Congress, as the chairperson of the Committee. In absence of […]
Kathmandu / June 22: The second general assembly of the Nepal Renbukai Karate Do Association has unanimously elected a 13-member central working committee under the chairmanship of Resham Lal Lama (Tamang). Lama was the general secretary in the erstwhile working committee. A meeting of the working committee today assigned the responsibility of Co-president of the […]
Kathmandu / June 21: A five-day Yoga camp has kicked off at Bankali, Pashupati, in the capital from Tuesday on the occasion of the International Yoga Day. Inaugurating the festival, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Ananda Prasad Pokharel said that yoga would help encourage taking the society to the pathway to positive transformation. […]
Kathmandu / June 21: Nepal Climate Change Support Programme (NCCSP) has won the “People’s Champion” award for its adaptation photo titled ‘Power of Unity to Build a Dam’. The photo received the award in the Adaptation Fund’s 2016 Global Photo Contest promoting ‘Coastal and Watershed Adaptation to Climate Change’ launched on the coinciding occasion of […]
Bhojpur / June 21: A total of 134 cases of human rights violation occurred in Bhojpur in the past six months (from January, 2016 to June), the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) said. The information was shared at a programme organised by the Bhojpur chapter of the INSEC in Bhojpur on Monday to review half-yearly […]
Kathmandu / June 19: The National Human Rights Commission has expressed concern over the failure to ensure basic human rights to earthquake survivors even one year after the disaster. A high-level team under the leadership of NHRC member Govinda Poudyal recently carried out monitoring of Gorkha, Dhading, Nuwakot and Rasuwa district and found that even […]
Kathmandu / June 18: How can a robot faced with the diverse topography of Nepal – from the Tarai plain towards tortuous rugged Himalayan terrain – transport communications equipment to Pokhara and salt to Mustang? Robots designed to navigate such harsh terrain will be put to test at a competition to be held at the […]