Kathmandu / January 24: An electric crematorium building has formally come into operation from Sunday. The building was brought into operation by the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT). Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ananda Pokharel inaugurated the building at a programe organised by PADT here on Sunday. On the occasion, Minister Pokharel said […]
Bhaktapur / January 24: The District Administration Office Bhaktapur has so far allocated Rs 253.15 million for the survivors of the last year’s devastating earthquake to buy warm clothes. The assistance amount was distributed through the six municipalities in the district. Some 25,315 families who were left homeless by the earthquake received the assistance amount, […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: The Spokesperson of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has claimed to make the supply of petroleum products accessible within a week in the capital city. At an interaction programme here Friday, NOC Spokesperson Mukunda Prasad Ghimire said that the NOC depots across the country are directed to send the petroleum products to […]
Kathmandu / January 20: The Department of Transport Management is to adjust the public transport fare in a week’s time. The Nepal Oil Corporation slashed the price of fuel on Monday following the slump in the price of petroleum products in the international market. The air fare has been adjusted effective from Wednesday in the […]
Kathmandu / January 19: Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation is set to introduce a policy on ecosystem service in a bid to promote, manage and ensure regular supply of the service. Experts and participants at a workshop organised in the Capital today held discussions on the draft of Payment for Ecosystem Service Policy, 2072 […]
Kathmandu / January 17: The Seto Machindranath deity also known as Avalokiteśvara located at Janabahal (Machindra Bahal) of Kathmandu city was given a grand holy bath. The bathing ceremony is an annual event taking place on Poush Shukla Astami (the eighth brighter half moon day) as per the Nepali lunar calendar. The deity was taken […]
Kathmandu / January 16: Nepal has been elected to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board of Directors. The ongoing meeting of the Bank in Beijing of China nominated Nepal as the member of the Board today. Nine countries from the Asia including China, the UAE, Indonesia, Russia and India, two non-Asian countries Britain and […]
Kathmandu / January 12: In a bid to give respite to the quake-victims in various worst-affected areas, the Nepal Army (NA) personnel on Tuesday distributed some warm clothes and food items. One in every 10 houses in the country was damaged by the April 25 earthquake, according to the World Bank. The quake claimed the […]
Kathmandu / January 11: Various speakers at a programme held in the capital said that the ‘Divya Upadesh (Divine Gospels)’ of national unifier King Pritvi Narayan Shah is equally relevant and contextual today. At a talk programme organized here on Monday by the Nepal Academy to mark the 294th Prithvi Jayanti and National Unity Day, […]
Melamchi / January 10: A free health care camp was conducted at remote Listi VDC in Sindhupalchowk district on Saturday, targeting the earthquake survivors. An INGO called ‘Farak Soch’ organised the health care camp and provided medicines for free to the needy. Organisation’s Chairman Shangbu Sherpa said that the locals were given dental, paediatrics and […]