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Nepali community in Korea extends helping hands to fire victims

Seoul / May 19: Nepali Community residing in South Korea has extended their helping hands to the fire victims of the recent fire in Gangwon Province. The community helped financially to the victims, mostly handicapped and senior citizen. The community led by former NRN-Korea chairperson Raju Chhetri handed over the amount of 3.22 million Korean […]


AI Expo 2019 to be held in Kathmandu

Kathmandu / May 16: Fusemachines, a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence solutions, software, and services, together with Artificial Intelligence of Development (AID) is all set to organise AI Expo 2019 in Kathmandu. Issuing a press statement today, the organisers said the one-day event will be held at Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu, on 24th of August. […]


Low pressure system in west prompts cloudy weather

Kathmandu / May 13: The weather has become cloudy throughout the country due to the effect of the low pressure system in the west and there is a possibility of rain accompanied by thunder in some places. The Meteorological Forecasting Division stated that there is a likelihood of gusty wind in few places of the […]


Government suspends financial assistance to cancer patients

Kathmandu / May 12: The government has stopped providing financial assistance to cancer patients in the country. Speaking at a function in the capital, Secretary at the Ministry of Health Pushpa Chaudhary said that the ministry stopped providing financial assistance to cancer patients due to budget crunch. The ministry had been providing financial assistance of […]


200 families get solar lamps on subsidy

Rukum / May 11: These days some 200 families of Sanibheri rural municipality-10 need to not depend on traditional means of fuel or kerosene for light as they have access to solar lamps. Adaptation for Smallholders in Hilly Areas (ASHA) district coordination unit spent Rs 2.15 million, out of 2.63 million to provide solar plants […]


Heat wave taking toll in western Tarai districts

Banke / May 10: A heat wave has affected life in some western Tarai districts including the city of Nepalgunj. Nepalgunj recorded highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees Celsius so far on Thursday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Nepalgunj. Minimum temperature of the city was 37 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Lack of […]


PM leaves for Vietnam, Cambodia; DPM Pokharel to look after PM’s portfolio

Kathmandu / May 9: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the visits of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia on Thursday. PM Oli is visiting Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and visiting Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdeh Akka Moha Sena […]


Tatopani transit point to operate by May 31, says FM Gyawali

Kathmandu / May 8: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that works are being carried out so as to bring the Tatopani transit point in Sindhupalchok back into operation by May 31. Speaking in the House of Representatives, International Relations Committee meeting today, he said works on construction of the physical infrastructure […]


Opposition lawmakers assess new policies and programs vague

Kathmandu / May 6: A today’s session of the House of Representatives continued preliminary discussions on the government’s policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year (2076/77 BS). Taking part in the deliberations, the Lower House members representing opposition parties viewed the fresh policies and programes as abstract and scattered. Main opposition Nepali Congress leader […]


201st birth anniversary of Karl Marx marked in Nepal

Kathmandu / May 5: A function was held in the capital on Sunday to mark the 201st birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the German philosopher and thinker. Addressing the event, senior NCP leader Jhalanath Khanal, who is also the former prime minister, said that the Karl Marx thoughts are highly relevant in the contemporary global […]




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