Kathmandu / March 19: Army persons from 28 countries including those contributing to the United Nations peacekeeping mission have gathered at Panchkhal of Kavre to take part in a 15-day Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise- Shanti Prayas III- beginning on Monday. The event to be held at the Birendra Peace Operation Training Centre, Panchkhal, is supported by […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The Embassy of Nepal in the UK has organized a literary festival and book exhibition programme on the occasion of the bicentennial diplomatic ties between Nepal and the UK. The Embassy has organized a literary festival and books exhibition published from the Sajha Publications. As high as 3000 books have been […]
Kathmandu / March 18: The Prose Writer Shankar Lamichhane Foundation has honoured Akshyar Shiromani Madanmani Dixit here on Saturday. Organising a special programme on the occasion of 41st birth anniversary of the essayist Lamichhane, the Foundation honoured Dixit with shawl and a letter of felicitation. Similarly, the Foundation also awarded senior litterateur Balkrishna Pokharel with […]
Kathmandu / March 17: Diplomats and legal experts have said the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) concept forwarded by China would open up door to Nepal’s socio-economic development. At a workshop on ‘South Asia and China Connecting in the Prospective of OBOR Project’ organized by the Kathmandu School of Law in Bhaktapur on Friday, the […]
Kathmandu / March 17: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has decided to request the authorities concerned to make necessary arrangement for the prevention of further damages to earthquake-affected historical heritages and palaces till their reconstruction and rehabilitation. A meeting of the executive committee held under the premiership of NRA Chied Executive Officer Dr Govinda Raj […]
New Delhi / March 16: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Bimalendra Nidhi, who is presently on India visit this morning held a meeting with Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh. During the meeting took place at the North Block-based Indian Home Ministry, DPM Nidhi drew the attention of the Indian Home Minister towards […]
Kathmandu / March 16: The Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation has come up with a proposal to manage sewage to be discharged from Singha Durbar, country’s main administrative station, internally. The Ministry has proposed to install an Omni processor machine within the Singha Durbar to process fecal sludge to be discharged from there. Presently […]
Kathmandu / March 15: The Government of Nepal has handed over an official letter approaching the European Commission (EC) to lift a ban on Nepali Airlines in European skies. Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shanker Bairagi, handed the approach paper to European Union Ambassador to Nepal, Renjse Tehrink, at Ministry on Wednesday, asking withdrawal […]
Kathmandu / March 15: The 4th National Microfinance Summit organized by the Center for Microfinance (CMF), Nepal has kicked off in the capital from today. Minister for Finance Krisha Bahadur Mahara inaugurated the three-day summit where more than 800 participants from various stakeholders like the government, microfinance institutions, development partners, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) and […]
Kathmandu / March 14: An air quality measurement station has been set up at local Ratnapark with the joint initiatives of the Ministry of Population and Environment and International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The station is set up to easily know the quantity of dust particulate matters and smoke released from the burning […]