Kathmandu / Feb 26: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has today begun a survey in a bid to find data on average expenditures by foreign tourists. The survey aims to find how much foreign tourists spend during their stay in Nepal, said the NTB Director Maniraj Lamichhane. “Two thousand sample respondents will be selected for […]
Kathmandu / Feb 26: The Kathmandu metropolis has decided to restore the operation of its biogas plant which has remained dormant for the past five years. According to Rabin Man Shrestha, Chief of the Environment Department, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Office, the plant was set up on the Department premises at Teku with the financial […]
Kathmandu / Feb 26: The High Court of Pokhara has acquitted actor Paul Shah, who is serving a sentence in a case of child sexual abuse. The joint bench of Judges Dilliraj Acharya and Sridhara Kumari Pudasaini gave the acquittal stating that the prosecution’s claim was not sufficient. According to Paul Shah’s lawyer Kamala Mohan […]
Kathmandu / Feb 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said a consensus reached among the eight political parties representing the parliament on Friday was a framework of national consensus itself. Prime Minister Prachanda said this at a talk programme entitled ‘Contemporary Nepali Politics and Nidhi’s Thoughts’ held at PM’s residence, Baluwatar, on Saturday on […]
Kathmandu / Feb 25: The National Planning Commission (NPC) has fixed the ceiling for the budget of the fiscal year 2023/24 at Rs 1.688 trillion, which is less than the budget announced for the current fiscal year by Rs 105.43 billion. After the government downsized the budget for FY 2022/23, adopting austerity measures due to […]
Prem Raj Simkhada / Kalikot, Feb. 25: Kalikot district is known as a hard-to-reach rural district because of tough geographical terrain and lack of proper roads. However, this district has many religious and natural attractions, making it an ideal place for tourists to visit. Locals had expected that after the setup of local governments, they […]
Kathmandu / Feb 24: Eight political parties decide to endorse the Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for the upcoming presidential election. According to NC Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka, the decision was made by the meeting of the ruling CPN (Maoist Center), Nepali Congress, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party, Janamat Party, People’s Front Nepal, Loktantrik […]
Kathmandu / Feb 24: The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the Patan High Court’s decision to prohibit rape-accused cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane from traveling abroad along with the national team for cricket matches. As a result, Lamichhane has been excluded from the Nepali cricket team which is preparing to visit the UAE to play the ICC […]
Kathmandu / Feb 24: Prime Minister and Nepal Sanskrit University (NSU) Chancellor Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the universities can no longer be run in the traditional way. Addressing the 75th Senate of Nepal Sanskrit University today, he stressed steering ahead the universities in a manner that maximum benefits can be reaped through the […]
Kathmandu / Feb 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has announced a reward of Rs. 200,000 each to every member of the National Cricket Team that recently won the triangular one-day series under the ICC World Cup League-2 tournament. The Prime Minister invited the members of the victorious team to his official residence in […]