Kathmandu / Oct 6: Twenty-nine candidates from various political parties have withdrawn their candidacy from the closed list under the proportional representation for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, according to the Election Commission. According to the election calendar, withdrawing candidacy from the closed list could be done until […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: Sandeep Lamichhane, the suspended captain of the Nepali national cricket team who was accused of rape has been arrested by the police from the Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA). He was detained by the police after he landed at TIA from a Qatar Airways flight Thursday morning. Earlier, through his Facebook handle, […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: Landslides triggered by incessant rain since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular traffic on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to passengers traveling to various places for the Dashain festival. A report from Waling, Syangja, said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha highway has been disrupted due to a […]
Kathmandu / Oct 4: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is going to start a safety audit of Nepal from next Thursday. According to Pradeep Adhikari, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), it is expected that Nepal will pass the audit this time and will be removed from the blacklist […]
Makawanpur / Oct 4: Chairperson of Manahari rural municipality in Makawanpur district, Ranjan Kalakheti, has provided foodstuffs, and cash to poor and backward families. Chair Kalakheti provided foodstuffs worth Rs 300,000 to the poor and backward families, thinking it would be easy for poor and backward families to celebrate the festival. He said that he […]
London / Oct 4: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has announced plans to provide scholarships to 5,000 poor and needy students studying at public schools. This was announced by Rabina Thapa, the executive president of NRNA International Coordinating Council Women’s Department, while addressing the greeting exchange program on the auspicious occasion of Dashain on Monday. […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: Around 20 thousand observers from home and abroad are likely to be mobilised for the elections of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA). The voting for the twin elections is taking place on coming November 20 in a single phase. According to the Election Commission, 43 organisations […]
Banepa / Oct 3: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today conducted a puja at Palanchowk Bhagawati Temple of Panchkhal Municipality-9, Kavrepalanchok on the occasion of Maha Ashtami, the eighth day of the Dashain festival. The President follows the tradition wherein the Head of the State worships and performs puja at the temple on this day during […]
Manang / Oct 3: Exploring new places during public holidays of festivals like Dashain is becoming a trend among the Nepali people. A large number of domestic tourists have visited Manang district during this Dashain, said Binod Gurung, President of the Tourism Entrepreneur Association. “The number of domestic tourists has increased following COVID-19. The figure […]
Kathmandu / Oct 2: A palanquin with ‘fulpati’ from the Dashain Ghar in Gorkha Durbar arrived in Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu today, on the seventh day of Dashain, the biggest festival of Nepal. The helpers at the Gorkha palace had sent the decorated palanquin at an auspicious time at 8:15AM on Sunday morning after performing […]