Kathmandu / Sept. 16: The government has recommended President Bidya Devi Bhandari to prorogue the parliament session from September 17 at midnight. Jivan Ram Shrestha, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, informed that a meeting of the Council of Ministers held Friday morning at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, decided to […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 16: The Election Commission (EC) has taken action against the candidates of the local level election who failed to furnish their election expenditures. According to the EC spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Paudel, the EC has taken action against 123 thousand and 624 candidates of the local poll who failed to submit the details […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 16: The Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the authorized body of Nepal to decide dates and times for Hindu festivals, has determined 11:51 am (5 October) as the auspicious hour to receive Dashain tika this year. The auspicious time for immersing statues of goddess Devi is at 10:34 am the same day, according […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 15: Tatopani and Rasuwa border checkpoints have been opened from today. Both checkpoints were closed for more than one month, citing increasing cases of COVID-19. It is said that the borders have been resumed after a bilateral talks in course of a four-day Nepal visit of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 15: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has launched the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) to discourage the illegal import, sale and distribution of mobile phone sets. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki inaugurated the system aimed at containing the possible entry of smartphones through an illegal channel and their […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 15: Yogi, mystic, visionary and founder of Isha Foundation Sadguru arrived at The Dwarika’s Hotel, Battisputali amid a press meet program. Addressing the event, Sadguru said that Nepali culture has the potential to be the Switzerland of Asia due to its purity and sweetness. Sadguru said, “Everyone should work together for nation […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 14: The Supreme Court has decided not to participate in the Impeachment Recommendation Committee of the Federal Parliament. A full bench of the SC made a decision to this effect today, according to a statement of the acting principal registrar of the SC, Narayan Prasad Panthi. The Impeachment Recommendation Committee had written […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 14: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved US $70 million of financing to improve the livelihood and climate resilience of horticulture farmers in the hilly areas of five provinces in Nepal. As a part of ADB’s overall efforts to address potential risks on food insecurity, the project will boost the […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 14: The government is to launch the ‘Prime Minister Nepali Production and Consumer Promotion Programme’. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has made preparation to launch the programme announcing ‘Increase in production: Country’s development and prosperity special campaign decade-2079/89’. At an interaction organized by the Ministry on the concept paper of […]
Mahima Devkota / Kathmandu, Sept. 13: After contracting severe dengue, Madhav Prasad Sharma of Sainbu-2, Bhaisepati in Lalitpur district, was bothered about the management of blood if needed for him. Having a young child and an old mother at home, he knew it will be difficult for him to manage the blood. Similarly, Shyam Raj […]