Jumla / Oct 14: Goats, sheep and buffaloes worth more than Rs 160 million were sold during the Dashain time alone in Jumla this year. Bir Bahadur Rawal, Chief of the Chandannath Municipality, Livestock Development Section, said goats, sheep and buffaloes worth Rs 163 million and 231 thousand were sold from Khalanga town alone during […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: The rituals of receiving the Dashain tika and jamara as blessings of the Goddess Navadurga continue today, too on Aswin Shukla Paksha Dwadashi, the 12th day of the waxing moon in the month of Asoj. The tika and jamara ceremony, which began on Bijaya Dashami, the tenth day of Dashain on […]
Kathmandu / Oct 13: The Nepali Army (NA) has won the gold medal at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise 2024, held in Wales, United Kingdom. Competing against 121 international teams from 37 countries, including the UK, the NA squad triumphed in one of the most grueling military exercises, the NA Directorate of Public Relations and […]
Kathmandu / Oct 13: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ramnath Adhikari, has left here today for Rome, the capital of Italy, in connection with attending the World Food Forum meeting. Organized by the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the event will run from October 14-18 and Minister Adhikari is leading the Nepali […]
Solukhumbu / Oct 12: The Dashain festival air is all around and people are in a festive mood. However, for Nabin Rai of Sotang, Solukhumbu it is time for work and he set out to the Khumbu region on the day of the Phulpati, the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival […]
Kathmandu / Oct 10: The ‘Phulpati Badhai’ or feu de joie was organized at Tundikhel, Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon to mark the seventh day of the ongoing 10-day-long Dashain festival. President Ramchandra Paudel, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Nepali Army, graced the celebrations as the Chief Guest. The Nepali Army organised a parade on the […]
Sangam Prasain / Eighteen-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Mt Shishapangma (8,027 metres) in Tibet, China, on Wednesday morning, thus becoming the youngest person in the world to summit all 14 of the planet’s 8,000-metre peaks. “Nima reached the summit at 6:05 am [local time in Tibet],” said Bikram Karki, Nima’s spokesperson. With […]
Kathmandu / Oct 10: Nearly 800 thousand people have left Kathmandu for their hometowns to celebrate Dashain so far. According to Federation of Nepal National Transport Entrepreneurs Associations (FNNTEA), a million people are expected to leave for Dashain this year. Bijay Swar, chairman of the FNTTEA, assessed that less than estimated people had left Kathmandu […]
Kathmandu, Oct 9: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) International Coordination Council has handed over a cheque of Rs 5.1 million to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to be deposited in the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund. A deputation of the NRNA including its president Dr Badri KC handed the amount to the Prime Minister amidst […]
Kathmandu / Oct 9: As Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) did not print fresh banknotes this year targeting Dashain and Tihar festivals, the act of the people exchanging currencies has decreased sharply. Last year, the Central Bank issued Rs 14 billion worth of new currency notes in Kathmandu Valley alone and Rs 29 billion across the […]
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