Kathmandu / April 1: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba reached New Delhi this afternoon for a three-day official visit. Indian officials including State Minister for Defence of India Ajay Bhatt and Ambassador of Nepal to India Shankar Sharma received Prime Minister Deuba upon his arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs […]
Lumbini / April 1 : A model housing has been handed over to poor and homeless families at Sainamaina municipality of Rupandehi. The municipality on Thursday handed over the model settlement by selecting poor homeless families residing at Sainamaina municipality since long. The municipality had constructed a model settlement at the bank of Kanchan rivulet […]
Nepalgunj / April 1: Rafting, an adventurous water sport, has been started in the Rapti River from Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality Ward 1 of Banke Kusum Bariya to Agaiya since Friday. The tourism division office, Banke, has started rafting in collaboration with Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality. The adventure sport was inaugurated by Lumbini Province’s Tourism, […]
Pokhara / Mar. 31: The Pokhara Metropolitan City has fixed the benchmark of the nine lakes in the Pokhara Valley. This issue had been lingering on for a long and was disputed. The 55th meeting of the Pokhara Metropolitan City’s Executive on Wednesday fixed the standard for all the nine lakes including Phewa Lake. Accordingly, […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 31: The government has decided to raise the fares of long distance travel by up to 14 percent citing soaring prices of petroleum products. Officials said the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday agreed to hike the fares on both the passenger and cargo transport by 10-14 percent. The ministry has […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 31: The process to print ballot papers for the May 13 local election has started. Printing of ballot papers would be tested for three days to keep up with the standards for printing ballot papers, said spokesperson for the Election Commission, Shaligram Sharma Paudel. On Thursday, a team including Chief Election Commissioner […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 30: The Election Commission, Nepal, has made a provision for the candidate in the local level election to make self-declaration about the authenticity of their documents, eligibility to file nomination, and commitment to follow the election code of conduct. The candidates will be responsible for their self-declaration. According to the statement issued […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 30: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that regional cooperation is the only route to a more resilient, prosperous and sustainable Bay of Bengal region. In order to realize this regional aspiration, we must enhance the visibility of BIMSTEC and promote stronger partnerships with international organizations, he added. PM Deuba said […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 30: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), an umbrella organisations for journalists working for Nepali media, celebrated its 67th establishment day today. Protection and enhancement of civic rights, democracy, free press, freedom of expression, rights of working journalists and professional rights of media workers are considered long-standing agendas of concern of the […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 29: The main ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to make an election alliance with the ruling coalition partners as per the need and local situation. The NC made such a decision in its meeting of the central working committee that concluded today. Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, NC spokesperson, informed that the […]