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Professor Bhola Thapa appointed new Vice-Chancellor of KU

Kathmandu / Jan 20: Professor Dr Bhola Thapa has been appointed new Vice-Chancellor of Kathmandu University (KU). Professor Thapa, former registrar of Kathmandu University and former dean at School of Engineering, was appointed VC on Wednesday. Appointments of VC in universities have been a political concern and have courted controversy time and again.


KMC completes construction of 69 infrastructure projects in six months of Current FY

Kathmandu / Jan 20 : Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has completed construction of 69 infrastructure projects in the six months of the current fiscal year, 2020/21, said the KMC. Blacktopping of 23 kilometres roads within the KMC and repair of 34,165 square metres roads has been completed. Likewise, construction of four ward buildings, two other […]


4,400 houses constructed under People’s Housing Scheme in Siraha and Saptari

Dhirendra Prasad Sah, Rajbiraj, Jan. 19: The National Planning Commission (NPC) held an interaction with local level people’s representatives and stakeholders of Saptari and Siraha districts in Rajbiraj on Tuesday for the internal evaluation of the People’s Housing (Janata Awash) programme. In the interaction, officials at the Urban Development and Building Office (Saptari-Siraha) Rajbiraj briefed […]


Govt to support tourism and hotel sectors: Minister Poudel

Kathmandu / Jan 19: Minister for Finance Bishnu Poudel has said that the government would help the tourism sector, the worst hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. Talking to representatives from hotel and tourism sectors at his Ministry today Minister Poudel said that the government would help to revive and recover the sectors. He stressed on […]


348 new COVID-19 cases and 441 recoveries in 24 hours; Kathmandu valley records 218 new cases

Kathmandu, Jan. 19: With 348 new cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed on Tuesday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 267,992. “In 4,956 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 348 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its daily update. Of […]


Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway to come into operation by February 2nd week

Dhanusha / Jan 18: The much talked-about Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway is coming into operation from the second week of February. Nepal Railway Company General Manager Guru Bhattarai said the necessary preparations for the operation of the railway service have reached the final phase and it would be started from the second week of the next month. […]


Ageing Nepal bags UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2020

Kathmandu / Jan 18: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Krishna Gopal Shrestha today handed over the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2020 to Ageing Nepal. Ageing Nepal is an organisation working in the field of adult literacy, especially the senior citizens. Minister Shrestha handed over the medal of the Prize to Krishna Murari Gautam […]


322 new cases of COVID-19, 374 recoveries in 24 hours; Three test positive for UK variant of COVID-19

Kathmandu / Jan. 18: With 322 new cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed on Monday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 267,644. “In 4,306 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 3226 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) during the regular press […]


HoR dissolution against constitution: Advocates at hearing

Kathmandu / Jan 17: Advocate Santosh Bhandari has said that the Prime Minister does not have the right to dissolve the House of Representatives, which has a full term of five years, midway. Bhandari today on behalf of the writ petitioners spoke during a hearing on a writ petition against the HoR dissolution that is […]


COVID alters artists’ choice: celebrities opt for Music Videos

Yalu Joshi / Kathmandu, Jan. 17: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered either preferences or patterns of many established artists to reach out to the audience. Most of the celebrities of the film industry have now been involved and busy in music videos while it was only a gateway to enter the film industry in the […]




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