Kathmandu / July 20: Hindus across Nepal are celebrating the Harishayani Ekadashi festival today, the first day of the four-month holy period of Chaturmas, with fasting and worship and prayer to Lord Vishnu. They also observe one of the most significant fastings on this day dedicated to Lord Vishnu, regarded as the creator of the […]
Kathmandu / July 19: Lack of clarity on the policy of foreign direct investment (FDI) and procedural flaws existing at the bureaucratic and political fronts has appeared as a major hindrance to attract foreign capital, said experts. Speaking in a virtual interaction organized by the Society of Economic Journalists-Nepal on Monday, experts maintained that this […]
Kathmandu / June 19 : The newly formed government has announced a public holiday on Wednesday on occasion of Eid-al-Adha (Bakra Eid).A cabinet meeting held today decided to allocate the holiday for the Muslim population celebrating the festival across various parts of Nepal. Spokesperson of the Government Gyanendra Bahadur Karki apprised the media of the […]
Kathmandu / July 19: With 1,642 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 668,751. In 7,833 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,642 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday through […]
Kanchanpur / July 18 : Farmers of Simalphanta at Shuklaphanta Municipality-7 have been attracted to organic vegetable farming. A group of 21 farmers have cultivated vegetables without using the chemical fertilizer and pesticides in four bighas of land. They have grown long bean, pumpkin, bottle gourd, bitter gourd and cucumber in plastic tunnels. Compost fertiliser […]
Itahari / July 18: On 25 April 2015, a powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck Nepal killing almost 9,000 people. Like with many other sectors, this tragedy also came as a tourism calamity for the country. Mountaineering expeditions including to Mt Everest were cancelled. Nepal’s tourism magnets of the Kathmandu Valley and its vicinities including […]
Kathmandu / July 18: With 1,223 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 667,109. In 6,628 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,223 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday through […]
Kathmandu / July 17: The government revenue has risen in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020/21. Surpassing the amount of FY 2019/20, the revenue of FY 2020/21 is up by Rs 232.8 billion. Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) revealed that the revenue has jumped up to the Rs 938.3 billion mark from Rs 705.4 billion of […]
Kathmandu / July 17: Nepal Family Party has stated that the peaceful transfer of power made by the Chairman of the CPN-UML and the outgoing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli as per the Supreme Court’s order has further strengthened Nepal’s democracy. Making the party’s statement public through social media, Chairman Eknath Dhakal thanked the country’s […]
Kathmandu / July 17: With 1,310 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 665,886. In 6,858 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,310 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday through […]