Kathmandu / Mar. 05: The newly appointed Ambassador of India to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra presented his credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the Office of the President today. With this ceremony, Kwatra officially begins his tenure as the Indian envoy in Kathmandu. He also paid a courtsey call to vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 05: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s health is gradually improving today, the second day of transplantation of kidney. Prime Minister Oli has started to eat liquid things and other indicators of his health are sound, said Prime Minister Oli’s press advisor, Surya Thapa. The Prime Minister underwent kidney transplantation at Tribhuvan University […]
Kathmandu, Mar. 4: After a successful renal transplant surgery, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s health condition is stable, informed TU Teaching Hospital (TUTH) by issuing a press release on Wednesday. The hospital informed that all the transplantation indicators were in good condition and PM Oli would now be shifted to organ transplant treatment unit. The […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 4: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has directed the bodies concerned to form an ‘action team’ at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) to carry out a study on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on tourism sector and the measures to be […]
Narayan Adhikari / Chitwan. 4: The hotels in Sauraha, a major tourist area here, have started sending their staff on leave after the fall in the number of visitors due to the fear of coronavirus (COVID-19). The hotels here are currently occupied only 15 to 20 per cent. Regional Hotel Association Sauraha president Deepak Bhattarai […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 3: Finance Minister and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada, has urged the telecommunications service providers to ensure easy and accessible service to customers. In his address to a programme organised on the occasion of the 22th anniversary of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) here today, the Minister called […]
Kathmandu, Mar. 3: The Phagu Festival also known as Holi, the festival of clours, has commenced with the installation today of the ritualistic wooden pole ‘Chir’ at the Hnaumandhoka Palace premises based at historic Basantapur. The pole was erected at the propitious hour of 7.57 am today, the time fixed by the Nepal Calendar Determination […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 3: The government has suspended issuing labour permit for foreign employment for the time being. It is said the government took this decision as the coronavirus (COVID19) which broke out from China has spread globally. Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Rameshwor Raya Yadav said that the government has stopped issuing […]
Kathmandu / March 2: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital today evening. Surya Thapa, the press advisor to PM Oli, said that the prime minister was admitted to the hospital. Oli is scheduled to undergo kidney transplant coming Wednesday, he said. Oli, 69, had undergone kidney transplant in India […]
Hetauda / March 2: Out of the total fertile land in the country, sugarcane is being cultivated on around 81,000 hectares of land. Though Nepal is in the 33rd position among the countries producing sugarcane in the world, sugarcane farming is not prospering in this situation also. According to the Nepal Agricultural Research Council, National […]