Kathmandu / Jan 22: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee under the Federal Parliament has approved the names of the three proposed ambassadors to Canada, Switzerland and Kuwait. Today’s meeting of Committee has endorsed Bhrigu Dhungana for Canada, Mani Prasad Bhattarai for Switzerland and Durga Prasad Bhandari for Kuwait. In the meeting, the three ambassadorial candidates had […]
Kathmandu / Jan 21: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) which had planned to construct eight overhead bridges in eight different places in Kathmandu has sprung into action to build two such bridges in the first phase in the current fiscal year. Overhead bridge would be constructed in Chabahil and in front of the office of […]
Lamjung / Jan 21: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has blamed the incumbent government for weakening the democracy by infringing on the press freedom. Speaking at the sixth district convention organized by the Nepal Press Union, Lamjung District Chapter in Lamjung today, leader Deuba further claimed that the government had infringed the judicial […]
Kathmandu / Jan 21: The National Assembly meeting has been put off for January 28 after the main opposition Nepali Congress obstructed the meeting for the second time on Monday. National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina announced the postponement of the meeting after the Nepali Congress lawmakers refused to comply with his order to take […]
Kathmandu / Jan 20: The Kathmandu Valley needs the installation of CCTV at 21,441 locations. A recent study by the Metropolitan Traffic Office Ranipokhari showed that a total of 9,117 points in Kathmandu, 5,985 in Bhaktapur and 6,339 in Lalitpur require the fixation of advanced cameras for the security purposes, said Office chief and Deputy […]
Bajura / Jan 20: Works have begun to collect data of chhaugoths (menstrual huts) at 69 wards of nine local levels in the district. The data collection is being carried out by police persons. The practice of Chhaupadi, the example of extreme discrimination against menstruating girls and new mothers who are sent to seclusion (to […]
Surkhet / Jan 20: Chief Minister of Karnali Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has urged experts to give a unique design for developing the province. Speaking at the concluding session of a two-day ‘periodic plan framework’ workshop organized by the Karnali provincial planning commission here on Saturday, he said the development model for Karnali should be different. […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19 : Volunteers collected 36 metric tonnes of waste in course of cleaning the various rivers and the Ring Road area in the Kathmandu Valley today. The collected waste was managed with the help of local governments. The area on the bank of the Bagmati river below Gusinggal, Lalitpur was cleaned today […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19 : Nepal Medical Association (NMA), the umbrella organisation of medical and dental doctors in the country, has hinted at organising a protest programme in support of fasting surgeon Dr Govinda KC. Issuing a press statement on Saturday, NMA demanded the government save the fasting surgeon’s life by addressing his demands. It […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19 : Roelly Winklaar, professional bodybuilder also dubbed as “The Beast” will land in Nepal next month. The 41-year-old renowned bodybuilder is to arrive Nepal in course of the pro-qualifier of “IFB Professional League Bodybuilding Championship-2019” going to be held for the first time Nepal. With over 1.2 million followers on Instagram, […]