Kathmandu / Jan 11: The fifth Asian Rural Tourism Festival is to take place at Bahundangi of Jhapa from January 25. The five-day festival aims to internationalise the cultural, ethnic and linguistic identity and tourism market of the Province 1. According to festival organizing committee coordinator Arjun Karki, Nepal, India and Bhutan are taking part […]
Kathmandu / Jan 11: Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has stressed the need for convening the long-delayed summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Speaking to Indian media in New Delhi on Friday morning, the foreign minister said indirectly referring to stalled SAARC process due to ongoing standoff between India and Pakistan. […]
Kathmandu / Jan 11: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has paced its drive for city beautification by managing rampantly-placed wires and cables alongside the streets. According to KMC Spokesperson Ishwor Man Dangol, the city beautification drive is emphatically gaining momentum now however it was initiated on November 2017. “The wires and cables installed unsystematically by […]
Kathmandu / Jan 10: Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Tara Kono met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and discussed bilateral issues. The visiting delegation reached PM’s official residence in Baluwater, Kathmandu this morning. During the meeting, Minister Kono assured to continue Japanese assistance in Nepal’s development in the future. PM Oli presented a bouquet to Kono […]
Pokhara / Jan 10: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista today said the compulsion of youths to go for foreign employment would end within the next five years as the government was preparing to bring job programs targeting youths. He said the government was doing its best in utilising the available human […]
Kathmandu / Jan 10: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has held a meeting with the Minister of External Affairs of India Sushma Swaraj at the latter’s office in New Delhi on Thursday. During the meeting, the two Ministers exchanged views on various aspects of Nepal-India relations while reviewing progress on the ongoing bilateral […]
Ilam / Jan 9: Senior Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Govinda KC, who has been demanding reforms in the medical sector for a long time, has launched his 16th fast-unto-death in the district on Wednesday. Dr KC has started his hunger strike on the premises of an old office building of Department of Urban Development and Building […]
Kathmandu / Jan 9: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is leaving for New Delhi tomorrow to participate in the fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue. The Foreign Minister will address the forum on the same day. Organized by the Observer Research Foundation in association with the Ministry of External Affairs of India, the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 9: The Kathmandu Metropolis has come up with a weeklong campaign aims to encourage pedestrians to use overhead bridge while crossing the roads. The drive kicked off Sunday. As told by Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office spokesperson Ishworman Dangol, people seem less interested in the use of overhead bridges to cross the major […]
Kathmandu / Jan 08: The number of tourists visiting Nepal increased noticeably this past year, Nepal Tourism Board said. More than one million tourists from around the world visited Nepal in 2018. According to the statistics of Nepal Tourism Board, 11,73,072 tourists arrived in the country. “The tourist arrival rate increased by 24.55 per cent […]