Kathmandu / Sept 27: Nepal has registered its third win in the 46th Asian U-18 School Championship underway in India. In today’s match held at Agra of India, Nepal defeated Sri Lanka by 1-0 to record three wins in five games so far. Jaya Gurung scored the only goal of the match in the 35th […]
Kathmandu / Sept 26: Nepal’s economy is anticipated to grow by 5.5% (at basic prices) in fiscal year (FY) 2019, down from 5.9% a year earlier says the latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) Nepal Macroeconomic Update. “The growth forecast represents a continued trend reversal but is substantially higher than the average rate of 4.3% in […]
Kathmandu / Sept 26: Lawmakers on Wednesday urged the government to be serious about the report submitted by a probe Committee formed to investigate into Nirmala Panta’s murder case. Nirmala Panta, 13, of Kanchanpur district was raped and killed around two months ago. During special hour in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Lawmaker […]
New York / Sept 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said Nepal has always avoided caveats as it has detrimental impact on mandate implementation and performance because it compromises much needed operational autonomy. In his address to a high-level event on Action for Peacekeeping held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on […]
Kathmandu / Sept 23: Nepal has ranked 102nd out of 162 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2018 Annual Report. Last year, Nepal ranked 107th. According to research in top peer-reviewed academic journals, people living in countries with high levels of economic freedom enjoy greater prosperity, more political and civil […]
Kathmandu / Sept 23: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that the government is working to contain the cases of murder and violence taking place in the country. Informing the National Assembly today regarding the issues of murder and violence raised by the lawmakers today, Minister Thapa committed to controlling the cases of violence […]
Kathmandu / Sept 23: Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has announced a 20 per cent discount on food to tourists at its member hotels on the occasion of World Tourism Day. HAN General Secretary Binayak Shah said the discount is being provided to make the stay of foreign visitors in Nepal pleasant and to promote […]
Kathmandu / Sept 24: Thamel, a tourist hub in Kathmandu, is going to witness the cultural street festival to be held here for the first time from September 27. Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Cultural Aviation is taking lead to organize the event in association with the Thamel Tourism Development Council marking the 39th World […]
Kathmandu / Sept 24: The government of Japan has provided medical equipment to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided physical and medical equipments worth one billion rupees under the third-phase assistance. At a progranme organised here today, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Masamisi Saigo, and Chief Representative of JICA Nepal, Jun […]
Kathmandu / Sept 24: Rights activists called for wider people participation to safeguard free speech and human rights amid Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli led government’s actions to curtail human rights. They also demanded an end to political impunity and justice to victims of violence and conflict during the Annual General Meeting of Amnesty International […]