October 02: The UN University for Peace has awarded the degree of ‘doctor honoris causa’ to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at a special convocation organised in San Jose, Costa Rica on Monday. The honorary doctorate has been conferred on PM Oli in recognition to his contribution to achieving peace and democracy in Nepal. In […]
Kathmandu / October 2 : The voice of senior citizens remains unheard and they are found invisible in the media outlets during disaster, a recently concluded research reveals. “The contents analysis after the earthquake in 2015 for the period of three months shows that hardly thirty-six news-stories in relation to senior citizens were recorded from […]
Kathmandu / Oct 2: The detail project report (DPR) of Kathmandu-Tarai/ Madhes Expressway will be completed in 105 days. Nepal Army (NA) and South Korean company Soosung Engineering Co., Ltd on Tuesday signed an agreement on the preparation of DPR of Kathmandu-Tarai/ Madhes Expressway. The company was selected for the DPR preparation of the Kathmandu-Tarai […]
Bhaktapur / Oct 1: A free service center for senior citizens has come into operation at Bhaktapur. The center operated by the Gupteshwor Mahadev Temple Protection Committee was inaugurated today. The center has been established on the premises of Gupteshwor Mahadev Temple at Sirutar of Suryabinayak municipality-2 in Bhaktapur. The temple premises also cover some […]
Kathmandu / Oct 1: Nepal Telecommunication Authority has informed that it has already blocked 20 thousand porn sites till date. Purushottam Khanal, the senior director informed on Monday that the regulatory body has issued a directorial order to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Service Providers (NSPs) and Voice Service Providers (VOIPs) to block the pornographic […]
Australia / Oct 1: A surgeon of Nepali origin, Kumud Dhital, has been nominated for the Pride of Australia medal, for his lifesaving work on heart transplants, The Sunday Telegraph online reported. Dhital, a cardiothoracic specialist and transplant surgeon, was the first to make a dead heart beat again, transport it to hospital and successfully […]
Kathmandu / Sept 30: The government is to mobilize the unemployed youth in the national-building campaign. The government, under the Prime Minister Employment Program (PMEP), is preparing to launch the social justice program, mobilization of youth human resources in the national interests and in the development and construction of physical infrastructures. Minister for Labor, Employment […]
Dhangadhi / Sept 30: An unknown motorcycle-borne group threw stones at the vehicle of under secretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law in Sudurpaschim province Birendra KC on Sunday. KC was traveling to Dhangadi from Dhangadi Airport when the group threw stones at his vehicle (Ba 1 Jha 9703) near Boradi. The rear […]
Kathmandu / Sept 30: As the clock ticked 6:30 pm, the timer on the big screen zeroed in. Then came Nepathya’s iconic classic music video – Sa Karnali. The audience erupted with joy and started jumping to the beat. Followed by that, Nepathya’s newly released video dedicated to Centenary man Kabibar Madhav Prasad Ghimire was […]
New York / Sept 29: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations here today. On the occasion, Acting Chief of the Mission Nirmal Raj Kafley and other staffers apprised the Prime Minister of the day-to-day activities and functioning of the Mission. Speaking on the occasion, Foreign Minister […]