Kathmandu, June 28: Nepal Airlines welcomed its first wide body jet aircraft, the Airbus A330-200 at Tribhuvan International Airport at 8: 15 AM today. The aircraft consists features a two-class cabin configuration and seats a total of 274 passengers—18 in business class and 256 in economy class. NAC has named the aircraft after Annapurna, the […]
Kathmandu / June 27: Gaddi Baithak, the historic building that is located at the heart of Basantapur Durbar Square and was destroyed by the April 2015 earthquake, has been inaugurated today post reconstruction. On the occasion of the inaugural ceremony of the renovated Gaddi Baithak building based in Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square, Prime Minister KP […]
Kathmandu / June 27: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth has stated that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the construction of a tunnel in Koteshwor would be prepared within a year in view of reducing traffic congestion in one of the busiest thoroughfares of the Capital City- Koteshwor. Responding to the queries […]
Kathmandu, June 26/ Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that his China visit focused on various issues including taking Nepal-China relation to a new height and implementing past agreements. Briefing today’s meeting of the House of Representatives about his six-day official visit to China from June 19-24, Prime Minister Oli said that he held […]
Kathmandu, June 26/ Nepal has received a $1 million grant from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to upgrade its electricity transmission and distribution system under the Power Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion Project which will be implemented by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). The Finance Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with the China-based […]
Kathmandu, June 25 (Xinhua) — Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s recent visit to China has contributed to further deepening mutual trust, friendship and expanding cooperation between the two countries, Nepali senior leaders and mainstream media said on Sunday. Senior leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the prime […]
Kathmandu, June 24/The lawmakers have drawn attention of the government to control possible monsoon flooding of Tarai, and provide appropriate price to the sugarcane farmers for their production. Speaking in the parliament meeting today, CPN lawmaker Birodh Khatiwada demanded provision for safe settlement to the 300 wildlife affected families of Manahari in Makawanpur district. Likewise, […]
Yekaterinburg, June 24/ Japan twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Senegal in their World Cup Group H encounter on Sunday. Goals from Senegal captain Sadio Mane and Moussa Wague were matched by strikes from Takashi Inui and Keisuke Honda for the Samurai Blue. Senegal took the lead in the 11th minute when Japan […]
Kathmandu / June 23: The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has published the results of Secondary Education Examination (SEE) on Saturday. A total of 485586 examinees had appeared in this year’s SEE exam from 77 districts. Of the total, 461,515 candidates were regular and 24,071 were under exempted category. The results can be […]
Kathmandu, June 23/Concrete structures that were built in course of reconstruction of the historic Rani Pokhari would be removed within a week.Work on removing concrete structures had started 10 days ago and will be completed within a week, according to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The KMC office said a call for tender would be made […]