Kathmandu / Aug 10: Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to work together in the development of the energy sector. The two countries today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on power exchange cooperation which was much talked-about for long. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun and Minister of State for Power, Energy […]
Kathmandu / Aug 9: The probable athletes to represent Nepal in the Asia Cup cricket tournament 2018 have been announced. Altogether 19 cricketers have been selected in the preliminary list finalized by head coach Jagat Tamata and captain Paras Khadka. Those selected include Anil Kumar Shah, Basant Regmi, Binod Bhandari, Dipendra Singh Aiyre, Gyanendra Malla, […]
Kathmandu / Aug 9: Chief of General Staff of Nepal Army, Lt General Purna Chandra Thapa, has officially taken over the officiating Chief of Army Staff from Thursday. Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri handed over the leadership of Nepal Army to Thapa amidst a special ceremony organized at NA Headquarters on Thursday. As per […]
KATHMANDU, Aug 8: A case has been filed against three party leaders including Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma, standing committee member and spokesperson of Nepal Communist Party led by Netra Bikram Chand, on the charge of extortion at Kathmandu District Court on Wednesday. Metropolitan Police Range Office (MPRO), Kathmandu has filed the case against three individuals in […]
Kathmandu / Aug 7: A total of 699,552 tourists visited national parks and conservation areas of the country in the last fiscal year 2017/18. Of them, 325,856 were foreign tourists while the remaining were domestic one, according to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Information Officer at the Department, Narayan Rupakheti, said that […]
Kathmandu / Aug 7: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to construct eight new over-head bridges at assorted locations in Kathmandu valley. The construction of the modern and new types of overhead bridges is expected to ease traffic congestions and reduce the number of road accidents. According to KMC’s Physical Infrastructures Division Chief […]
Kathmandu, August 7: Nepal’s trade deficit crossed the $10 billion mark for the first time in the last fiscal year 2017-18, that concluded in mid-July, due to surging imports against sluggish exports, Nepal’s Department of Customs (DoC) said on Monday. According to the statistics released by the DoC, trade deficit of the Himalayan country reached […]
Kathmandu / Aug 6: The meeting of the Constitutional Council has been called for Wednesday. It has been reported that the meeting is summoned to recommend the name for the new chief justice of the country. The meeting has been called after the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee refused the acting chief justice Deepak Raj Joshee […]
Kathmandu / Aug 6: Nepal Media Society (NMS), the umbrella organisation of private publications and Television Broadcasters Nepal (TBN), has elected its new working committee on Monday. The second general assembly of the NMS that ended today elected ABC News Chairman and incumbent General Secretary Subha Shanker Kandel as the Chairman while Sagarmatha TV Chairman […]
Kathmandu, Aug 6: An exercise of high-ranking military officials from 20 countries has started here aimed at how the information flow could be systematised maintaining contact with multi-national armies while deploying in humanitarian rescue at times of disaster. The exercise is organised by the Nepalese Army with cooperation of the US Army’s Pacific Command. Theoretical […]