Kathmandu, Aug 6: The body of 11-year-old Nishan Khadka was found in an under-construction building near Thimi. The child was kidnapped yesterday evening when he had gone to play with his friends. His family searched him only late in the evening assuming that he was at his friend’s house. They started searching him only at […]
Lalbazar, West Bangal: The two Romanians arrested on suspicion of masterminding the ATM fraud in Calcutta involving card data theft through skimming devices had entered the country separately on tourist visas and visited Nepal more than once during their two-month stay in the city, according to investigators. Ovidiu Simion, 31, and Dumitru Caling, 32, told […]
Dubai: More than 550 children are benefiting from two schools in Nepal and Senegal funded by Dubai Holding in partnership with Dubai Cares. Dubai Holding announced on Saturday that the schools have opened their gates for young seekers of knowledge. Located in the villages of Dhakka in Nepal and Kaffrine 2 Sud in Senegal, the […]
Kathmandu, Aug 5: Acting Chief Justice Deepak Raj Joshee has demanded an independent probe into his academic credentials. A day after the Parliamentary Hearings Committee rejected him as the Chief Justice (CJ), acting CJ Joshee expressed his serious concern over parliament’s refusal and demanded an independent probe into his academic certificates. Issuing a press statement […]
Kathmandu, Aug 4: A team of three students of the Pulchowk Engineering Campus; Abhish Khanal, Subhash Timalsina, and Sushan Paudel will be heading for Vietnam to participate in a robotics competition, which will see participation of students from over 22 countries. As part of a pre-event, they demonstrated their robots on the campus on Friday. […]
Kathmandu, August 3: New Zealand will extend technical expertise to Nepal for re-measuring the height of Mt Everest — the world’s highest peak — after many geologists argued that the two powerful quakes in 2015 may have shrunk the mountain, a media report said on Thursday. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is […]
Kathmandu, Aug 3: The Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) and the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) have demanded that rescue operation for tourists be made easier and faster. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, TAAN President Nawaraj Dahal and NATTA President CN Pandey made this demand, referring to many incidents […]
Kathmandu, Aug 2 : The National Assembly has finalised the names of the members to be inducted in its four thematic committees. Today’s NA meeting approved the names of the members to be inducted in the committees tabled by NA Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina. Indu Kadariya, Kamala Kumari Oli, Kabita Bogati, Kali Bahadur Malla, Khim […]
Ramesh Lamsal/ CB Adhikari Kathmandu, Aug 2 : The government has forwarded ambitious plan and programmes with an objective of attracting 2.5 foreign tourists within next five years. The ambitious plan was an extension of the government’s motto of achieving economic prosperity through tourism. The arrival of tourists in the stipulated number is expected to […]
Kathmandu, Aug 1 : The Embassy of India Camp Office in Biratnagar has been closed with effect from today. Accordingly, all services including issuing of motor vehicle permits, registration certificates for Indian nationals, attestation of documents and miscellaneous services(birth/death registrations) being rendered by the Office will cease with effect from 1st August, 2018, it is […]