Terhathum / Jan 2: The Hyatrung waterfall, arguably the largest one in South Asia, is in the shadows for lack of its conservation and promotion. The waterfall is 365 metres long and is located at the border between Isibu and Samdu VDCs in Terhathum district. It is taken to be the longest waterfall in South […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed the ministries to carry out activities targeting at least 80 per cent capital expenditure. Addressing the 38th meeting of the National Development Problems Resolution Committee here Monday, PM Dahal said it was worrying that there was negligible amount of capital expenditure (only 5 percent) […]
Solukhumbu / Jan 2: The number of tourists visiting the Mt Everest region shot up by a whopping 33.66 per cent in 2016 as compared to 2015. A total of 27,465 tourists visited the Everest region in 2015 whereas the tourist number was recorded at 36,694 in 2016, Tourist Police Office, Lukla’s Assistant Sub Inspector […]
Pokhara / Jan 1: The lake city of Pokhara has recorded cent per cent occupancy in hotels for the first time following the 2015 April earthquake. Rooms in Pokhara at present are full with people enjoying the New Year 2017. For the past two days, hotels in Pokhara are full, said President of Western Regional […]
Kathmandu / Jan 1: Nepal Telecom (NT) has launched 4G (fourth generation) wireless mobile phone service from Sunday. The Company which has been providing the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) services for 18 years has brought the new service based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. The service in the beginning is available only […]
Kathmandu / Jan 1: Driving license can now be acquired from the transport management office in Thulo Bharyang of Swayambhu also. Distribution of driving license began from the office today. Inaugurating the service, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak said similar offices will begin service from Chabahil of Kathmandu and Jagati of Bhaktapur […]
Sharachchandra Bhandary / Kathmandu, Jan 01: The world bids adieu to the Year 2016 and enters into the 17th year of the new millennium as the clock strikes 12 tonight. By all accounts 2016 was a year with mixed results for Nepal from the perspective of expansion of international relations and conduction of balanced foreign […]
Kathmandu / Dec 31: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has made an income of Rs. 4.52 billion in the fiscal year 2015/16. The targeted income for CAAN excluding airport development tariff was RS. 3.86 billion but the real income surpassed the targeted by Rs. 643.8 million, according to information shared at the 18th […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Around three weeks ago, 18-months old girl named Urmila Tamang drowned in a pit dug while making bricks for a brick factory at Sunapa in Bhaktapur. The incident took place in the area leased by the owner of the brick factory for which Tamang’s parents are working as brick-maker. This is […]
Kathmandu / Dec 31: Nepali media saw relatively peaceful atmosphere in 2016 with significant decline on number of anti-press incidents. As many as 25 incidents of press freedom violations occurred in the year 2016 against 83 in 2015, states the annual press freedom monitoring report prepared by Freedom Forum – a civil society organization working […]
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