Kathmandu / Nov 3: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has described President of India, Pranab Mukharjee, as the supreme leader of Asia. Addressing a special convocation ceremony organised here today by the Kathmandu University (KU) to confer the Honorary D Litt title to the visiting President of India, the Prime Minister praised his role in […]
Kathmandu / Nov 3: Education Minister Dhaniram Poudel inaugurated the International Watercolor Festival amidst a function in the capital on Thursday. The festival being held at the Nepal Art Council in Babarmahal has displayed different arts and paintings of 156 artists belonging to 39 countries including 65 from Nepal. The artists from India, China, Thailand, […]
Kathmandu / Nov 3: Anyone going to foreign employment can now acquire the required information about the destination country by dialing 01-4105058. A digital audio notice board that provides information about the four major destination countries for Nepali migrant workers—Qatar, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates was inaugurated here on Thursday, marking the 9th […]
Myagdi / Nov 3: Nepali people residing in the United Kingdom (UK) have provided monetary support to help set up a library in their hometown in Myagdi district. A library was recently set up at Gharamdi Lower Secondary School in Histan VDC in the district. The Nepalis in the UK contributed Rs 430,972 for the […]
Kathmandu / Nov 2: President Bidya Devi Bhandari and President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, had a meeting at the President’s Office, Shital Niwas today. In the meeting, President Bhandari and her Indian counterpart held discussions on the centuries-old Nepal-India relations and on various matters of mutual interest and concern, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Saptari / Nov 2: The Chandranahar Irrigation Management Division Office in Saptari district has repaired many canals, including the Chandra canal, that were in a sorry state. The Division Office carried out maintenance of the Koshi Channel Pump System, Chandranahar System, Koshi West Distribution Channel among others channels at the cost of Rs 210 million. […]
Gorkha / Nov 2: Aitamaya Gurung,24, a resident of Gumda-8 in northern Gorkha, who had been experiencing labour pains for the past three days but unable to give birth, was airlifted to Kathmandu on Wednesday. She was taken on a helicopter to the maternity hospital in Thapathali, Kathmandu, according to a family member Santa Gurung. […]
Mustang / Nov 2: For the Tihar celebrations, the country received a supply of 5,000 mountain goats from Mustang as compared to 21,000 during the Bada Dashain festival. The District Agriculture Development Office, Mustang has been annually recording the number of mountain goats leaving Mustang for Dashain and Tihar. Non – gazetted second class employee […]
Kathmandu, Nov 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari offered bhaitika to her younger brother Degendra Pandey at the auspicious hour of 11.52 am today on the occasion of the Bhaitika festival. The Bhaitika ritual and ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace, Sheetal Niwas. Mr Degendra’s other older sisters Kalpana Bhandari and Kabita Pandey also offered […]
Kathmandu / Nov 1: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has expressed the belief that the three-day state visit of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee to Nepal beginning tomorrow will create a new basis in the relations between Nepal and India. The Indian President is visiting Nepal at the invitation of President Bidya Devi […]