Kathmandu / May 11: Nine Nepalese guides reached the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first climbers in two years to conquer the world’s highest mountain after two successive natural disasters. Media reports quoted Nepal Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at the base camp, as saying that the group reached the […]
Kathmandu / May 11: The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2016) revealed that Nepal recorded the third highest level of new displacement worldwide, in both relative and absolute terms, due to the devastating earthquakes in April and May last year. There were 19.2 million new displacements associated with disasters brought on by rapid-onset natural […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, arrived Kathmandu on Tuesday by special aircraft to inaugurate the embassy of UAE. The UAE foreign minister arrived here upon invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that the government would move forward initiating right work and without getting affected by obstacles and protests. Speaking at a memorial function organised on the first death anniversary of former prime minister and founder president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Surya Bahadfur Thapa, today, […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Ever since the gates of the Narayanhiti Durbar Museum were open to general people some seven years ago, the flow of people, local and foreigners, has continued without fail. A total of 2,079,760 people, including foreigners, have visited the former royal palace, informed the museum management committee. The committee stated that […]
Kathmandu / May 09: A total 97 mountaineering expedition teams comprising 1,432 members from various countries have set out to different peaks including the world’s highest Mount Everest, this season. Of them, 34 have set out to the Mt Everest. According to Tourism Department’s Director General Sudarshan Prasad Dhakal, despite the last year’s devastating earthquake, […]
Kathmandu / May 9 : A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday against the nine-point agreement reached between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal last Thursday. The joint writ filed by advocates Ananta Raj Luitel, Kedar Luitel, Manoj Khadka, Pravindra Raj Joshi and […]
Kathmandu / May 9: The 13th Handicraft Trade Fair and 11th Craft Competition concluded on Monday recording Rs 60 million worth of transactions and participation of around 250,000 visitors. Participating handicraft producers also received several orders during the five-day fair, according to officials of Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal (FHAN) – the organizer of […]
Kathmandu / May 06: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the journalism sector should win hearts of readers disseminating true, factual and balanced news following the media ethics. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the first National Journalism Day and the 116th anniversary of the Gorakhapatra National Daily today, President Bhandari urged the […]
Kathmandu / May 06: The government has decided to recall Nepal’s Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyaya, on the charge of non-cooperation and working against Nepal’s interests. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ambassador Upadhyaya had “confronted” with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli regarding the cancellation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s scheduled visit […]
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