Kathmandu / Oct 16: More than 237,000 people travelled by air through the Tribhuvan International Airport during the five days of the Badadashain festival. According to the statistics of the TIA office, 160,910 people travelled through the domestic terminal while 78,512 people flew to and from the international terminal of the airport from Phulpati to […]
Kathmandu / Oct 15: Remittance inflow has increased by 15.2 per cent to Rs 263.14 billion in review period of the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY). However, the increase ratio is less than the one witnessed in the same period of the last year, when the increase was 18.7 per cent. […]
Kathmandu / Oct 15: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said that the Federal Parliament’s upcoming session is expected to endorse the Federal Police Bill. In his address on Tuesday to a condolence programme at the Nepal Police Headquarters to mark the 69th Police Day, he expressed his commitment to advancing the interests and welfare of […]
Kathmandu / Oct 15: The Nepali Army (NA) has assured that all Nepali peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon under the UN peacekeeping mission-United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)- are safe. According to Army spokesperson Gaurav Kumar KC, the NA has been in regular contact with the troops in Lebanon, confirming their well-being. He also said […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: Over the past decade, Nepal received foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments worth Rs395.92 billion, but only Rs126.29 billion, or 37.89% of the pledged amount, has materialised, according to data from Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). Between fiscal year 2014/15 and the last fiscal year, although substantial foreign investment commitments were made, a […]
Jumla / Oct 14: Goats, sheep and buffaloes worth more than Rs 160 million were sold during the Dashain time alone in Jumla this year. Bir Bahadur Rawal, Chief of the Chandannath Municipality, Livestock Development Section, said goats, sheep and buffaloes worth Rs 163 million and 231 thousand were sold from Khalanga town alone during […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: The rituals of receiving the Dashain tika and jamara as blessings of the Goddess Navadurga continue today, too on Aswin Shukla Paksha Dwadashi, the 12th day of the waxing moon in the month of Asoj. The tika and jamara ceremony, which began on Bijaya Dashami, the tenth day of Dashain on […]
Kathmandu / Oct 13: The Nepali Army (NA) has won the gold medal at the prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise 2024, held in Wales, United Kingdom. Competing against 121 international teams from 37 countries, including the UK, the NA squad triumphed in one of the most grueling military exercises, the NA Directorate of Public Relations and […]
Kathmandu / Oct 13: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ramnath Adhikari, has left here today for Rome, the capital of Italy, in connection with attending the World Food Forum meeting. Organized by the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the event will run from October 14-18 and Minister Adhikari is leading the Nepali […]
Solukhumbu / Oct 12: The Dashain festival air is all around and people are in a festive mood. However, for Nabin Rai of Sotang, Solukhumbu it is time for work and he set out to the Khumbu region on the day of the Phulpati, the seventh day of the Bada Dashain festival, the biggest festival […]