Kathmandu / January 30: Nepal registered its second straight win to book a place in the quarter-finals of ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup underway in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the match today, Nepal defeated Ireland by eight wickets to build on the remarkable win against New Zealand. After restricting Ireland to 131 runs, Nepal easily achieved […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Nepali football gave the Nepalis something to cheer about in the midst of the long-standing sufferings inflicted by April 25 devastating earthquake and Indian unofficial trade embargo. Nepal, for the first time in 23 years, managed to bring home an international trophy creating history, defeating Bahrain U-23 team 3-0 in the […]
Kathmandu / January 30: The government has decided to give priority to the construction of reservoir-based projects, realising that this type of projects are more beneficial than run-of-river hydropower projects during energy crisis. The government has planned to announce energy crisis within the new few days with a special focus on the construction of big […]
Kathmandu / January 30: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government has high respects to the sacrifice of the martyrs for the wellbeing of the nation and people and is effortful to materialise their dreams for betterment of the country. He further expressed his commitment that the government is and will be […]
Narayan Dhungana / Chitwan : The Bio-Diversity Information Centre, established at Tikauli of Ratnanagar-7 in Chitwan district, is itself without information. Although linking with east-west highway at Ratnanagar and situated near Sauraha, the third most popular tourist destination of the country, the information centre is like darkness under light. Hundreds of tourists from Sauraha come […]
Pokhara / January 29: The fifth edition of the Nepal Literature Festival kicked off on Friday at the premises of the Nepal Tourism Board Office here. The festival organized jointly by Bookworm Foundation and Random Readers Society was inaugurated by litterateur Lt Col JP Cross, a British-born Nepali citizen, who said the festival would contribute […]
Kathmandu / January 29: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that use of information technology was indispensible for the speedy development of the country. In an inaugural session of the 22nd edition of ‘Subisu CAN Info-Tech 2016’ organised by the Federation of Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) here today, Prime Minister Oli said that […]
Myagdi / January 29: The upgradation of Arthunge Deurali-Toripani road in Myagdi district has started recently. The seven-kilometre-long dirt road is being upgraded at the estimated cost of around Rs 60 million. The project is being undertaken by the VDC in financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and […]
Kathmandu / January 29: The government is to import 300 megawatt of electricity from India within the next one and half year. The joint standing committee meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India here Friday agreed on the import of 80 MW of electricity from the Dhalkebar-Mujjafpur cross-border transmission line within the next three […]
Gorkha / January 29: The earthquake survivors of Chepang community in Gorkha district have been provided with warm clothes on Thursday. The Good Service Neighbour Association, Pokhara, distributed the warm clothes to 250 households of Makaisinght, 166 of Tanglichowk, 100 of Gyalchowk and 225 of Bhumlichowk VDCs of Chepang community with coordination of the District […]