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Government to honour women’s volleyball players with Rs300,000 each

Kathmandu / Aug. 16: The government has decided to honour the Nepali women’s volleyball players who were runners-up in the CAVA Women’s Volleyball Nations League with a cash prize of Rs300,000 each. The Cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided to honour the 14 players who represented Nepal in the tournament held in Kathmandu, said Minister […]

Govt meets its target of bringing in one million tourists in 2023; President calls for promoting tourist sites

Pokhara / Dec 27: The government’s target of bringing in one million foreign tourists in 2023 has been achieved. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) said that the number of foreign tourists entering Nepal in 2023 has exceeded one million. All these are foreign visitors who entered by air. For the first time since 2019, the tourism […]

Foreign Ministers of Nepal and India hold meeting

Kathmandu, Jan 15 : Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Minister for External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, held discussion at Hyderabad House this morning. Foreign Affairs Minister Gyawali is in New Delhi in course of attending the sixth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission. On the occasion, they discussed the Nepal-India relations […]

Fighting human trafficking in Nepal: on patrol with the activists trying to put a stop to sex trade to India, China and the world

Zigor Aldama It’s easy to cross the border between Nepal and India. Too easy. Most of its 1,600km is marked by simple, 30cm-high concrete piles. There is no wall, no fence, no barbed wire. In fact, some farmers have fields that are part in Nepal and part in India. There is no surveillance infrastructure to […]

Nepal to make ODI debut against the Netherlands

Kathmandu, May 24 / Nepal will play their first two ODIs against Netherlands on the 1st and 3rd of August, it was revealed Wednesday (May 23). The two matches will take place at as-yet-undisclosed venues in the Netherlands immediately following the two nations’ T20 tri-series with the MCC at Lords, which is scheduled for the 29th […]

Snowfall adds to the woes of earthquake survivors in Barpak and Laprak

Gorakha / January 9: Snowfall following rain and hailstorm that battered Laprak, Barpak and Ghyachchok of Gorkha district last night has affected the normal life of the people, especially the earthquake survivors. Barpak was lashed by hailstone and rain since 9 pm while Laprak and Ghyachchok were battered by hailstone since 11 pm Friday. Rainfall […]

Match fixers in detention for a week more for investigation

Kathmandu / November 1: The football players accused of match fixing in various international games are to stay one more week in detention for further investigation. The Special Court issued an order to this effect on Sunday. Judges Mohan Raman Bhattarai, Narendra Shivakoti, and Bhupendra Rai issued the order. The Office of the Metropolitan Police […]

NHRC recommends government to resolve problem in Tarai at earliest

Kathmandu / November 1: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended the government to quickly resolve the ongoing problem in Tarai by holding dialogue in a responsible manner, and giving the civilians a sense of its determination to respect and protect human rights. At a programme held to make public a report prepared after monitoring of […]

Chinese fuel arriving Kathmandu today; India increased fuel supply

Kathmandu / November 1: Ending the over four decade long monopoly of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to supply petroleum products to Nepal, three tankers loaded with petrol will arrive at Kathmandu from Kyirong of China today. Nepal has recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with China to purchase petroleum products after India imposed undeclared blockade to […]

Nepalekhabar.com congratulates CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli for being elected as the 38th Prime Minister of Nepal. We wish him a successful tenure and urge him to immediately resolve the current crisis that the country is facing.