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Latvian couple’s passion for trekking; says, we will come back again (Feature)

Surya Chandra Basnet / Kathmandu: Nepal’s high altitude trekking routes are one of the most adventurous attractions for backpackers promising an encounter with the pristine natural beauty. The tourists from all over the world who visit Nepal have always made it a point of taking a tour through the trekking and hiking routes that wind […]


Minister Basnet visits disasters-hit villages with warm clothes

Helambu / January 21: Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet Thursday visited disaster-hit Helambu in Sindhupalchowk and Gaun Kharkha in Nuwakot, with relief assistance materials for the affected. The districts lie in the list of among the 14 districts highly affected by the last year’s devastating earthquake. Massive snowfall had hit the villages recently. On the […]


Six racketeers held with machine used to print fake currency notes

Rautahat / January 21: The District Police here has arrested six racketeers involved in printing of counterfeit currency notes. They were held with a machine used for printing counterfeit notes of Rs 1000, and Rs 500 denomination. Counterfeit Nepali currency worth Rs 49,500 was confiscated from the racketeers, said Superintendent of Police, Dr Ganesh Regmi, […]


A sneak peek into the life and times of the Gibbons whose works defined Nepal to westerners

Surya Chandra Basnet /Kathmandu: Bob Gibbons, then a post-graduate Englishman, had innumerable accounts of the mystic land named Nepal through books and movies. He did not delay a second to hit the road towards Nepal in his 1949 Land Rover model car on a sweltering summer of 1974. It took him around 16-weeks to arrive […]


Seto Machindranath deity given grand holy bath

Kathmandu / January 17: The Seto Machindranath deity also known as Avalokiteśvara located at Janabahal (Machindra Bahal) of Kathmandu city was given a grand holy bath. The bathing ceremony is an annual event taking place on Poush Shukla Astami (the eighth brighter half moon day) as per the Nepali lunar calendar. The deity was taken […]


Yoga, now inevitable for a stress-free life (Commentary)

Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Until some years ago, people especially in Nepal would perceive yoga as a practice undertaken only by yogis or the elderly. However, of late people, be them children, youth and elderly, are getting attracted towards the ancient form of exercise for its multiple health benefits. With so-called modern people often going […]


National reconstruction campaign kicks off with commitment to work unitedly

Hari Lamichhane (Kathmandu) / January 16: The government has begun the nationwide reconstruction and rebuilding of the infrastructures damaged in the April 25 earthquake. Almost nine months after the disaster jolted central Nepal, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the reconstruction and rebuilding work by laying the foundation stone for reconstruction of the famous Rani Pokhari […]


Nepal elected member of AIIB Board of Directors

Kathmandu / January 16: Nepal has been elected to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board of Directors. The ongoing meeting of the Bank in Beijing of China nominated Nepal as the member of the Board today. Nine countries from the Asia including China, the UAE, Indonesia, Russia and India, two non-Asian countries Britain and […]


Gorkha earns Rs 260 million from orange

Gorkha / January 16: The orange farmers in Gorkha district have earned Rs 260 million this year by selling orange. The amount is more by Rs 50 million compared to the last year. It is said that more orange farming, better production and increased price contributed to the farmers’ better earning. The farmers in Tanglichowk, […]


Development diplomacy an important aspect of Nepal’s foreign policy: DPM Thapa

Kathmandu / January 12: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kamal Thapa, has said development diplomacy is an important aspect of Nepal’s foreign policy. Nepal has set a goal of graduating from LDC status by 2022. This goal must be met with Nepal’s national determination and the concomitant support of the international community, […]




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