Kathmandu / Nov. 21: About 95 per cent households in Nepal have access to electricity while 72 per cent have access to reliable, affordable and uninterrupted access to electricity for a significant part of the day, marking remarkable progress over the past decade, according to a first-of-its-kind national survey conducted by the World Bank in […]
Kathmandu / Nov 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed ministers. Amidst a special ceremony organized at the President’s Office, Sheetal Niwas, the six new ministers inducted in the Oli-led administration took oath. Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Chairperson of National […]
Pokhara / Nov 20 : The competition of skydiving themed ‘Pokhara Skydiving-2019’ has begun in Pokhara from Tuesday. Organized by the Explore Himalaya Travel and Adventure, the event saw 10 Nepali adventure enthusiasts, including 4 women, participating in the first day of the competition. Pokhara, a city of lakes, is being developed as a one-stop […]
Kathmandu / Nov 19: One thousand and two hundred climbers of 164 groups have acquired permission to climb mountains in this autumn season. The climbers have obtained permission from the Department of Tourism to climb 53 mountains including Mt Everest, Makalu, Manaslu, Ama Dablam and Annapurna. Most of the climbers, who have obtained permission, have […]
Kathmandu / Nov 18 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed concern over ‘the practice of seeking undue compensation’ in the works of development and construction. “The tendency to ask for excessive compensation from the government has become prevalent while harbouring the thinking that minimum revenue should be extracted by the state when selling […]
Kathmandu / Nov 13: The regional conference of the honorary consuls has commenced from today in Kathmandu with an objective to advance the cause of economic prosperity through economic diplomacy. Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun inaugurated the conference attended by altogether 200 honorary consuls from various countries. Organized by the Honorary Consul Corps Nepal (HCCN) and […]
Kathmandu / Nov 12 : President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdul Hamid, arrived here this afternoon on his four-day official goodwill visit at invitation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari. President Bhandari welcomed the Bangladeshi President at the VVIP Lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). On the occasion, a group of Panchakanya (five […]
Kathmandu, Nov 9: An all-party meeting called by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held at Baluwatar on Saturday. The meeting has been called to hold discussion on the disputed border issues with India. The prime minister is having meeting with former Prime Ministers, former foreign ministers and senior leaders of different political parties on Nepal-India […]
Kathmandu / Nov 8: The Under-19 National Women Cricket Team has left for China today to compete in the B&R Cup Cricket Championship. The championship is taking place in Shanghai, China. Secretary of Cricket Association of Nepal, Ashok Nath Pyakurel, ICC Nepal representative Raunak Malla among other sports officials bid farewell to the Nepal team […]
Kathmandu / Nov 6: Nepal has strongly objected to a recently-unveiled political map by the Indian government that has placed Nepali territory Kalapani inside Indian borders. Four days after the Indian Home Ministry released the political map placing Nepali territory Kalapani inside Indian borders after creating Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as its union territories, […]
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