Kathmandu / Mar 20: The Fagu Poornima or the festival of colors is being observed with much fanfare in hilly areas, including the capital, today. The festival, however, will be observed in the Terai region on Thursday. It is celebrated mainly by the Hindus as per Hindu calendar. A legend has it that fire-resistant Holika […]
Kathmandu / Mar 19: Skipper of Nepali national cricket team Paras Khadka has been felicitated with a cash prize worth one hundred thousands at KATHMANDU YOUTH CONCLAVE (KYC) 2019 today. With this, he was conferred the title of Youth Icon 2019. Paras Khadka was felicitated for his contribution in Nepali sports and for inspiring youths […]
Kathmandu / Mar 17: With an aim of bringing together over 3,000 youths from diverse educational background, communities and geographical locations to a common symposium, different Kathmandu-based colleges are organizing KATHMANDU YOUTH CONCLAVE (KYC) 2019 on Tuesday. In a press meet organized today in Kathmandu, the organizers announced to felicitate successful captain of Nepali national […]
Rupandehi / Mar 16: State-5 government has intensified the preparations to mark the New Year 2076 BS as the Lumbini Visit Year in a bid to promote tourism in the region. The various activities as part of the preparations have begun after the Council of Ministers approved for the decision on visit year. The religious, […]
Kathmandu / Mar 8: The government and CK Raut-led Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM) has signed an 11-point agreement, thereby ending the latter’s secessionist movement over the past few years. The agreement was signed by Home Minister, Ram Bahadur Thapa and AIM’s CK Raut at Rastriya Sabha Griha. The agreements state that the state would […]
Kathmandu / Mar 7: Lawmakers have voiced for forming an agro-product price determination commission. Speaking in the meeting of the House of Representatives today, they called for forming such commission allowing the farmers themselves to fix the price of agro-products that they produce. They also stressed that the farmers should be involved in the pricing. […]
Lalitpur / Mar 4:The Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) is going to launch a satellite on April 17. The satellite was developed with the support of Kyutech University of Japan and has been named ‘NepaliSat-1’, which is the first of its kind in Nepal. NAST Vice-Chancellor, Sanobabu Shrestha, said that preparations were underway […]
Kathmandu / Mar 3: Final rites of former Deputy Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari have been performed with state honours at Pashupati Aryaghat on Sunday. He was 82. Daughters Luna, Lima and Lija lit the funeral pyre this afternoon. Late Adhikari’s wife Sabita Adhikari, NCP’s general secretary Bishnu Poudel, […]
Kathmandu / Mar 01: The final rites of late Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari – who lost his life in Taplejung chopper crash on Wednesday – have been performed with state honours at Ramghat in Kaski today. Crestfallen Kaski denizens and politicians marched in a funeral procession through Pokhara and reached […]
Parsa / Feb 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has today launched the ‘Daughter Education Insurance Fixed Deposit Bank Account’ under the ‘Beti Padhau, Beti Bachau (Educate the Daughter, Save the Daughter)’ campaign implemented by the government of Province-2. The Province-2 government has allocated Rs 890 million for the campaign in the fiscal year 2018/19. Addressing […]