Beijing / June 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is on a six-day official visit to China, met his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. On the occasion, the two countries signed agreements on 10 different topics including one on the construction of railway. Four […]
Beijing / June 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is on a six-day official visit to China, has paid a courtesy call on Chinese President Xi Jinping today. During the meeting, both the leaders held a discussion on key issues regarding taking the relations between the governments and Communist Parties of both the countries […]
Kathmandu / June 20: Anjana’s Journey, a short film by Rajneesh Bhandari has been selected as a finalist of 2018 Focus on Ability Short Film Awards in International Category in Australia. The short film gives an insight into the life of Anjana K.C. who has been living independently despite her disability in Pokhara, Nepal. The […]
Kathmandu / June 19: Funeral rites for Senior Neurosurgeon Dr Upendra Devkota have been performed at the Pashupati Aryaghat on Tuesday. He was cremated through electric crematorium on the premises of the Pashupati Aryaghat. Devkota’s wife Dr Madhu Devkota and his daughters Medha, Basudha and Manjari paid last tributes to him amid the presence of […]
Kathmandu, June 18: Senior Neurosurgeon Upendra Devkota has passed away while undergoing treatment at Neuro Hospital, Basbari on Monday. Bile duct cancer-ridden Devkota breathed his last at the hospital at 5:35 pm, deceased’s kin Kanshiraj Ghimire told Republica Online. He was 63. Devkota had returned home to spend the rest of his life after his […]
Moscow, June 17/ Defending champions Germany crashed to defeat in their first game at the World Cup on Sunday as an enterprising Mexico refused to be intimidated and came away 1-0 winners in a thrill-packed Group F opener. A shaky warm-up campaign had called into question the dominant form the Germans showed in qualifying, but […]
Kathmandu, June 17/ Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak. “It is disgusting, an eyesore,” Pemba Dorje Sherpa, who has summited Everest 18 times, told AFP. “The mountain is carrying tonnes of waste.” As the number of climbers on […]
Moscow, June 16/ Argentina captain Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as his side were held to a 1-1 draw by World Cup debutants Iceland in Group D on Saturday. Sergio Aguero gave the South Americans the lead in the 19th minute with a brilliant finish on the turn from 12 metres. But Iceland, the […]
Kathmandu / Jun 14: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has formed a taskforce led by Prof Pramod Shrestha to improve the provisions related to technical and vocational education and training. The taskforce has been constituted to change the legal and policy mechanisms of technical education and vocational training (TEVT). It has been formed […]