
Bagmati / Feb. 23: Demand for ghee manufactured by the state-owned Hetauda Milk Supply Scheme is increasing in Japan. According to Scheme chief Naresh Joshi, they had exported 51,000 liters of ghee to Japan in between mid-April and mid-February. He said demand for the product in Japan was on the rise. It exports seven to […]

Kathmandu / Feb 20: The government has decided to recognise boutique and deluxe hotels as the ‘star’ hotels. The Department of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has fixed symbols for such hotels after classification. Prior to this, only hotels with advanced facilities were recognised as ‘star’ hotels. ‘Star’ has been fixed as […]

Mahima Devkota / Kathmandu, Feb. 17: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has been trying its best to enhance tourism in the country despite challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Dhananjay Regmi, Chief Executive Officer of NTB, presented that the NTB has been developing local tourist places for internal tourism and building up a niche market by highlighting […]

Kathmandu / Feb 15: Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has determined the 5G frequency, paving the way for expansion of 5G service in the country. NTA Board approved the frequency identified by the National Frequency Management Forum under the Authority. Spokesperson for NTA, Meen Prasad Aryal, said that a proposal has been presented to the National […]

Kathmandu / Feb 14: Newly appointed Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Hitendra Dev Shakya, has assumed office today. A Cabinet meeting on February 8 this year had appointed Shakya to the post. Addressing an event organized here to welcome and congratulate him, Shakya pledged to increase power consumption rate to 500 units […]

Nayak Paudel / Kathmandu, Feb. 13: The introduction of Health Insurance Scheme by the government in April 2016 was a big step towards ensuring quality health of the people of Nepal. Started in three districts – Kailali, Baglung and Ilam – in 2016, the scheme has now reached 65 districts as of Thursday with over […]

Kathmandu / Feb 8: Meteorologists had expected that temperature across the country would rise following the first spell of winter rainfall on Friday and Saturday last week. Influenced by the westerly wind, Nepal received light to moderate rainfall after five months. Some higher regions also reported snowfall. The weather improved starting Sunday this week. According […]

Adarsha Subedi / Kathmandu: The year 2020 has not been something we envisioned or expected yet something we needed to adjust to. An infection known as COVID – 19 so threatening surfaced in our current circumstance closing the whole world down. As per the WHO, COVID – 19 has disturbed in excess of 100 million […]

Kathmandu / Feb 06: With the decreased caseload of Covid-19 pandemic and positive environment created due to availability of vaccine against Covid-19, although in a limited number, people are opting to return to normalcy and resuming their activities, which were hampered for almost a year. In this connection, Naulin Sports Villa is organizing Naulin Inhouse […]

Kathmandu, Feb 4: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has directed employees of Nepal Telecom (NTC) to make it professional and competitive while stressing the need for its review and transformation. “A strategy should be made to establish it as a sustainable and permanent company by reviewing whether commitments to develop it as […]