Kathmandu / Aug 12: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reiterated the government’s commitment to democracy, press freedom and human rights. The government was sensitive to decent and free press, and human rights, PM Oli told the newly elected working committee members of Nepal Media Society at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar today, the […]
Kathmandu / Aug 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has proposed Prof Dr Govinda KC of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) to lead a mechanism to be formed for health education monitoring meant for troubleshooting the ill-practices in the overall health sector. The PM asked Dr KC to take leadership to perform saying that he […]
Kathmandu / Aug 10: Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to work together in the development of the energy sector. The two countries today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on power exchange cooperation which was much talked-about for long. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun and Minister of State for Power, Energy […]
Kathmandu / Aug 9: Chief of General Staff of Nepal Army, Lt General Purna Chandra Thapa, has officially taken over the officiating Chief of Army Staff from Thursday. Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri handed over the leadership of Nepal Army to Thapa amidst a special ceremony organized at NA Headquarters on Thursday. As per […]
The second feature from Nepal’s Min Bahadur Bham, “A Year of Cold,” has been offered up for co-production at Locarno’s Open Doors Hub. The director’s coming-of-age debut, “The Black Hen,” hit Venice Critics Week in 2015, taking the Fedora Award. It became the first Nepali film to premiere at that festival– and was Nepal’s entry […]
Kathmandu / Aug 7: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to construct eight new over-head bridges at assorted locations in Kathmandu valley. The construction of the modern and new types of overhead bridges is expected to ease traffic congestions and reduce the number of road accidents. According to KMC’s Physical Infrastructures Division Chief […]
Nepal’s first-ever one-day international win in a low-scoring thriller over the Netherlands proved their hunger to succeed, said captain Paras Khadka. Nepal’s historic two-match ODI series ended all square after they pulled off a last-ball victory in the second match by one run on Friday, 3 August in Amstelveen. Of course, it wasn’t the first […]
Kathmandu, Aug 3: Nepal has won the second ODI match with 1 run and levels the series with the Netherlands, held at Amstelveen on Friday. Sompal Kami has been declared as the Man of the Game. This is the first ever ODI win for the Nepali National Cricket Team The Netherlands at one stage were […]
BRISTOL, Aug 3: He’s spent more than half his life representing Nepal on a cricket field, starting with his first match captaining an Under-17 side against Bangladesh in February 2001. So it’s understandable that 34-year-old Shakti Gauchan’s legs might have felt a bit weary as he took the field as one of Nepal’s first eleven […]
Kathmandu, August 3: New Zealand will extend technical expertise to Nepal for re-measuring the height of Mt Everest — the world’s highest peak — after many geologists argued that the two powerful quakes in 2015 may have shrunk the mountain, a media report said on Thursday. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is […]