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Danuwar honoured as US state department’s ‘TIP Hero’

Kathmandu / June 29: Nepali social activist Sunita Danuwar has been honoured as US State Department’s 2018 Heroes for her role in the fight against human trafficking. Sunita Danuwar is one of ten anti-trafficking Tip Heroes selected from around the world to receive the international honour that celebrates the work and achievements of individuals who […]


Land-locked Nepal trades with China through sea more than land

Kathmandu, June 27 (Xinhua) — Despite being geographically connected, most of the trade between land-locked Nepal and China takes place through the sea, statistics of Nepal’s central bank revealed here recently. Around 87 percent of Nepal’s trade with China took place through the sea as of first 10 months of the current fiscal year that […]


Nepal V Netherlands Match at LORD’S Granted Full International Status

Lords (UK), June 26/ It has been announced today that the match between Nepal and the Netherlands at Lord’s in late July, which takes place as part of the MCC Triangular Tournament, has been granted the status of a full International T20 match. The IT20 between the two ICC Associate nations will be the last […]


Govt accepting Rs 25 billion off-budget foreign aid annually

Kathmandu, June 26: The government is accepting an annual of Rs 24.63 billion ($225.87 million) annually in technical and other assistance from various bilateral and multilateral agencies that is not reflected in the annual budget. According to a data of the Ministry of Finance, 18 government ministries and commissions are running 135 multi-year technical assistance […]


‘Nepal-China relations extraordinary and unprecedented’-PM Oli

Lhasa, Tibet, June 24/ Government of both neighbours—China and India have called Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s slogan of ‘prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis’ as ‘significant’, while recognizing it at the government level. In this light, Prime Minister Oli has described Nepal’s relation with China as extraordinary and unprecedented during an interview with RSS at the […]


Nepal’s aviation sector removed from ICAO’s SSC list: Minister Adhikari

Kathmandu / June 22: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil aviation, Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, has said that International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has removed Nepal’s aviation sector from Significant Safety Concern (SSC) list. Responding to queries raised over contemporary issues of civil aviation in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Minister Adhikari informed the […]


Tourist arrival up by 12.5pc in first 6 months this year

Kathmandu / June 21: The Department of Immigration says a total of 68,825 international tourists visited Nepal in May 2018, with a healthy increment of 9.6 per cent as compared to the arrival figures of May 2017. With this, the arrival figures in the period of January to May reached 454,855, an increase of 12.5 […]


East to West: Yoga inspires world to fitness

Priyanka Adhikari / Kathmandu: The practice of ‘Yoga’ which originated in the eastern part of the world, gradually spread to the west and across the globe, leading to declaration of International Day of Yoga on June 21. Recognising its universal appeal, on December 11, 2014, United Nations proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of […]


China contributes over 80 pct of FDI pledges to Nepal

Kathmandu, June 19 (Xinhua) — China contributed to around 87 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments received by Nepal during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year that began in mid-July 2017, Nepal’s Department of Industry (DoI) said. According to DoI Statistics, Nepal received FDI pledge of 43.22 billion Nepali rupees (396 […]


Renowned Neurosurgeon Dr Upendra Devkota passes away

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 […]




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