Nepal will be able to utilise $500 million grant pledged by a US government agency beginning September 2019 if it is able to lay the necessary groundwork for release of the fund, a senior US official said today. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent US government agency working to reduce global poverty through economic […]
KATHMANDU: NASA’s former astronaut and scientist Dr Sandra Hall Magnus has visited Koteshwor-based Kanjirowa National Secondary School. In a press release issued by the school, it is stated that Magnus was welcomed by the school’s management team in a special programme to grace her visit. Executive Director of the school, Mahendra Khanal said, “Dr Magnus’s […]
CHITWAN, May 25: Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Deepak Raj Joshi has said both sides of a disputed win if the dispute is resolved through mediation, arguing that this is so because both sides themselves decide on their respective issues. Addressing a program of interaction entitled ‘Usefulness of Mediation: Peace and Goodwill’ organized […]
Kathmandu, May 24 / Nepal will play their first two ODIs against Netherlands on the 1st and 3rd of August, it was revealed Wednesday (May 23). The two matches will take place at as-yet-undisclosed venues in the Netherlands immediately following the two nations’ T20 tri-series with the MCC at Lords, which is scheduled for the 29th […]
Kathmandu, May 24/ The World Health Organisation has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem – a milestone, as the country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. “Nepal’s achievement is commendable and results from strong political commitment, intense community engagement […]
RAJBIRAJ, May 24: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has confirmed that the test flight conducted in Rajbiraj Airport on Wednesday was successful. However the locals will have to wait for a few more weeks for regular flights. A CRJ200 jet engine of Shree Airlines with the capacity of carrying 50 passengers successfully completed […]
KATHMANDU, May 23: A Women Journalists Everest Expedition-2018 (FWJEE18) team has successfully reached the summit of Mt Everest at 6 am on Wednesday. Rojita Buddhacharya of Nepal Television, Kalpana Maharjan of Mega Television, Rosha Basnet of National News Agency (RSS) and Deuralee Chamling, a freelancer, reached the summit of Everest whereas Prya Laxmi Karki of […]
KATHMANDU, May 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government would bring progressive and socialism oriented budget. Addressing the parliamentarians of the Communist Party of Nepal represented in the Federal Parliament at Baluwatar on Tuesday, Prime Minister said that the budget would be prepared as per the people’s expectation. He further said […]
Kathmandu / May 21: The government has set a target of graduating the country to the status of middle income within 10 years. The policies and programmes presented during the joint meet of the federal parliament by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday, mentioned that the government aims to achieve a double figure economic growth […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has launched its website in Chinese language in a bid to attract Chinese tourists. The NTB has developed this website to inform Chinese tourists about major tourist destinations in Nepal. Written in Chinese language, the website which contains information about tourist destinations of all the seven provinces […]
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