Kathmandu / May 18: Preparations for the International Conference on Buddhist Philosophy beginning from Thursday as part of the 2560th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations have been completed. Organizing a press conference here Tuesday, the celebrations main function committee shared the information that all necessary preparations for the same were complete. The International Conference on Buddhism is […]
Kalpana Poudel (Kathmandu) / May 17: The number of people with hypertension is going on unchecked in the country with the disease taking its toll especially on the young adults, as people embrace modern lifestyle. According to latest report, high blood pressure is attributed to become responsible for 50 percent cases of the cause of […]
Kathmandu / May 17: Comedy artists Jitu Nepal, Dipakraj Giri and Dipashree Niraula have been appointed promoter of the Golden 1000 Days Public Awareness Campaign for improved nutrition of children and women in Nepal. Launched by the government in partnership with the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund, the campaign aims at creating awareness […]
Kathmandu / May 16: A British national taking part in the Singha Durbar picket progamme held at the call of agitating Federal Alliance, Nepal Monday was arrested by police. He was sighted in the protests venue carrying the alliance flag and wearing a head band. He had identified himself as ‘Martin Pewar’, but until the […]
Lumbini (Rupandehi) / May 15: The peace lamp from the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha, Lumbini, is being taken to the Sagarmatha base camp. Olympians Baikuntha Manandhar, Khadga Ranabhat, Krishna Basnet, Everest Marathon winner Deepak Rai, among other athletes have headed towards the base camp taking the peace lamp from Lumbini today. They are […]
Kathmandu / May 15: Prime Minister and CPN (UML) chair KP Sharma Oli has honoured photo journalist Chandra Shekhar Karki with the ‘Madan Bhandari National Journalism Award-2073’ at the party central office, Dhumbarahi today. The award was instituted by the Publicity Department of the party. The award carries a purse of Rs 51,000 and felicitation […]
Kathmandu / May 14: Two famous Bollywood actresses Sonakshi Sinha and Maliaka Arora roused the atmosphere at a charity show held at local Tundikhel this evening. The two divas won the hearts of the Nepali audience presenting dances in some of the Bollywood’s film hit songs as ‘Sadika Falsa Match Kiya re’, ‘Gandhi Baat’, ‘Munni […]
Kathmandu / May 14: A team of mountaineers with 18 Nepali and two German nationals who were trapped at Sore Bung area bordering Manang and Mustang have been rescued. The team was rescued from an altitude of 5,940 meters above sea level where they were trapped due to a windstorm. The stranded climbers were relocated […]
Aditya Dahal (Melamchi) / May 13: Nepal’s popular comedy couple Dhurmus-Suntali are constructing earthquake-resistant integrated model houses in Tamang community at Melamchi municipality-8, Giraunchaur of earthquake worst-hit Sindhupalchowk district. Before this, artist duo Sitaram Kattel (Dhurmus) and Kunjana Ghimire (Suntali) had established integrated model settlement for quake-hit people at Pahari village of Kavrepalanchow district in […]
Kathmandu / May 06: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the journalism sector should win hearts of readers disseminating true, factual and balanced news following the media ethics. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the first National Journalism Day and the 116th anniversary of the Gorakhapatra National Daily today, President Bhandari urged the […]