Kathmandu / April 24: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the newly rebuilt historic Dharahara today. The rebuild of Dharahara has been completed exactly six years after the 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the country on April 25 of 2015, reducing it to rubbles. It took 31 months to complete the reconstruction of the 22-storey, 83-meter-high tower. […]
Kathmandu / April 21: Come Thursday night and the sky enthusiasts can enthuse themselves with the Lyrid meteor shower that will reach its peak from coming Thursday night till wee hours the next day. According to Suresh Bhattarai, Chairperson at the Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO), at least 15 to 20 meteors would be seen per […]
Kathmandu / April 2: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has launched the distribution of drinking water under Melamchi Water Supply Project in Kathmandu, on Friday. The President formally begun the water distribution in Kathmandu, following the arrival of the much-awaited Melamchi water, by releasing water through a tap constructed at Bhrikutimandap. The water taps in Bhrikutimandap […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 29: Nepal has defeated Bangladesh 2 against 1 goals in the final match of the Three Nations Cup that was played at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu on Monday. Nepal, playing an attacking game against Bangladesh throughout the game, netted the ball in the 18th minute. Sanjog Rai, who was unmarked by the […]
Kathmandu / March 27: Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to fly the party flag at half-mast for three days to mourn the passing of its leader, former minister Nabindra Raj Joshi. An emergency meeting of the party’s central working committee that took place at the party’s central office in Sanepa today, expressing deep sorrow over […]
Dhaka / March 22: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh paid a courtesy call today on President Bidya Devi Bhandari who is on a two-day state visit to Bangladesh. The meeting was held at the Hotel InterContinental based in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. During the high-level talks, matters relating to bilateral relations, mutual […]
Kathmandu / March 6: The residents of the Kathmandu Valley have come very close to their long-cherished dream of quenching their thirst with the water from the Melamchi River in Sindhupalchowk as the river water, supplied through a 26-km long tunnel, reached the Valley’s Sundarijal Saturday evening. Prime Minister KP Oli discharged the Melamchi water […]
Kathmandu / February 3 : Officials of different constitutional bodies, appointed by the government, have been sworn-in on Wednesday morning. The appointed officials had been recommended by Constitutional Council’s meeting held on December 15, 2020, after the government brought an ordinance to amend the Constitutional Council Act the same day. Amid the ongoing political disturbance, […]
Kathmandu / Jan 28: The Government of Japan has officially handed over the BP Highway to Nepal after completing the reconstruction of the road segment which was damaged by the earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015. Through a virtual program organized at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Japan handed over the […]
Deukhuri / Jan. 26: Farmers in Dang district have started earning a handsome income from commercial production of Berseem, known as the king of grass. Many villages in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City look lush green with the grass planted in the field as farmers have been attracted to commercial Berseem production lately. Also called as ‘Green […]