Kathmandu / Jan 24: The Martyrs’ Week began on Friday. A program was organized today in the capital in commemoration of Sukra Raj Shastri who was executed by the autocratic Rana regime at Pachali in Kathmandu on Jan 23, 1941. Another program will be organized at Siphal on January 27 to pay tribute to martyr […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The government has decided to retrieve the money amounting to Rs 3 billion from the Sajha Yatayat with interest. Unveiling decisions made by the council of ministers, the spokesperson of the government and the Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota on Thursday said that the amount which was […]
Kathmandu / Jan 20 : No sooner Ramesh Prasad Aryal arrived at the arrival lounge at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) last Thursday and had a cursory glance around, he said he instantly felt very much ‘at home’. “How/why,” asked a fellow passenger and Aryal replied, “The huge statue of Buddha and one-horned rhino outside […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai stressed the need to spread the message to the world that mountains of Nepal are safe and clean. Addressing an interaction program on Kanchenjunga mountain cleaning campaign on Saturday, Minister Bhattarai claimed that the mountains in Nepal are safe although some people […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 16: Princess Astrid, the younger sister of the King of Belgian, is visiting Nepal on 19-25 January this year. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) informed that during her stay she is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari. She will have separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 15: Vinay Mohan Kwatra was appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Nepal. The local media reported on Tuesday. Kwatra is currently serving as Indian ambassador to France. After former Indian ambassador to Nepal Manjiv Singh Puri retired last month, there were speculations as to who would succeed Puri. Seasoned diplomat […]
Saptari / Jan. 6: Houses are to be constructed for around 1,500 dalit families in Siaraha and Saptari districts under the People’s Housing Programme. One thousand four hundred and thirty-two shelters are being constructed within July 15, 2020 of the current fiscal year from the budget allocated by the federal government, the Urban Development and […]
Kathmandu / Jan 3: Agitating sugarcane farmers and the government on Friday evening reached a five-point agreement regarding outstanding payments to be received by the farmers from the sugar mill owners. According to the deal, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies will make the necessary arrangement to get the all the dues cleared by […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: US ambassador to Nepal, Randy Berry, through his tweet today announced that Embassy of the United States in Nepal would be promoting the Visit Nepal Year 2020 (VNY2020) campaign for one month. Posting his pictures taken in various places of Nepal, ambassador Berry said, “The embassy, with the use of social […]
Kathmandu, Jan 1: The Visit Nepal Year 2020 has been officially inaugurated amidst a special ceremony held at Dasarath Stadium this evening. The VNY 2020 is being observed as a national festival with a target to bring in 2 million tourists, with a determination to establish tourism sector as the major foundation of Nepal’s economic […]