Kathmandu / Oct 6: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Friday received the Letter of Credence from new Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to Nepal, Lubna Baqi, at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After presentation of the credentials, Baqi briefed the DPM Mahara […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: The chiefs of three major left political parties CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Nayashakti Party Nepal have announced to forge election alliance and contest the upcoming central and provincial parliament elections. They also announced that they will subsequently unify the three parties. “We have already constituted a unification coordination committee that […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 28, 2017-Three-year-old Trishna Shakya of Dallu has taken charge as the new Living Goddess Kumari after her predecessor Matina Shakya retired. As part of an ancient tradition, Kumari is worshipped as “living goddesses” both by Hindus and Buddhists. Outgoing Kumari Matina Shakya, now 12-year-old, returned home on Thursday after assuming the role […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 28: Hindus throughout the country thronged the various goddess shrines from early morning today to observe the Maha Astami, the eighth day of the ten-day long Bada Dasain festival. Goddess Durga Bhawani is worshipped on this day. People offered special worships to the goddesses Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Maha Saraswati. Devotees thronged various […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 26:So far 190 thousand people have left for their homes for the Dashain celebrations. According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division Spokesperson Umesh Ranjit, this data includes the number of passengers leaving the Kathmandu Valley since September 5. The number of people entering the Valley is said to be minimal. As the […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 25: The Agriculture and Water Resources Committee of the Legislature-Parliament on Monday directed the government to scrap its decision to award the contract to construct the Budhi Gandaki Hydroelectric Project to a Chinese company. A meeting of the committee held in Singha Durbar this morning directed the government to scrap its decision […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has spoken of the need of bringing about qualitative along with its quantitative development in the journalism sector with the establishment of the democratic system in the country. She also called on the media sector to contribute towards creating a positive environment for strengthening the republic and […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 22: The Public Account Committee Chairman Dor Prasad Upadhyaya has said the concerned authorities involved in the financial irregularities of Budigandaki hydro power should be booked as per the existing laws. Speaking at an interaction programme in the Capital on Friday, PAC Chairman Upadhyaya lamented that the former Energy Minister Janardan Sharma […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari performed the Ghatasthapana rituals as per the Vedic procedure at the President Office, Shital Niwas, in Maharajgunj today,wishing for world peace and prosperity of the Nepalis. Today is Ghatasthapana, the first day of the 10-day Hindu festival of Bada Dashain. On the day of Ghatasthapana, all Nepalis […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 19:Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday left for New York, United States of America, to attend the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly. This is the second foreign visit of Deuba after he assumed the post of Prime Minister on June 6. Leaders from around the globe will address the UN […]
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