Kanchanpur / Apr. 10: Kanchanpur district in the far-western Tarai has 47 natural lakes, according to a report of the District Agricultural Development Office. The biggest among these lakes are the Puraina and the Banda lakes located in Belauri Municipality. The lakes spread over an area of 30 and 25 hectares respectively. The rest of […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 9: Namaste Campaign, a drive to promote tourism in the country at the international level, kicked off from today under the slogan – ‘Atithi Devo Bhawah’ or guests are god. The campaign is organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), […]
Saptari / Apr. 9: Integrated Model Musahar Settlement constructed at Bardibas in Mahottari district would be handed over to the Musahar Community on April 14. Sitaram Kattel of Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation informed this at an all-party meeting organised at Bardibas today. Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya jointly had laid the foundation stone for the […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 8: United Nations Under Secretary General and Nutrition Program Coordinator, Gerda Verburg paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter’s official residence at Baluwatar today. During the meeting, Prime Minister Prachanda talked about the nutrition situation in Nepal and added that the nutrition situation is improving with […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 07: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has signed a $209.6 million deal to purchase two Airbus A330-200 long-range jets from US-based AAR Corp on Friday, marking the largest-ever jet purchase deal in Nepal’s aviation history. The A330-200 can accommodate up to 280 passengers in a two-class layout. The agreement was signed between NAC […]
Kathmandu / April 4: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has shared that power worth Rs 15 billion would be imported to liberate the country from load-shedding. The NEA has so far imported electricity worth Rs 9.68 billion in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2073-74 BS. It is projected that additional power worth Rs […]
Krishna Adhikari / Nawalparasi: Until a few years ago, if any cattle died in the villages of Pithauli and Kawasoti of Nawalparasi, its disposal was chargeable and quite challenging. Otherwise, villagers had no way except to enduring the unpleasant odour wafting from the carcass for not days but months. Animals like jackals and stray dogs […]
Rosha Basnet / Kathmandu, March 29: Last year this day, the locals of Lapu-3, now Tharpe rural municipality, in Gorkha district had bade farewell to Prince Harry who had spent five-days in their locality perusing his charitable endeavor. Locals fondly recall the young British Prince where he made many memories with the locals, including Manmaya […]
Kathmandu / March 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the Nepal-China relations have assumed a new dynamism and dimension. Addressing a press conference organised at the VIP lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport upon his arrival home on completion of a visit to the People’s Republic of China today, PM Dahal said the […]
Kathmandu / March 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has conferred the title of honorary general on Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat. President Bhandari, Supreme Commander-In-Chief of Nepal Army, conferred the title amidst a special function at Shital Niwas on Wednesday. It the long time tradition that the title of honorary general is exchanged between the […]