Kathmandu / Dec 20: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today has posthumously awarded two journalists, Karna Bohara and Sanjaya Neupane with the Press Council-Sanima Bank National Journalism Award amid a function at Rastrapati Bhawan. President Bhandari handed over the award to their wives, Mamata Bohora and Radhika Neupane. The award carries a purse of Rs 250,000 […]
Kathmandu / Dec 19: Nepal and Mongolia held bilateral talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu on Monday. Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat and visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Tsend Munkh-Ogil, led their respective delegations for the talks, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign […]
Kathmandu / Dec 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari unveiled the Nepali version of the ‘Xi Jinping: The Governance of China’ amid a programme at the Office of the President at Shital Niwas in the capital on Sunday. The first version of the book released in Chinese language in 2014 has been published in various 11 […]
Kathmandu / Dec 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘ Prachanda’ has said the government has introduced some of the ambitious projects for the development of hydropower sector. While inaugurating Power Summit 2016 organised under the theme of 10,000 MW in 10 Years by the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) here today, he said […]
Kathmandu / Dec 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said Nepal is committed to ILO (International Labour Organizatioin) policy of decent work, and has implemented it too. PM Dahal said this while addressing a function organized in the Capital on 50 years of collaboration between Nepal government and the ILO, on Wednesday. Nepal government […]
Bhaktapur / Dec 14: The Bhaktapur International Trade Fair recorded transactions of over Rs 160 million. The trade fair started on December 9 and concluded today. It was organised at Sallaghari of Bhaktapur. More than 130 thousand people observed the fair and transactions exceeding Rs 160 million were carried out, said Raju Mrigendra Joshi, the […]
Chitwan / Dec 14: Four community forests located in Chitwan’s western part have introduced elephant safari with an aim to boost tourism. The elephant safari has been started from Devnagar Post, Chitwan National Park (CNP) Chief Conservation Officer, Ram Chandra Kandel said. Nepal’s cine actor, Rajesh Hamal, and his better half, Madhu Bhattarai, rode on […]
Prashanna Pokharel / Gorkha: Playing the sarangi is passion and also a living for Lal Bahadur Gandharba, 71, from Gorkha. This has been possible for he is committed to preserving his traditional occupation, playing sarangi (traditional stringed musical instrument) on occasions in particular. The tradition is on the verge of extinction for its preservation. Not […]
Bardiya / Dec 12: The fourth edition of the Extensive Elephant Festival is taking place at Thakurdwar in Bardiya from December 13 to 14. The two – day festival is being jointly organized by Bardiya National Park (BNP) and Poaching and Hunting Control Youth Mobilization Campaign. The festival being held at Hattisaar of Thakurdwar is […]
Washington DC / Dec 12: Nepali social worker and 2012 CNN Hero of the Year, Pushpa Basnet, has been awarded the title of CNN Super Hero by the famed news channel CNN. She received the 2016 CNN Super Hero during the Sunday night’s show in Los Angeles, California, according to Gaurav Kandel, who has been […]