Kathmandu / Oct 9: Hindus throughout the country are observing the eighth day of the ten-day long Bada Dasain festival as the Maha Astami festival today by worshipping Goddess Durga Bhawani. On this day, people offer special worships to the goddesses Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Maha Saraswati. This day of the Dasain festival is considered a […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: A new tourism promotional campaign aims to promote tourism of six districts ranging from Banke to Mugu in the mid-western has been launched. The programme titled ‘Rarabas to Rara Lake’ jointly launched by the Nepal Tourism Board and Society of Travels and Tour Operators Nepal (Sotto) here today has laid focus […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: The Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL) has announced to provide Rs 10 million to the State for the reconstruction of the quake-damaged temples in Hanuman Dhoka premises in Kathmandu. Chief Executive Officer at NIBL, Prithivi Bahadur Pandey, made this announcement amid a programme organized by the UNESCO here today. The Gopinath […]
Lalitpur / Oct 2: The Madan Puraskar Guthi has presented the Madan Puraskar (prize), one of the most prestigious Nepali literature awards in the country, and the Jagadamba Shree Puraskar for the year 2072 BS amidst a special ceremony here Sunday. The Madan Puraskar was presented to moffusil-based writer Ramlal Joshi for his compilation of […]
Kathmandu / Oct 2: Pakistan has decided to postpone the 19th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad on coming November 9-10. Nepal, the Chair of SAARC, was informed about the postponement of the 19th Summit of the regional bloc by the host country, Pakistan. In a press […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: The Nepali capital Kathmandu was forced into a gridlock for two continuous days this week. Though traffic jam has now become a norm of the valley, the reason behind the same on Wednesday and Thursday was quite different and unusual. Travellers and commuters were forced to spend hours inside their respective […]
Kathmandu, Oct 1: The Hindus across the country today placed ‘Jamara’ to mark the first day of “Navaratri Parba” or the nine nights of Bada Dashain, the great festival of the Nepalese people. The first day of Bada Dashain festival is called “Ghatasthapana” that falls on Aswin Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the bright […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Like every government of the past, the present government too began with a pledge to carry out reforms in the foreign employment sector. One of the pledges made by the government was to rescue migrant workers stranded and languishing in various jails in different destination countries. However, anything substantial is yet […]
Pokhara / Sept 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said the relations between Matrisisu Miteri Hospital and the Komagane city of Japan have been the symbol of sisterly relations. Inaugurating the 25-bed maternity hospital located at Batulechaur here on Wednesday, President Bhandari expressed belief that the hospital would provide necessary health service to women, children […]
Kathmandu / Sept 28: Nepal is celebrating the 26th Internal Day of Older Persons on coming October 1 by organising various programmes for a week. The theme for this year’s International Day of Older Persons is ‘ Take a Stand against Ageism”. This is set by the United Nations. The latest statistics puts the number […]
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