Kathmandu / Sept 20: The ‘Jagadambasri Puruskar’ for the year 2072 BS is to be presented to noted literary figure Lil Bahadur Chhetri. The annual general meeting of the Madan Puruskar Guthi held on Tuesday took the decision to present the award to Chhetri, who has continuously devoted himself to enrich Nepali language and literature […]
Kathmandu / Sept 19: One year has passed since the promulgation of the constitution of a Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The country marks the first anniversary of the constitution’s promulgation through the Constituent Assembly today, meeting people’s aspirations for long. The government is marking this special day as a national festival by organising various […]
Hari Lamichhane / New Delhi, Sept 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is presently on a state visit to India from September 15-18 at the invitation of Prime Minister of India, was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rastrapati Bhawan Friday. The joint statement on the state visit of Prime Minister of Nepal issued […]
Kathmandu / Sept 13: Indra Jatra, known as the biggest festival of the Kathmandu Valley, formally began today with the erection of a wooden ceremonial pole (lingo) and the fluttering of a flag named after the Hindu God Indra at Hanumandhoka. The festival dedicated to Indra, the god of rain and king of heaven, is […]
Kathmandu / Sept 13: The Muslims community across the country are observing the Bakar-Eid with much fanfare Tuesday. The Muslims people visit the mosques, offer prayers to Allah, observed Namaj and exchange greetings to each others in the festival. The festival falls on the 70th day of the Ramadan, the nine month of the Hijri […]
Kathmandu / Sept 11: With the great Nepalese festivals of Bada Dashain, Tihar and Chhath just around the corner, the sale of organic apples from the western highland of Jumla have started at the major thoroughfares of the capital city. S DK Apple Gardening on Saturday held a press conference announcing the annual arrival of […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: “It’s because of unstable governments that the development activities have failed to accelerate thereby severely affecting the country as a whole. We (bureaucracy) are compelled to work with three governments in a year. Furthermore, as civil servants are unnecessarily indulging in politics, public service delivery has become ineffective. However, we […]
Kathmandu, Sept 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the occasion of the 37th National Education Day today, presented different education awards to various students receiving college and university degrees with outstanding results. President Bhandari honoured the winners with Bidhya Bhusan Padak (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’) amidst a special ceremony at the Rastrapati Bhawan. On the […]
Kathmandu / Sept 7: The Cinema Circle Nepal conferred the LG Film Award on various cine-artists under 21 categories amidst a programme on Wednesday. During a programme organized Wednesday evening, ‘Pashupati Prasad’ was declared the best film of the year. Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Bollywood actor and Indian Loksabha member Shatrughan Sinha, Indian Ambassador to […]
Kiran Bhattarai / Kathmandu: With a steady rise in the number of drugs abusers every year in Nepal, the number of people arrested on the charge of its smuggling is noticeably increasing of late in the country. The statics of the past six years (2011-2015) made available by the Nepal Police show that a total […]
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