
Kathmandu / Sept 5: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court Monday seeking an order requiring the concerned authorities to declare the date for the election of the Federal House of Representatives and the Provincial Assemblies. The writ petitioners including Dr Chandra Kant Gyawali, Bimal Gyawali, Liladhar Upadhyaya and Shashi Kumar Karki have […]

Kathmandu / Sept 4: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has so far reached the agreement with 411,201 earthquake affected households for the release of the first tranche of relief amount. As per the information shared by the NRA, the quake affected families who reached the agreement for the relief include 49,758 from Gorkha district; 66,000 […]

Pokhara / Sept 3: The 22nd annual general meeting and 12th convention of the Restaurant and Bar Association Nepal (REBAN), Pokhara, has elected a new working committee under the chairmanship of Chau Bahadur Gurung. Bhimsen Bhujel, Laxman Baral, Bishwo Raj Poudel have been elected as first Vice-Chairman, second Vice-Chairman and General Secretary of the committee […]

Kapilvastu / Sept 3: Four women who were being trafficked to Turkistan were rescued from the Krishnanagar Check Point at Kapilvastu district Saturday. In a joint effort of the police and Shanti Rehabilitation Centre, a local organization working against trafficking, rescued the gullible women while they were being taken to Turkistan in a promise of […]

Kathmandu / Sept 2: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to review its earlier verdict on the issue pertaining to the disputed land registered in the name of former crown princess Prerana Rajya Laxmi Shah. A full bench comprising justices Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Dr Anand Mohan Bhattarai decided to review the […]

Kathmandu / Aug 31: Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) has decided to purchase 3,000 goats and Himalayan goats for the supply of meat in Kathmandu Valley for Dashain festival. Information Officer at the NFC, Pawan Kumar Karki, said that the NFC would buy 1,500 goats and 1,500 Himalayan goats. Karki said that 600 goats would be […]

Kathmandu / Aug 31: The BP Koirala Literary Award instituted by BP Koirala Memorial Trust will be conferred on senior writer Bhuwan Dhungana Likewise, the annual Freedom Fighter Award will be presented to Shyam Lal Shrestha. A Committee led by Trust’s Treasurer Purushottam Basnet and consisting of members Baldev Sharma Majgainya, Dr Dhubra Chandra Gautam […]

Kathmandu / Aug. 30: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has disconnected power supply to a total of 3,411 consumers across the country, reasoning the owners failed to pay tariff for long. After the NEA emerged tough against the non-payers, Rs 62 million in arrears has been raised so far. The non-payer’s power supply was cut since […]

Kathmandu / Aug 30: Minister for Population and Environment Jayadev Joshi has highlighted the importance of bio-diversity for reducing the negative effects of climate change. At an interaction on bio-diversity, forest and environment organized by Rastriya Shahid Smarak Gokarna on Monday, Minister Joshi cautioned the people of dire consequences of climate change if attention was […]

Chitwan / Aug 29: Sauraha of Chitwan, Nepal’s third popular tourist destination, is set to get over Rs 13 million well-equipped tourism information centre. Tourists visiting Sauraha get troubled for want of necessary information about an array of things like location. The setting up of the information centre is believed to relieve tourists visiting the […]