Kathmandu / Oct 23: The Ministry of Home Affairs, issuing a notice, has requested everyone to refrain from indulging in untoward activities while celebrating Tihar festival. It has requested people to avoid playing with firecrackers and participate in late night deusi-bhailo programmes, which are celebrated at night. It has also barred people from producing vulgar […]
Kathmandu / Oct 22: Leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress Ramesh Lekhak said that his party rightly deserves the post of speaker of House of Representatives. Speaking at a program in the capital on Tuesday, Lekhak argued that NC should be given the post as there is a constitutional provision of selecting the speaker […]
Kathmandu / Oct 20: The National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has deferred the entrance exam of medical education that was scheduled for Saturday. NAMS deferred the entrance exams of medical education — MD, MDS and MS — following instruction from Health Minister Upendra Yadav. Minister Yadav had directed NAMS officials to postpone the medical […]
Kathmandu / Oct 19: The Kathmandu Valley alone needs 2.5 million garlands for Tihar, the festival of light, colour, and flower. However, Nepal is importing 300 thousand garlands for the festival time. Every year, the garlands are imported from India. It has been 23 years the competitive exhibition of Godawari flower (Chrysanthemum). However, Nepal is […]
Kathmandu / Oct 18: Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Masamichi Saigo today handed over agricultural facilities to two Bhutanese camps and their neighboring communities. The facilities include greenhouses, drip irrigations and shallow tube wells worth over Nepali rupees 8.1 million, according to a press statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu. At the handover ceremony, […]
Kathmandu / Oct 16: Two Nepali young women scientists Prativa Pandey and Teesta Prasai Joshi have received USD 50,000 each to advance their research works. The two Nepali women scientists are the recipients of the OWSD Early Career fellowship program 2019, which was announced by the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has informed that preparations for its 9th World Conference to be held in Kathmandu have been completed. Organizing a press meet in the capital on Monday, the organization informed that about 2500 representatives from 51 countries will attend the conference which is scheduled to be held between […]
Kathmandu / Sept 27: Nepali delegation to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly engaged in a number of important events and bilateral meetings in New York on Friday on the sidelines of the ongoing General Debate. The Nepali delegation also participated in the first High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Financing […]
New York / Sept 26: The Government of Nepal has pledged to rapidly complete all the procedural works involved in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project funded by the United States. Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali made the commitment on behalf of Nepal government in a meeting with Vice President of Millennium Challenge […]
New York / Sept 24: A senior UN official has urged Nepal to work on the solidification of the achievements made in the peace process so far for early conclusion of the transitional justice process. Talking to journalists at the UN Headquarters in New York on Sunday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, […]
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