Kathmandu / Oct 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is leaving for a four-day state visit to Qatar on Monday. During her visit, the head-of-the-state is scheduled to meet her Qatari counterpart Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.This is her second foreign visit in the capacity of President of Nepal. Earlier, Ram BaranYadav, first President of […]
Pokhara / Oct 26: Pokhara Paltan won the first match of the Pokhara Premier League to Biratnagar Titans by 58 runs. Biratnagar Titans had elected to bowl first after winning the toss. Pokhara Paltan had set the target of 198 runs in 20 overs. Sandeep Lamichhane took two wickets, while Shahab Alam took one wicket […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 25: Nepal’s U15 football team defeated Maldives by four goals in its first match at the SAFF U15 Championship. The game was held at ANFA Complex, Satdobato. Jaan Limbu, Namas Thapa Magar, Sashank Bohora and Dipesh Rai scored a goal each in 28, 38, 63 and 70 minutes to give Nepal the […]
Jhapa / Oct. 25: Issuing a 12-point declaration against crime control, all 15 local governments in Jhapa district have promised to regulate alcohol sale and distribution in the district from January 15, 2019. The people’s representatives from seven municipalities and eight rural municipalities made such commitment on Wednesday by signing the declarations to control the […]
Myagdi / Oct 24: The Narsing Gumba, a 1,250 years old monastery at Muktinath, Baragung Muktikshetra rural municipality-1 in Mustang district, has been renovated. The Buddhist monastery was renovated at a cost of Rs 28.5 million, president of the Muktinath Area Development Committee, Hira Bahadur Thakuri (Wangwell Lama), said. The Department of Archaeology; Ministry of […]
Bhaktapur / Oct 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari performed pooja at the Nawadurga Temple in Bhaktapur today marking the Kojagrat Purnima, the last day of Dashain festival. President Bhandari reached the temple premises at 4:00 pm, conducted Nawadurga pooja and received tika, jamara and prasad from main priest Julal Karmacharya and priest Indra Bahadur Banmala, […]
Kathmandu / Oct 23: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has demanded the withdrawal of hike in entry fee for domestic and foreign tourists visiting Annapurna, Manaslu, Kanchenjunga and Gaurishankar as well as Shivapuri National Park. A press release issued today by TAAN President Nabaraj Dahal urged to retract the hike in entry fee immediately, […]
Kathmandu / Oct 23: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Matrika Prasad Yadav has held a meeting with Director General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo on Tuesday at the latter’s office. A number of trade related issues ranging from challenges of multilateral trading system, state of play in trade negotiations at […]
Kathmandu / Oct 20: Three metric tonnes of garbage was removed from the river today as part of the ongoing campaign of cleaning the Manohara and Hanumante rivers even during the festival period. Today marks the 84th week of the Manohara River Cleaning Campaign and the 34th week of the Hanumante River Cleaning Campaign. The […]
Kathmandu / Oct 15: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), only state oil monopoly, has said that there will be no shortage of petroleum products during the Dashain festival. Thankot depot has said that it has already distributed oil to all the oil storages in the capital that will meet the demands of the consumers throughout the […]