Kathmandu, June 13: Renowned cine artist Bhim Bahadur Thapa has passed away on early Wednesday. He was 92. His dead body will be cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat today itself. “Thapa, who has performed in around 100 films including Nepali teleserial Tito Satya, had fought the Second World War, too. Thapa has been suffering from chronic […]
Parsa, June 12/ All community and institutional schools at four local-level in Parsa district have been shut from today after students started suffering from different diseases due to scorching heat. The community and institutional schools located at Birgunj Metropolitan City, Pokhariya municipality, Sakhuwa Prasauni rural municipality and Thori rural municipality have been closed at the […]
Myagdi, June 11: Thirteen youths of Myagdi who had decided to follow middlepersons after paying a huge amount with a hope of entering the United States of America illegally have been reportedly stranded in Nigeria. As per the information given by youths of Arman of Mangala Rural Municipality-5, 23 Nepalis including 13 from Myagdi have […]
Kathmandu, June 10/ Metropolitan police on Saturday arrested 47 fake Korean Language Test examinees from seven exam centers in the Capital. The arrestees were attending the examinations on behalf of other genuine examinees, said Spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Range Mohan Kumar Thapa. Among them, 13 were held from the examination centre based in Xavier […]
Pokhara, June 9/ Nepali Congress Kaski has drawn the attention of provincial government and federal government towards the report about the construction of a regional airport of an international-standard in Kaski. A team headed by NC Kaski President Krishna KC today called on Chief Minister of province no 4, Prithvi Subba Gurung, with its concerns […]
Kathmandu, June 9/ The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to save the life of Ganga Maya, who is currently on a fast-onto-death, demanding investigation and action against the culprits on the murder of her son, Krishna Prasad Adhikari. Issuing a press release Friday, Officiating Secretary at NHRC, Yagya Prasad Adhiarki, drew […]
Kathmandu, June 8: Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada has defended his first budget for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018/19, saying that the budget was a course correction by the government. Speaking at a post-budget interaction organized by Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) and Society of Economic Journalists- Nepal (SEJON) in Kathmandu on Thursday, Finance […]
Kathmandu, June 8/ Government has decided to tighten the regulations of the NGOs and INGOs. A meeting between Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Minister for Women, Children, Senior Citizens Tham Maya Thapa held Thursday took a decision to make the regulation act of the NGOs and INGOs tough since ill practices have gone up […]
Kathmandu, June 7/ The import of fertilizers (chemical and organic combined) in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year has surged by nearly half compared to import figures of the same period of Fiscal Year 2016/17. According to Department of Customs, Nepal imported Rs 12.9 billion worth of fertilizer in the first 10 […]
Kathmandu, June 6/Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Centre has said no cancer patient will have to go to foreign countries for treatment. Dr Sudip Shrestha, executive director at NCHRC, said, “We are trying our best to instal the latest equipment and provide treatment through best doctors available in the country.” Stating that the hospital had […]