Baldev Ram of Madhupatti area of Siraha district may not be a known name for many but the name is very well known and respected to the so called untouchable people of eastern Siraha district. Baldev liberated thousands of people from the inhuman Sino Pratha, a system where people of marginalized Dalit community have to […]
Kathmandu / March 12: Litterateur Madanmani Dixit and Prema Shah have been awarded with the Madan Shila Literary Writers Award amid a programme held here on Saturday. The award, which carries a purse of Rs 101,000 and a copper plaque has been conferred to litterateur duo for their literary contribution to Nepali literature and language. […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / March 12: ‘Every action and ‘no action’ have reactions.’ It was what a chief judge from one of the SAARC countries said during the SAARC Chief Justices’ Conference held in Kathmandu last week. I invoke this line for some reflection on the recent election in the Nepali Congress, the oldest democratic […]
Nuwakot / March 12: Visiting United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Asia-Pacific Bureau Director Xu Haoliang today inaugurated an agricultural products collection center at Thansingh of Nuwakot. The UNDP funded to construct the center. The construction cost Rs 1.5 million. On the occasion, Mr Xu said the UNDP’s current programmes in Nepal are focused on […]
Chitwan / March 10: Solar energy-run dialysis service that came into operation at Ratnanagar Hospital in Chitwan has become effective and benefited many. Since its operation on December 1, the number of patients availing of the service put at 358, the hospital said. The information was shared at a programme held in the district to […]
Myagdi / March 10: The mapping of the Dhaulagiri – Senchuri trekking route straddling the untouched settlements in and around the Beni headquarters along the Raghughat river has started promising tourists an adventurous getaway to an unchartered landscape in Nepal. A technical team is currently launching onsite researches to map out and set up signposts […]
Pabitra Guragain / Kathmandu: The 106th International Women’s Day was celebrated in various countries across the globe including Nepal on Tuesday, with different events and celebrations commemorating the Day also known as March 8 Day. The celebration marks the movement by women labourers held at the turn of the twentieth century in New York city […]
Kavrepalanchowk / March 9: The government is gearing up to unveil a special action-plan for promoting home-stay for tourists in Nepal. The government has prepared to launch programmes to reinvigorate the home-stay, one of the forms of tourism, which was adversely affected following the earthquake and India-imposed unofficial border blockade on Nepal. Launching an 11-point […]
Kathmandu / March 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called on all to join hands in the government campaign for the empowerment of women. In his message of best wishes today on the occasion of the 106th International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Oli has wished all the women across the country for their happiness, […]