Kathmandu, July 26: An another wide body Airbus A330-200 of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Thursday morning. The airbus landed at 9 am. The airbus, which has been given call sign 9N-ALZ, was brought to Kathmandu straight from France following nine hours’ flight. The corporation had brought […]
Kathmandu, July 25 : Minister for Labour Gokarna Raj Bista and UAE Ambassador to Nepal Saeed Hamdan Alnaqbi on Tuesday discussed about matters relating to amendment of the labour agreement with the UAE. On the occasion, Minister Bista said that formation of a joint committee would help make the selection of Nepali workers going to […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang has offered his resignation through a press meet organised at Singha Durbar today. Minister Tamang offered his resignation following widespread public dissatisfaction over his recent remark where he was heard as saying, “Female students in Bangladesh pursuing MBBS degree have to […]
Kathmandu / July 24:The government, in a bid to implement e-information system, digitalization and e-governance, is preparing to make sure all the government offices in the country compulsorily operate their own twitter handle. According to Pradhumna Prasad Upadhyay, Chief at the ‘Hello Sarkar Desk’, operating twitter accounts in public offices would make information dissemination easier […]
Kathmandu / July 23: It has been 24 days since medical activist Dr Govinda KC went on a fast-unto-death demanding reforms in medical education. This is the longest period that the Satyagrahi has gone on a hunger strike at a stretch. Prior to this, Dr KC had staged a fast-unto-death for 23 days during the […]
Kathmandu / July 23: Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri inaugurated a new army hospital at Ranjha, Nepalgunj of Banke district on Monday. Hospital comprising of 50 beds will provide service to the incumbent and retired staffs and their families. Currently, the hospital is providing services of general medical, dental, pathology and radiology which also […]
Kathmandu, July 21 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s central bank has allowed foreign companies involved in Nepal’s infrastructure development to receive Short-Term Advances from foreign countries through their parent companies abroad. The Nepal Rasra Bank (NRB), the central bank of the Himalayan country, said the facility was extended to help them sustain their administrative expenses during the […]
Kathmandu, July 19: Singer Ani Chhoying Dolma Sherpa has contributed Rs 10 million to the programme to displace the tuin or rope bridges from the country. She handed over the amount to the Prime Minister in the first episode of the “Prime Minister with the People” programme broadcast on Nepal Television on Wednesday night. On […]
Chitwan, July 17: The last fiscal year did not produce any encouraging news to the wildlife conservationists especially those concerned about the rhinoceros and people associated with the country’s oldest Chitwan National Park (CNP), as the park lost a total of 26 rhinos to various causes in this period. According to the CNP information officer, […]
The Gurkhas are to allow women to join up for the first time, but only if they can carry 55lbs of sand uphill in a wicker basket. The regiment, which has been a part of the British Army for more than 200 years, will open to women next year and it is thought that the […]