Kathmandu / October 27 : The worshippers have concluded the Chhath – a grand festival of good will and faith – by making offerings to the rising sun on Friday. The four-day festival starts from Kartik Shukala Chaturthi by worshipping setting Sun and concludes on Kartik Shukla Saptami as per the lunar calendar by making […]
Kathmandu / Oct 15: The Nepal Calendar Determination Committee has announced the auspicious time for receiving and offering Bhai Tika on the occasion of the Tihar festival this year. Chairperson of the Committee Prof Dr Ram Chandra Gautam was quoted in the Rastriya Samachar Samiti as saying, “11:51 am is the most auspicious time for […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Saturday urged the non-resident Nepalis to invest in their motherland. Inaugurating the eighth Global Conference of the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) in the Capital today, President Bhandari said the time was ripe to invest in Nepal. “Following the promulgation of the constitution, Nepal is entering a […]
Kathmandu / Oct 12:Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today paid final tributes to Sharad Kumar Gauchan, chairman of the Federation of Contractors Association Nepal (FCAN). Gauchan was shot dead by an unidentified group in the capital on Monday. PM Deuba reached FCAN’s office, Anamnagar and extended tributes by wrapping his body in the national flag. […]
Kathmandu / Oct 9: Suggestions have been made for keeping only 15 ministries in the center in line with the federal structure. It has been proposed to reduce the number of ministries from 31 at present to 15. Spokesperson at the Ministry of General Administration, Shivahari Neupane, said there will be 15 ministries of the […]
Kathmandu / Oct 9:The President of Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal Sharad Kumar Gauchan has been shot dead in Kathmandu on Monday. Two motorcycle borne assailants had attacked Gauchan who was inside the vehicle at Kharibot in Shantinagar, KMC-32, this afternoon, according to police. It has been learned that Gauchan sustained bullet injuries in […]
Dadeldhura / Oct 9:People from Raute community have been attracted towards vegetable farming in recent period. Raute are a nomadic tribal group officially recognised by the Government of Nepal. They have started different types of business after giving up their tradition along with their rehabilitation by the government. Now, the tribal group has started living […]
Kathmandu / Oct 8: The fifth meeting of the Eminent Persons’ Group (EPG) formed to offer recommendations by studying the entire aspects of Nepal-India relations ended Sunday. The two-day meeting held in Kathmandu discussed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship 1950, border management and security, national interests of both the countries in a friendlier manner, […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Friday received the Letter of Credence from new Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to Nepal, Lubna Baqi, at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After presentation of the credentials, Baqi briefed the DPM Mahara […]
Kathmandu / Oct 3: The chiefs of three major left political parties CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Nayashakti Party Nepal have announced to forge election alliance and contest the upcoming central and provincial parliament elections. They also announced that they will subsequently unify the three parties. “We have already constituted a unification coordination committee that […]