Kathmandu / April 21: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) does not have the authority to conduct sting operations. The constitutional bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and Justices Deepak Kumar Karki, Meera Khadka, Hari Krishna Karki, and Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada on Wednesday issued […]
Kathmandu / April 20: The chariot procession of Seto Machhendranath, the god of rain and good times, has begun with adherence to safety protocol. The towing of chariot began from Keltol and was brought to Tindhara Pathshala, Durbarmarg Tuesday. The chariot management committee informed that everyone attending the chariot procession had to wear mask. The […]
Kathmandu / April 18: Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has called for applications from those seeking support for scaling up and establishing a new business or the startup. The FNCCI made this announcement through its official website on April 16 for the online application. The Startups and Innovation Committee (SUIC) of […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 17: Nepal beat the Netherlands by 9 wickets at the TU Cricket Ground today at the first match of the Tri-Nation T20I Series. Batting first Netherlands have scored 136 in 20 overs whereas Nepal in response scored 140 runs in 15 overs by losing one wicket of Kushal Bhurtel who scored 62 […]
Bhaktapur / April 11: Altogether 19 persons were injured in the Bisket jatra, a chariot pulling festival that began in Bhaktapur on Saturday. Some were injured after falling off the chariot while others were injured in clashes that took place among the revelers. When the chariot reached Nasman at around 7:00PM, 79-year-old Krishna Gopal Mulguthi […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 5: The Ministry of Health and Population on Monday confirmed 266 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 278,210. “In 4,536 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 266 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Health Ministry in the regular press […]
Kathmandu / April 3: Nepal needs to diversify its exportable goods rather than just focusing on the niche products in order to gain from trading with other countries. Speaking at a program, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nepal, Nona Deprez stressed that Nepal needs to switch to more value-added goods than its traditional products while […]
Kathmandu / April 2: The government is providing Rs 400 thousand each to winners of the Three Nations Cup Football Championship. Nepal won the title of Three Nations Cup Football by defeating Bangladesh 2-1 in the final match held at Tripureshwor-based Dasharath Stadium on Monday. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, told RSS that […]
Kathmandu / March 29: The Health Insurance Board, the government’s social protection programme, has been implemented in all 77 districts. The programme that was launched in 2072 BS has now reached across the country. The objective of the programme is to ensure people’s access to quality health care services will be launched in six districts […]
Kathmandu / March 24: Under Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)’s Broadband Internet Expansion Project, 75 per cent area of target districts has been connected with the internet till mid-March. The project relating to providing broadband internet service by using the Rural Telecommunications Fund has been implemented in 18 packages. The NEA said till mid-March, 7,489 new […]