
Kathmandu / Feb 06: With the decreased caseload of Covid-19 pandemic and positive environment created due to availability of vaccine against Covid-19, although in a limited number, people are opting to return to normalcy and resuming their activities, which were hampered for almost a year. In this connection, Naulin Sports Villa is organizing Naulin Inhouse […]

Kathmandu, Feb 4: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has directed employees of Nepal Telecom (NTC) to make it professional and competitive while stressing the need for its review and transformation. “A strategy should be made to establish it as a sustainable and permanent company by reviewing whether commitments to develop it as […]

Kathmandu / Feb 2: Nepal welcomed 8,874 foreign tourists in January, the largest number of foreign visitors in a month since the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 24. According to the records of the Department of Immigration (DoI), visitors from 121 countries entered Nepal during the period. Of the total number, 4,028 were […]

Lahan / Jan 31: The people’s housing programme (PHP) in Siraha and Saptari districts has been affected after the local levels failed to manage lands needed for it. The programme is aimed at building houses for Dalit, landless and squatters. If the beneficiaries have not lands to construct houses, the respective local governments are obliged […]

Kathmandu / Jan 30: Three companies dumping waste on the bank of the Bagmati River have faced action, in the 403rd week of the Bagmati Cleanup Mega Campaign. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) slapped fine of Rs 2,000 on Garima Workshop Teenkune, of Rs 1,000 against Binod Pan Pasal Aloknagar and of Rs 500 on […]

Dev Bahadur Kunwar / Kathmandu, Jan. 27: The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed all the government-owned vehicles to promptly install the high security embossed vehicle number plate. Stating that the government-owned vehicles were misused by installing private (red) number plates, the MoHA issued the directive to the Armed Police Force, Department of Immigration, Department […]

Kathmandu / Jan 25: The Department of Roads is installing traffic lights in the Kathmandu Valley. Traffic lights would be fitted at five chowks and eight zebra crossings at Jadibuti, Thapathali, Durbar Marga and Kesharmahal. The project would be implemented within the current fiscal year, 2020/21, said Krishna Nath Ojha, chief of the road safety […]

Kathmandu / Jan 22: The National Information Commission (NIC) has appealed to all public agencies to ensure effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. For the effective implementation of constitutionally-guaranteed citizens’ right to information, the NIC has decided to request federal level public agencies through the Chief Secretary of Nepal government. Likewise, Chief […]

Kathmandu / Jan 20: Professor Dr Bhola Thapa has been appointed new Vice-Chancellor of Kathmandu University (KU). Professor Thapa, former registrar of Kathmandu University and former dean at School of Engineering, was appointed VC on Wednesday. Appointments of VC in universities have been a political concern and have courted controversy time and again.

Kathmandu / Jan 18: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Krishna Gopal Shrestha today handed over the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2020 to Ageing Nepal. Ageing Nepal is an organisation working in the field of adult literacy, especially the senior citizens. Minister Shrestha handed over the medal of the Prize to Krishna Murari Gautam […]