Kathmandu / July 2: The Parliamentary committee has directed concerned sides to stop the process to hold International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, 2019 scheduled to take place in Nepal in the last week of August. Amidst widespread criticism, the International Relations Committee under the Federal Parliament today directed the government and concerned parties to […]
Kathmandu / July 1: Tribhuvan International Airport, the country’s sole international airport has resumed its 21-hour operation on Monday. Citing the rehabilitation works, the airport was functional for only 10 hours up to the end of June. TIA operated from 8 am to 10 pm then. The runway rehabilitation works by the Civil Aviation Authority […]
Kathmandu / June 28: The Nepal Hajj Committee is preparing to increase facilities for Hajj pilgrims this time in a qualitative approach. The Muslims are required to make the Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina of Saudi Arabia once in their life. At a press meet today, the Committee said the Hajj for this year […]
Kathmandu / June 22: Nepal and Bangladesh were agreed to jointly invest in the feasible hydropower project in Nepal. A meeting of the Energy secretaries from the two countries on Friday decided to make a joint investment in the projects as stated in the whitepaper issued after the last meeting. The Energy Ministry had included […]
Kathmandu / June 21: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism between Foreign Ministries of Nepal and Finland was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu today. Joint Secretary and Head of Europe America Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Ghanshyam Bhandari and Ambassador of Finland to Nepal, […]
Kathmandu / June 19: The Judicial Council has decided to recommend action against the judges, who were influenced while hearing the case against those involved in 33kg gold smuggling. Judges Sadhuram Sapkota, Thir Bahadur Karki and Umesh Kumar Singh from Biratnagar High Court have been recommended for action. The Chief Justice is recommended that he […]
Kathmandu / June 18: Nepal Natural and Human Resources Development Association (NAHUDA), a local non-government organization, is organizing a three-day workshop on making homemade sanitary pads made of cotton and flannel. The workshop which started on June 16 will conclude on June 18. Some 35 women from Naulo Bihani Tol Bikash Sanstha in Tokha-8, Kathmandu, […]
Kathmandu / June 15: The Sanskrit Universities of Nepal and India are to work jointly for the advancement of the eastern philosophy and Sanskrit education. An agreement was reached between a team of the Sampurnanda Sanskrit University and Kashi Hindu University and the Nepal Sanskrit University at the Balmiki Bidhyapeeth on Friday. The eight member […]
Kathmandu / June 14: Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding on migrant workers amidst a special function in Geneva today. The Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Gokarna Bista, and UAE Minister for Human Resources, Nasser Thani Al-Hamli, signed the MoU as per the standard of labor […]
Kathmandu / June 12: Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) Purnachandra Thapa is going to China on June 16 at the formal invitation of the People’s Liberation Army of China. Nepal Army spokesperson Bigyan Dev Pandey confirmed that the army chief would embark on a visit from June 16 to June 22. During the visit […]
