Kathmandu, June 17/ Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak. “It is disgusting, an eyesore,” Pemba Dorje Sherpa, who has summited Everest 18 times, told AFP. “The mountain is carrying tonnes of waste.” As the number of climbers on […]
Beni, June13/ People of Baskuna in Beni Municipality-4 of Myagdi district have geared up to develop their village into a ‘Food and Milk (FM) Village’. People of the village, who spent many years in foreign employment, have returned home to pursue agriculture. They are collectively working to convert the village into ‘FM zone’ through the […]
Kathmandu, June 13/The monsoon has entered Nepal from the eastern parts of the country on Friday, two days ahead of schedule, brightening the prospects for a bumper summer crop output—the key trajectory for the higher economic growth path. This augurs well for the economy, as the KP Sharma Oli led administration has targeted achieving a […]
Kathmandu, June 13: Chief Whip of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, Bal Krishna Khand, has urged the government to implement the constitutional provision of having speaker and deputy speakers representing from different political parties. Participating in the special hour of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Khand demanded implementation of the constitutional provision, […]
Kathmandu, June 12 : Half-centuries from Anil Kumar Sah and Pradeep Singh Airee helped departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club register a six-wicket win over the other departmental team Tribhuvan Army Club in the final match of the Inter-provincial Prime Minister Cup on Monday. Sah scored 63 runs off 72 balls including three sixes […]
Kathmandu, June 10/ The US government’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, which undertook reconstruction of Gaddhi Baithak at Basantapur that suffered damage in 2015 earthquakes, has decided to hand over the building to the government on June 27. The AFCP had announced a fund of $ 700,000 for the reconstruction of the iconic Rana-era building […]
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 9 (ANI): Indian and Nepali officials will conduct an on-site inspection in Nepal’s Tarai region to assess the problem of flooding that occurs every year and find ways to combat the crisis. The joint team will inspect the flood-prone area in three phases-before monsoon, during monsoon and post-monsoon. “It has been decided […]
Surkhet, June 8/ Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of Karnali Province has launched hotline telephone service ‘Hello CM’ from today. Chief Minister of Karnali Province Mahendra Bahadur Shahi inaugurated the hotline telephone service after taking comments from Prem Sarki of Naraharinath rural municipality of Kalikot and Deepak Batha Magar of Musikot […]
Kathmandu / June 7: Nepal Oil Corporation Executive Director Gopal Khadka has stepped down from his post on Thursday. Organising a press meet at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS) premises, Singha Durbar, Khadka said that he had submitted his resignation letter to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Yadav, effective […]
Kathmandu, June 6: The Narayangadh-Muglin road will be open round the clock after road expansion completed today. Initially scheduled to complete by 2017, the expansion was delayed by 14 months. Provided that there is no traffic congestion, a vehicle would be able to reach either of the destinations in 35 minutes. “While the construction would […]