Kathmandu, June 5/ The Department of Archaeology has claimed that they have found evidences to prove that an ancient civilisation dating back to the third or second century BC existed on the banks of the Jamuni River in Dhanusha district. The location lies 16-km southeast from historic Janaki temple. Earlier in March, locals of Mukhiya Patti […]
Pokhara, June 4/ After long discussion and debate, the assembly members of Province 4 have come to a conclusion to name the province. 45 provincial members have agreed and suggested to name the province as ‘Gandaki’. This number is more than two-thirds of the total 60 members of the provincial assembly. Members representing CPN-UML (before […]
South Korea President Moon Jae-in recently donated his own money to a secondary school in Nepal he visited two years ago as part of an earthquake relief effort. Moon and his aides who accompanied him on the June 2016 trek to the region recently donated 13.5 million won ($12,600) to Arukharka Secondary School in Nuwakot, […]
Charlotte Fox’s eyes were frozen behind her contact lenses. The snow had begun falling as she and her fellow climbers descended from the top of the world, the peak of Mount Everest, where she could see for 100 miles in every direction. But now, trapped in the middle of a blizzard with the force of […]
Surkhet, June 2/ Mid-western Transportation Entrepreneurs Association (MTEA) has started direct bus service connecting Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province, and Indian capital New Delhi beginning from Friday. The bus fare for the 634-kilometer journey has been fixed at Rs 2400. “We started this service for the convenience of the passengers who travel to India […]
Kathmandu, June 1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday included Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland and the UAE in their ODI rankings list apart from the 12 existing countries. The ICC release states that results of all the bilateral ODIs involving these new teams will henceforth be taken into account while calculating the rating points. The […]
Kathmandu, June 1/ Nepal and Saint Kitts and Nevis have established formal diplomatic relations on Wednesday. Issuing a press release, Ambassador Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, and Ambassador Sam Terence Condor, Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations signed a deal to this effect at a […]
Kathmandu, May 31/ A meeting of the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) on Thursday asked party Chairman Upendra Yadav to finalize the names of three ministers to represent the party in Prime Minister KP Oli’s cabinet. The party earlier this week signed a two-point agreement with the Nepal Communist Party agreeing to join the government […]
Kathmandu, May 30 — Nepal honored several Sherpa guides for their Everest successes on the anniversary Tuesday of the first conquest of the world’s highest peak. Government minister Bina Magar, herself an Everest climber, honored the guides at a ceremony held every year on the date in 1953 that New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his […]
Kathmandu, May 29/ The fiscal budget has made provisions to levy tax on alcohol, cigars, sanitary, electronics and construction materials. Similarly, the budget has scrapped the provisions to impose VAT on education, health which was being imposed on the income made through providing health facilities. Meanwhile, the government has also decided to waive the over-long-due […]