Thumpakhar / March 13:Speaker Onsari Gharti has pledged to draw an attention of the Prime Minister towards reopening the Sindhupalchowk-based Tatopani point bordering with China. Addressing a school programme here today, the Speaker said the closure of the Tatopani point has caused inconvenience to Sindhupalchowk folks and people of adjoining districts, too, giving assurance that […]
Kathmandu, March 13: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has identified 21 locations in the Kathmandu Valley which need overhead bridges for the convenience of pedestrians and to reduce traffic jam. The most crowded areas in the capital- Putalisadak, Maitighar, Babarmahal, Baneshwor, Min Bhawan, Koteshwor, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) gate, Thapahali, Kesharmahal, Sorhakhutte Galkhopakha, Patan, Boudha […]
Baldev Ram of Madhupatti area of Siraha district may not be a known name for many but the name is very well known and respected to the so called untouchable people of eastern Siraha district. Baldev liberated thousands of people from the inhuman Sino Pratha, a system where people of marginalized Dalit community have to […]
Pokhara / March 13: The preparations for the 37th Session of the South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Council of Ministers to be held in Pokhara from Monday have been completed, said Shankar Prasad Koirala, the Regional Administrator of the Western Regional Administration Office. Likewise, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police Mingmar Lama also […]
Morang /March 13: More than Rs 2.7 million has been collected in the week-long Shreemad Bhagawat Gyan Mahayagya conducted at Vinayak Ganesh Temple in Biratnagar-11, Morang. Coordinator of the religious function organising committee Gopal Prasad Dhakal said that nearly Rs 2 million was saved from the Shreemad Gyan Mahayagya by clearing all the expenses. Pandit […]
Kathmandu / March 12: Litterateur Madanmani Dixit and Prema Shah have been awarded with the Madan Shila Literary Writers Award amid a programme held here on Saturday. The award, which carries a purse of Rs 101,000 and a copper plaque has been conferred to litterateur duo for their literary contribution to Nepali literature and language. […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / March 12: ‘Every action and ‘no action’ have reactions.’ It was what a chief judge from one of the SAARC countries said during the SAARC Chief Justices’ Conference held in Kathmandu last week. I invoke this line for some reflection on the recent election in the Nepali Congress, the oldest democratic […]
Nuwakot / March 12: Visiting United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Asia-Pacific Bureau Director Xu Haoliang today inaugurated an agricultural products collection center at Thansingh of Nuwakot. The UNDP funded to construct the center. The construction cost Rs 1.5 million. On the occasion, Mr Xu said the UNDP’s current programmes in Nepal are focused on […]
Krishna Adhikari / March 12: A tourism entrepreneur couple in Gorkha district – the epicentre of the massive 7.6 Richter scale earthquake which rocked Nepal on April 25 – are all set to attend to tourists again but this time around from a makeshift settlement. After her house collapsed during the massive earthquake, Dil Kumari […]
Morang / March 12: The treatment of the much feared disease ‘cancer’ has commenced at the Birat Hospital Pvt Ltd located in Biratnagar. The cancer treatment is first of its kind in the entire eastern region of Nepal. Hospital Administrator, Dr Gyanendra Man Singh Karki, said chemotherapy including all other cancer treatments was introduced targeting […]