Police have arrested five persons on the charge of forcing women into sex work.They are Shyam Kumar Bhattarai, 24, of Sunkoshi rural municipality-7, Sindhuli, currently living at Gokarneshwor municipality of Kathmandu; Suhana Tamang, 19, of Gyangle rur…
General News
Covid-19 adversely impacts Siruwa festival
The Siruwa festival observed by the indigenous communities especially from Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic this year too.The festival is marked with New Year, playing water, mud and colour. It is the...
Parliamentary committee directs to continue with teaching/learning thru alternative methods
The Sustainable Development and Good-Governance Committee under the National Assembly has instructed the government to adopt alternative teaching and learning activities in view of the growing risks of Covid-19.Today’s meeting of the Committee convened...
Trading News
Lawmakers stress tourism-friendly law, infrastructures
Parliamentarians have underscored the need to conduct policy reform and promotion programmes on tourism by ensuring safety in the wake of Covid-19. Thorough development of tourism is imperative to boost national economy, they added.Most of the lawmaker...
National Food Bank established at investment of Rs 2 billion
Office of National Food Bank has been inaugurated at New Baneshwor today. The Bank was established few months ago under the slogan 'Sustainable Agriculture for Nutrient-Rich Food' in order to give priority to organic production.Chairperson of Bank, Sha...
Science And Technology
Minister Gurung sees off climbers Sherpa sisters
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung on Thursday bade farewell to the "Three Sisters on Seven Summit Campaign Team' by handing them the national flag of Nepal.Nima Jangbu Sherpa, 30, Tshiring Namge Sherpa, 26, and Dawa F...
Government ready to face any kind of challenge: Minister Gurung
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has said the government is ready to face any kind of challenges.Addressing a reception organised today by the National Senior Citizens Fund, Social Welfare Council at Mangal Bazar of...
Fashion News
Judsheetal festival being observed in Mithilanchal
The folk festival Judsheetal is being celebrated in Mithilanchal today amidst gaiety and fervor. This festival is considered special agricultural culture.This festival, related to nature and health, is marked as the New Year festival in Mithilanchal an...
Singer Dolma appointed goodwill ambassador for WWF
Famous spiritual singer and conservationist Ani Choying Dolma has been appointed goodwill ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).This appointment means to spread eastern culture and civilisation and awareness to reduce environmental impacts and ...
Best photographers prized
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Gandaki Province has prized five best photos selected from the open competition.The Gandaki Province Office of the NTB prized the photographers amid a function on Sunday in Pokhara.On the occasion, photographers Bijay Gautam,...
PAC directs govt. to cancel second package contract on express way
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has directed the government to cancel the second package contract on construction of bridge and tunnel under Kathmandu-Tarai Express Way and announce fresh bid for it.The government wa…
Supreme Court denies permission for review of verdict on NCP
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The Supreme Court has issued an order denying permission for a review on its verdict on a case related to the name of Nepal Communist Party (NCP).A full bench comprising the Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and justices Tej Bahadur KC and Praka…
Constitutional bench: comments on performance from lawyers and ex-justice
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Former Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha has underlined that the Justice should strongly present their wisdom, conscience, quality and capacity so as to cut through the growing frustration to the judiciary.He said this at a programme ‘Challenges and contri…
Still few more days to get completely clear weather
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Air pollution has been reduced to some extent due to rainfall occurred in the hilly areas of the country including Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday evening.With the light rainfall on Wednesday evening, the weather, blanketed with smog from Friday, has bec…
Feature News: All about the Khuwalung issue
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In the last couple of months, Nepali press and cultural discourse is inundated with Khuwalung issue. Conservationists, Kirati cultural activists, politicians and even public are talking about ‘Khuwalung’. To glance at this burning issue, RSS has outlin…
Relief distributed to 400 poor single women and new mothers
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Different goods including rice, blankets, and clothes have been distributed to poor single women and new mothers of two local levels of Kavrepalanchowk district under the Inclusive COVID-19 Resilience Project.Resource Management and Rural Empowerment C…
Wildfires in community forests posing high risk to settlements in Doti
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Wildfires broken out in at least a dozen community forests in Doti district are yet to be put out. The nearby settlements are at high risk due to this. The natural disaster continues for a week now which has destroyed trees and wildlife habitat.The wil…
Tourists arrival spike post-lockdown, around 15k foreign tourists recorded
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The number of foreign tourists’ arrival has begun rising since the lifting of the lockdown (last July) in the country. According to the Department of Immigration, March month has recorded the highest influx of tourists since last July.Over 14,977 forei…
Shakya elected chair of Nepal Bhasa Council
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Prof Subarna Shakya has been elected the chair of the new executive committee of Nepal Bhasa Council. He was elected by the 16th annual general assembly of the Council.Likewise, Nabin Chitrakar has been elected the Vice-chair, Pushpa Ratna Tuladhar the…
151 aspiring climbers permitted for expeditions including for Sagarmatha
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The Department of Tourism has issued expedition permits for a total of 151 climbers from 20 groups aspiring to scale various mountains including the highest mountain in the world, Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) for this spring season.The Department under the …
CPN (Maoist Centre) to decide soon over its support to incumbent government
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) is to take a decision regarding withdrawing its support to the incumbent government soon.An informal meeting of the standing committee held at the party headquarters, Perisdanda, today decided to take decisi…
General News
Covid-19 adversely impacts Siruwa festival
The Siruwa festival observed by the indigenous communities especially from Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts has been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic this year too.The festival is marked with New Year, playing water, mud and colour. It is the...
Parliamentary committee directs to continue with teaching/learning thru alternative methods
The Sustainable Development and Good-Governance Committee under the National Assembly has instructed the government to adopt alternative teaching and learning activities in view of the growing risks of Covid-19.Today’s meeting of the Committee convened...
Trading News
Lawmakers stress tourism-friendly law, infrastructures
Parliamentarians have underscored the need to conduct policy reform and promotion programmes on tourism by ensuring safety in the wake of Covid-19. Thorough development of tourism is imperative to boost national economy, they added.Most of the lawmaker...
National Food Bank established at investment of Rs 2 billion
Office of National Food Bank has been inaugurated at New Baneshwor today. The Bank was established few months ago under the slogan 'Sustainable Agriculture for Nutrient-Rich Food' in order to give priority to organic production.Chairperson of Bank, Sha...
Science And Technology
Minister Gurung sees off climbers Sherpa sisters
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung on Thursday bade farewell to the "Three Sisters on Seven Summit Campaign Team' by handing them the national flag of Nepal.Nima Jangbu Sherpa, 30, Tshiring Namge Sherpa, 26, and Dawa F...
Government ready to face any kind of challenge: Minister Gurung
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has said the government is ready to face any kind of challenges.Addressing a reception organised today by the National Senior Citizens Fund, Social Welfare Council at Mangal Bazar of...
Fashion News
Judsheetal festival being observed in Mithilanchal
The folk festival Judsheetal is being celebrated in Mithilanchal today amidst gaiety and fervor. This festival is considered special agricultural culture.This festival, related to nature and health, is marked as the New Year festival in Mithilanchal an...
Singer Dolma appointed goodwill ambassador for WWF
Famous spiritual singer and conservationist Ani Choying Dolma has been appointed goodwill ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).This appointment means to spread eastern culture and civilisation and awareness to reduce environmental impacts and ...
Best photographers prized
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Gandaki Province has prized five best photos selected from the open competition.The Gandaki Province Office of the NTB prized the photographers amid a function on Sunday in Pokhara.On the occasion, photographers Bijay Gautam,...