Provincial government successful in creating hope: Province 1 CM Rai
Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai today claimed that the provincial government has been successful in creating a sense of hope among people for their better future. He stressed the need for speeding up development programmes as expected by...
Weather: Influence of westerly wind to continue for some days more
The influence of the Westerly wind will remain for some days more. The weather is partly to generally cloudy in most parts of the country since some days back with light snowfall taking place in some places of the...
New Buspark- Kuleshwor corridor road asphalted
The Bishnumati Corridor road from New Bus Park to Kuleshwor here has been asphalted. The High-powered Bagmati Civilisation Integrated Committee has started works on construction of wall and on blacktopping the road along the side of the Bishnumati River. ...
NSC reaches agreement to build sports infrastructures in various districts
The National Sports Council (NSC) has reached an agreement with the respective local consumer committees to construct seven infrastructure development projects in various districts of the Gandaki Province. The agreement was reached between NSC member secretary Ramesh Kumar Silwal...
Master plan of King Birat's Palace to be finalized
Biratnagar Metropolitan City has put its all-out efforts to materialize a campaign of conserving and developing the palace of King Birat. In this connection, the metropolis has anticipated cooperation from the Department of Archaeology to meet the target. The...
Karnali Ministry and KAHS ink MoU for providing treatment to conflict survivors
The Karnali province government's Ministry for Internal Affairs and Law and Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide treatment to the conflict survivors of the province. In the presence Minister for Internal...
Limbu elected chair of Prawasi Munch Portugal
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) central member Dr Rajan Bhattarai said there was no alternative but to go for fresh mandate for the country's economic development and prosperity. In his virtual address to an inaugural session of a special gathering...
A Hindu donate land for constructing Muslim’s Madarsa
A Hindu social worker has donated land for the construction of a Madarsa, an Islamic religious school where children belonging to Muslim community pursue their education, in Birtamod municipality-3 of Jhapa. Social worker Bishnumaya Prasain donated a 12 dhur...
Singhadurbar’s three fronts rebuilt; PM to inaugurate today
Reconstruction of country’s main administrative hub Singhadurbar where the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers is also based has been completed. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to inaugurate the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA)-rebuilt three fronts...
NTA determines 5G frequency
Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has determined the 5G frequency, paving the way for the expansion of the 5G service. The NTA Board approved the frequency identified by the National Frequency Management Forum under the Authority. NTA spokesperson Meen Prasad...
Fire destroys 100 fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border, probe launched
At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said Sunday. The huge blaze, which broke out Saturday afternoon at Islam...
Road accident claims 14 lives in S. India
At least 14 people died and four were injured when a small private van carrying passengers collided head-on with a truck in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh, early on Sunday, a local police officer said. The dead included...
Brazil registers 5th consecutive day of over 1,000 deaths from COVID-19
Brazil registered 1,043 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 238,532, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday. It has been the fifth consecutive day that more than 1,000 daily...
At least 30 injured after 7.3-magnitude quake strikes off northeastern Japan
At least 30 people were injured after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan late Saturday. The quake was preliminarily measured with a magnitude of 7.1 and was later revised up to...
5.1-magnitude quake hits 44 km E of Namie, Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 44 km E of Namie, Japan at 07:31:49 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 38.22 km, was initially determined to be at 37.4828...
Local authority mulling local community's involvement in Fewa Lake conservation
To elongate the life span of the Fewa Lake in Pokhara, the concerned local authorities are considering roping in the local communities to effectively step up conservation efforts of the famed lake. The Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division...
NSU demands justice for rape and murder victim Bhatta
The Nepal Student Union (NSU), the student wing of Nepali Congress, launched a demonstration demanding justice in rape and subsequent murder of Bhagarathi Bhatta of Bajhang district. Under the protest programme organized today, the NSU took out a rally...
Health post in Humla village sans workforce, shut down for neatly a month
A health post at Sarkegad Rural Municipality-2 in Humla district has been closed for the past one month as it has been without health workers. The Reep Health Post with a total of seven quotas is making do only...
Martyrs widow honoured
Kashidevi, the widow of first republican martyr of the country, Durga Nanda Jha was honoured here today. She was honoured by the Nepali Congress Tarun Department, province no. 2. NC central member and chair of the Department Shanker Bhandari...
Women tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara receive digital training
Women tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara have been provided a digital training session on the optimization of technology in their business so as to promote their business and make tourism sector more technology-friendly. Organized by the Tourism Entrepreneur Women's Association...
Forest fire continues in Manang
Forest fire in Mukhung community forest in Nisyang rural municipality-2 is yet to come under control. The forest fire is taking place since February 11. A joint team of Nepal Police, Armed Police and Nepal Army is working with...
WHO gives global green light for AstraZeneca Covid shot
The World Health Organization gave emergency use approval to AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, meaning distribution can start to poorer countries starved of doses to fight the pandemic. The AstraZeneca-Oxford jab forms the bulk of batches being lined up...
Osaka, Williams survive scares to reach Australian Open last eight
Naomi Osaka saved two match points and Serena Williams recovered from losing her first set of the tournament as they fought their way into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday. Japan's Osaka edged a thriller with fellow major-winner Garbine...
NC concerns over govt effort to introduce Social Network Management Guidelines
The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has expressed concern over what it called the government attempt to revive the controversial Information Technology (IT) Bill in a new form in the name of 'Social Network Management Guidelines'. Party Spokesperson Bishwa...
Afghan gov't forces kill 7 militants in eastern Nangarhar province
Afghan government forces during a special operation have killed seven armed insurgents affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the provincial government released here Monday. Acting on a...
Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African WTO boss
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday as the first female and first African head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, saying a stronger WTO would be vital for the global coronavirus recovery. The global trade body called a virtual...
India beat England by 317 runs to level Test series at 1-1
India beat England by 317 runs in the second Test inside four days to level the series at 1-1 on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Axar Patel claimed a five-wicket haul on his Test debut as England were all out for...
Police close to accused in Bhagarathi's case: Home Minister
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said police have reached close to the accused in the rape and murder of Bhagarathi Bhatta of Baitadi. During his meeting with women law practitioners today, the minister pledged to book the guilty...
Yadu Memorial Journalism Award goes to Giri
The Yadu Gautam Foundation has named Jajarkot-based journalist Bir Bahadur Giri as the winner of this year's the Yadu Memorial Journalism Award. A meeting today of the award selection committee made this decision. The meeting chaired by the committee...
EC will not freeze election symbol 'Sun': Chair Dahal
Chairperson of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Dahal-Nepal group, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the Election Commission would not freeze NCP's election symbol, 'Sun'. At an interaction organised by Press Organisation, Chitwan, here today, Chairperson Dahal opined that...
Needy families get assistance
Needy families at two local governments here have been given blankets. The Progressive Youth Society and World Vision worked collaboratively to arrange relief assistance to 200 people each at Jayaprithvi Municipality and Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, according to World Vision's...
CM Raut extends best wishes on Saraswati Puja
Chief Minister of Province No 2 Lalbabu Raut has extended best wishes to all the Nepalis at home and abroad on the occasion of Saraswati Puja (also known as Basanta Panchami) that falls today. Stating that Saraswati Puja has...
CM Poudel-led main organising panel formed to celebrate Democracy Day
A 165-member main organising committee has been formed today under coordination of Chief Minister of Bagmati province, Dormani Poudel, to celebrate 71st National Democracy Day at Hetauda, in a grand manner for three days from February 18. Different programmes...
CM Gurung greets people on Gandaki Province Government
Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Pritvhi Subba Gurung has said that the Gandaki Province Government is moving ahead to materialise the national aspiration of 'Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali'. Issuing a press statement today on the occasion of the establishment...
One held on charge of human trafficking
Nepal Police on Monday held Khem Bahadur Subedi (known as Subedi Kanchho) on human trafficking charge from Parbat district. Subedi, a permanent resident of Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality-3 in Bardiya district is charged of taking a woman to Sri Lanka...
Nigerian president appeals for unity after ethnic clashes
A Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to protect all religious and ethnic groups in the country after deadly clashes erupted between different communities at a market in the southwest over the weekend. Long-standing rivalry over access to land...
Media sector needs support from govt, political parties, Gagan says
Nepali Congress (NC) central committee member and former minister Gagan Kumar Thapa has argued the coronavirus pandemic has pushed Nepal's media sector in a critical state. At a programme organised by Lucky Media House here Monday, Thapa said that...
Junk food prohibited at schools nationwide
The government has directed all the community schools across the country not to feed junk food to the students as their mid-day meal. The Centre for Education and Human Resource Development, Sanothimi, on Monday released a manual on school...
Self-Employment Fund to work further for enterprise development
Youth and Small Entrepreneur Self-Employment Fund has announced to expedite the tasks of self-employment promotion at the local levels by running partnership-based co-financing investment programme. Organising a news conference in the capital city on Monday, Fund’s Executive Vice...
Singha Durbar rebuilt after 70 months since 2015 Gorkha Earthquake
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inaugurated the three facades of Singha Durbar following the restoration of the structures. The post-earthquake rebuild project had completed recently. Singha Durbar that serves as the main administrative hub had been damaged by...
Himalaya flood disaster hits Delhi water supply
Fallout from a devastating flash flood in a remote north Indian valley hit the capital New Delhi more than 500 kilometres downstream on Monday, when water supplies were cut to tens of thousands of residents. Authorities blamed the high...
Israeli strikes on Syria kill 9 militia fighters: monitor
Israeli missile strikes against several targets near Syria's capital Damascus killed at least nine pro-regime militia fighters early Monday, a Britain-based war monitor said. "Nine Iran-backed militia fighters were killed" in Israeli strikes targeting arms depots, including missile stores,...
India's COVID-19 tally reaches 10,916,589 as active cases rise
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 10,916,589 on Monday as 11,649 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the health ministry. The death toll mounted to 155,732 as 90 COVID-19 patients...
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem dies at 90
Former Argentine President Carlos Saul Menem died on Sunday at the age of 90 following heart complications, local media reported. The former president died at the Los Arcos hospital in the city of Buenos Aires, where he...
Nadal beats Fognini to reach 43rd Slam quarter-final
World number two Rafael Nadal beat old nemesis Fabio Fognini in a scrappy affair at the Australian Open Monday to reach his 43rd Grand Slam quarter-final. The Spaniard, bidding for a first title at Melbourne Park since 2009, has...
'Chief Minister Employment Programme turned supportive'
Chief of Karnali Province Govinda Prasad Kalauni has appreciated the Province Government for its proactive role in public health security in the time of pandemic and for providing job opportunities through the Chief Minister Employment Programme. Kalauni said so...
S. Korea reports 344 more COVID-19 cases, 83,869 in total
S South Korea reported 344 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 83,869. The daily caseload stayed below 400 for three straight days due...
One dies, nine injured in jeep accident
Rukum – A person died and nine others were injured when a jeep (Lu 1 Ja 2638) en route to Aathbiskot from Musikot of West Rukum met with an accident on Wednesday evening. Khambu Khatri, aged around...
Airlines hike fare thanks to fuel price increase
Airline companies of Nepal have announced an increase in the airfare following the government decision to hike the price of aviation fuel.
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