Nepal | January 22, 2019
Nepal | January 22, 2019
The Federal Parliament is likely to witness acrimonious scenes between lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties for the next few days, with both sides sticking to their guns on the National Medical Education Bill and the government’s decision to scrap two hospitals named after two former prime ministers....
A person died and two others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning at two different locations in Alital Rural Municipality of Dadeldhura ...
Afghan officials say the brazen Taliban attack on a military base in an eastern province the previous day had killed at least 45 people, most of them...
As many as 90 police personnel have been mobilised in keeping with security sensitivity at the recitation of Shreeswasthani and fair on the banks of p...
Dior drew inspiration from the top of the big top for a playful couture show held Monday in Paris, where models inside a circus-style tent walked thro...
A slight tremor was felt in various parts of Kathmandu city on Tuesday morning....
The Division Forest Office Jhapa has mobilised armed patrol team with siren-equipped vehicle to chas...
Heavy snowfall in Dadeldhura, the district in the Far-Western province, has blocked transportation t...
The government recently appointed Surendra Kumar Paudel as the executive director of Nepal Oil Corpo...
The government has directed recruitment agencies of the country to submit exact details of the peopl...
Even as most of the country’s leading business houses focus on ‘trading’ business, Golyan Grou...
Minister of State for Health and Population Surendra Kumar Yadav today said that the government had agreed to implement the agreement with Dr Govinda KC during his 15th hunger strike, but it could not fulfil his other demands, which were political in nature....
The health condition of senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who was rushed to Kathmandu on Friday following his deteriorating health, is improvi...
A group of experts has called for strengthening and expanding sexual and reproductive health services in member countries of World Health Organisation...
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has requested the government to revert to the earlier order of precedence of commissioners ...
Actor Ganesh Neupane ‘Munal’ has passed away. He died today while undergoing treatment for asthma at the Bir Hospital on Monday. He was 68. ...
The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) obstructed today’s National Assembly session, expressing ...
As many as 13 inmates have died in the central jail of Nepal in the current fiscal year. ...
A few lawmakers told a parliamentary panel today that it would be better to focus on kidney transpla...
The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested a 50-year-old British national on the char...
Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana yesterday said that he had not faced any political or exter...
Three years have passed since the President Bidhya Devi Bhandari formally inaugurated the reconstruc...
The government has developed the Red Panda Conservation Action Plan (2019-2023) with the aim of prot...
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday warned of an agitation against the incumbent government’s interventionist policy with regard to state organs and the media....
The government has failed to provide security for girls and women in the country, says Mohna Ansari, human rights commissioner of Nation Human Rights ...
Nepali Congress Spokesperson Biswo Prakash Sharma on Monday charged that rape and murder victim Nirmala Panta’s body was washed to destroy evidences...
A Nepali national was arrested in New Delhi yesterday for his alleged involvement in trafficking Nepali girls to Gulf countries, Indian media reported...
Bangladesh-born British writer and novelist Monica Ali once said, “A new car is not going to change your life.” Most of us will agree with her, bu...
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday reached Davos, Switzerland, leading a Nepali delegation to th...
Timber smuggling has increased after armed forest guards could not perform their duty due to thick f...
Organic tea farmers in Dhankuta complained that they were deprived of state facilities as per the go...
In a bid to provide immediate shelter to people displaced by natural disasters, International Organi...
International Astronomical Union has appointed Suresh Bhattarai, Chairman at Nepal Astronomical Soci...
Kailali police on Monday made public four persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the murd...
Chairman of Shukla Gandaki Municipality-8 in Tanahun district Krishna Prasad Regmi who was abscondin...
A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months....
Eighteen years ago, at the height of the Taliban's power in Afgh...
Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued af...
President Donald Trump’s proposal to break through the budget d...
Many have sought shelter in Bangladesh - where nearly 1 million l...
The Afghan Taliban killed at least 12 security force members in a...
British police have spoken with Prince Philip after the husband o...
In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump ...
Gerardo Perez returned Saturday to the scorched field in central ...
When Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada took office last year, he painted a bleak picture of the country’s economy....
It has been more than six decades since export diversification was given utmost focus in the list of priorities for development as it was observed tha...
Transitional justice in Nepal is becoming far too long a process, with victims of both sides – those who suffered at the hands of the Maoists and th...
When Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada took office last year, he painted a bleak picture of the country’s economy....
It has been more than six decades since export diversification was given utmost focus in the list of priorities for development as it was observed tha...
Transitional justice in Nepal is becoming far too long a process, with victims of both sides – those who suffered at the hands of the Maoists and th...
Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Monday, January 21, 2019. Photo: Reuters
A spectacular view of Timang valley at Chame Municipality in Manang district, on Friday, January 18, 2019. Photo: RSS
Members of Ghale community celebrating 'Ghale Lohasar' in Besishahar of Dhading district, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Photo: Keshav Adhikari
Villagers watch a bull fight during the Maghesangranti festival, which commemorates the start of the holy month of Magh, ushering in the coming of warmer weather and longer days, at Talukachandani village in Nuwakot district near Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Villagers carry a patient on a stretcher to a district hospital from a remote village in Kalikot district, on Tuesday, January 15, 2018. Photo: RSS
The government, which has been boasting of a brisk revenue collection since the start of this fiscal year, has suffered a rude jolt, as the body which operates its treasury has been found to be inadvertently producing inflated figures because of double counting....
Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar has been appointed as the director and chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd (SCBNL) subject to required...
Ncell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UKaid funded RAP3 CONNECT to offer over 400 women the opportunity to become retailers of Nce...
According to the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), the share market closed at 168.06 points today, the second day of the week, a 10.86 point drop....
Construction of the Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline project is expected to gain pace following the Cabinet’s recent nod to clear necessary tr...
Managing Director of Chaudhary Group Arun Chaudhary has refuted claims that he and his family member...
The government has finally decided to scrap the contract with Co-operativa Muratori e Cementisti (CM...
NMB Bank has announced that it has signed a private power purchase agreement with Saral Urja Nepal f...
Gold price rose slightly in the domestic market in the trading week of January 13-18 following the r...
Domestic internet service providers (ISPs) have said that the internet cost will go up if Nepal Elec...
Even after six years since start of construction of Bheri Bridge connecting Jajarkot and Rukum at Mi...
Different telecommunication service providers in the country have not paid dues worth Rs 2.96 billio...
Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas added another thrilling chapter to his Australian Open odyssey on...
Jawalakhel Group of Companies has signed three top cricketers as the brand ambassadors of Ruslan....
Yet the Russian wearied in the constant attrition, and top seed Djokovic cruised to victory, having ...
US Open champion Naomi Osaka completed another comeback victory to overhaul 13th seed Anastasija Sev...
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a second-half penalty for Juventus but it did not matter as the Serie A leaders brushed aside Chievo 3-0 in a top-versus-bottom clash on Monday....
"We played really well as a team. The first game of the year is always difficult so it was important to win here today. Roman Buerki was outstanding."...
Serena Williams staved off a spectacular fightback from world number one Simona Halep to win 6-1 4-6 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday....
Manchester City barely got out of second gear as they easily beat bottom club Huddersfield Town to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to four points on Sunday....
Arsenal revived their hopes of a top-four finish with first-half goals by Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny securing a comfortable 2-0 derby win at home to toothless Chelsea on Saturday....
Morris said inspiration for the song came from a letter she was trying to write to a female friend after they were struggling to keep their friendship on track....
Rihanna is suing her father over his use of their last name for a business....
Hirani is one of the industry's most respected directors, and his last film, a biopic on Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, was one of the highest-grossing films of 2018....
“This is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson,” an estate statement said....
Lady Gaga won for the song “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born,” ″The Americans” won best drama series for its sixth and final season and co-host Sandra Oh spoke passionately about “faces of change” at a Golden Globes that shrugged off the...
Dior drew inspiration from the top of the big top for a playful couture show held Monday in Paris, where models inside a circus-style tent walked thro...
Final Season is coming - and it's all about Jon Snow, and (just for a change) it portends death....
“Game of Thrones” fans, get ready....
The trappings of success continue to arrive for K-pop sensation BTS, the latest a contract with the toy company Mattel which secured rights to produce...
Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is limiting worldwide the number of times a user can forward a message to five, starting o...
Music enthusiasts from nearby districts of Ilam and Taplejung also thronged to Phidim to witness Nepal's premier fo...
Philip retired from public life in 2017, although he still occasionally appears alongside his 92-year-old wife at o...
Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one....
Scientists have unveiled what they say is an ideal diet for the health of the planet and its populations - includin...
Nepal No 1 pro Shivaram Shrestha and second-ranked Bhuwan Nagarkoti advanced to the final of the Surya Nepal NPGA M...
