Media’s role in enhancing civic awareness stressed

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6 Minister of Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung said media should work to make people living below the poverty line and those living in remote areas aware. At a virtual programme organised by Human Rights...

Kathmandu 07 Dec, 2020

Nepal receives $100 million grant to improve governance

Kathmandu, September 4 The European Union (EU) and the governments of Switzerland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), collectively referred to as the Development Partners Joint Financing Arrangement (JFA), have agreed to provide a grant assistance...

Business 05 Sep, 2019

Aid agencies revise operating guidelines

Kathmandu, June 18 Fourteen aid agencies of Nepal today revised and endorsed the Basic Operating Guidelines in recognition of the federal structure of Nepal. The BOGs were first introduced in Nepal in 2003, in the context of the armed conflict...

Kathmandu 19 Jun, 2019

Apprenticeship programme

KATHMANDU: An apprenticeship (industry-based skills training) programme was launched in Province 1 on Thursday. The programme was inaugurated by Minister for Social Development of Province 1 Jeevan Ghimire, in the presence of other ministers from...

Business 27 Jul, 2018

Swiss brewery lands in hot water for ‘commercialising’ Birendra’s legacy

Kathmandu, April 27 Turbinenbräu, a craft brewer of Switzerland, has drawn the ire of the Nepali community for naming one of its products ‘Birendra’ and using the image of the late king, who had ruled Nepal between 1972 and 2001. Apart...

Business 28 Apr, 2018

Prez Bhandari accepts letters of credence from ambassadors

KATHMANDU: Residential and non-residential ambassadors of various countries to Nepal have presented their letters of credence to President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday at latter's office in Sheetal Niwas. Residential Ambassador of Switzerland...

Kathmandu 08 Feb, 2018

The unbeatable Sherpas

KATHMANDU: A courageous story of the Sherpas who fight their way to reach the peak of Mount Everest shouldering the responsibility of the other climbers is worthy enough to be put on reel. An award-winning documentary film Sherpas - The True Heroes of...

News Archives 04 Apr, 2010

The unbeatable Sherpas

KATHMANDU: A courageous story of the Sherpas who fight their way to reach the peak of Mount Everest shouldering the responsibility of the other climbers is worthy enough to be put on reel. An award-winning documentary film Sherpas - The True Heroes of...

News Archives 04 Apr, 2010

Rs 292m Swiss aid for rural health

KATHMANDU: The Swiss government has agreed to provide Rs 292 million for the Rural Health Development Project (RHDP) phase VII. Finance Ministry jointsecretary Lal Mani Joshi and Elisabeth Von Capeller of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation...

Business 05 Nov, 2009