Chairpersons Thapa, Rana return home   

Chairperson of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Kamal Thapa, has returned home today after completing his week-long China visit.      Chair Thapa had left for China on October 22 to take part in ITF Shenzhen Seniors Circuit Championship-2019 under ITF Grade 1 Tournament.

One killed amidst dispute   

A person has been killed after he was hit by bullet fired by police citing he breached the curfew order imposed in Krishnanagar area here following dispute etween the locals over disposing of an idol used for Laxmi Puja.    

At least 23 injured in jeep plunge  

At least 23 people were injured when a Malekhu-bound Bolero jeep skidded off the road and fell approximately 25 meters at Gajuri rural municipality-2 in Dhading district along Malekhu Bhandara road today.    

Pokhara-Muglin road to be expanded into four-lane   

The Pokhara-Muglin road is going to be expanded into four-lane. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is going to provide Rs 195 million loan assistance for the same.     The government is to invest Rs 5.90 billion to expand two-lane Pokhara-Muglin road section into four-lane.    

Four rhinos die in CNP in past two months 

Four rhinos have been found dead inside the Chitwan National Park in the past two months. The latest victim was a 40-year-old rhino which was found dead on October 26 in Raptidun buffer zone community forest in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-25, said CNP's information officer Gopal Ghimire. The rhino died due to natural cause, he added.   

Chhath and visit year promotion in Janakpur 

A sanitation campaign is taking place in temples and lakes in Janakpur under the joint aegis of federal Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai and State-2 Chief Minster Lalbabu Raut.    

NCP recommends three candidates for Kaski-2

The Gandaki State Committee of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (CPN) has decided to recommend three candidates for Kaski Constituency-2 by-election.      The recommended are Biddya Bhattarai (spouse of the late tourism minster Rabindra Adhikary), Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi' and Rajkaji Gurung 'Karan'. 

NC recommends candidates, NCP still undecided  

The Bhaktapur chapter of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is having a tough time to recommend list of potential candidates for by-polls scheduled for November 16.      The difficulty has been surfaced in choosing by-election candidate for State Assembly member in Bhaktapur electoral constituency-1 (A) when there was larger number of aspirants to contest election from the NCP.     The frequent meetings of the NCP Bhaktapur held since last week has failed to finalize the name list of...

Exorbitant fee puts tourism enterprises at risk 

Poor condition of trekking route and exorbitant entrance fee have emerged as key challenges to the tourism development of Upper Mustang.      Number of foreign tourists coming to the trans-Himalayan Upper Mustang has not increased despite full-wing preparation for Visit Nepal Year-2020.   

Hospital building lying idle   

  The hospital is turning to a sorry state of affairs owing to sheer ignorance on part of Shadananda municipality which was mandated with entire responsibility for operation and preservation of the hospital, said locals.     It may be noted that the hospital was built by Mahadev Khimti Pokhare Kalika Construction Service JV Kathmandu at the cost of Rs 24.51 million. The Indian government had granted the assistance for the construction of hospital building.