Buddha Air flight with 73 passengers onboard makes normal landing despite initial landing gear failure

Buddha Air's call sign 9N-ANI flight that flew from Kathmandu to Biratnagar at 8:33 am carrying 73 passengers including three infants, two children and 68 adults returned to Kathmandu after efforts to land the aircraft despite four to five times attempt to land the plane at the Biratnagar airport. There were four crew members in the aircraft.

Statues of porcupine made at Dumsichaur in Tanahun

The statues have been made to reflect the identity of the place as it is named ‘Dumsichaur’ (porcupine ground) and a large number of porcupines roam in and around the area. After the construction of the statues, the number of domestic tourists visiting the place has shot up.

Finance Minister Sharma directs secretaries to make action plans on budget implementation

Addressing a high-level discussion about the effective implementation of the budget at the Ministry of Finance on Monday, he expressed his commitment that there would be no delay in the work to be done by the Ministry of Finance regarding budget implementation and capital expenditure.

975 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours

In 12,081 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 975 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Monday through its regular update.

HoR meet postponed till Sept. 30

In the HoR meeting held today, it was notified to the lawmakers that the President has approved the Appropriation Bill and that two bills related to the budget were also endorsed by the National Assembly.

CPN (Maoist Center) to hold its local level assemblies on December 20

Shree Ram Dhakal, secretary of the Maoist Center's headquarters, informed that the new date for holding the local level assembly of the party was set as the previously set date fell during the festival period of Dashain, which falls on October 15.

Australia PM may skip COP26 climate summit

Australia's prime minister has signalled he may not attend the UN's landmark climate conference in November as his government faces continued criticism of its poor climate record.

NMC election on November

The Nepal Medical Council (NMC) is scheduled to hold its elections from November 19 and 20 outside Kathmandu Valley and on 26 and 27 in Kathmandu Valley.

Meeting of Council of Ministers today at 4:00 pm

The meeting of the Council of Ministers is taking place today at 4:00 pm. Badri Tiwari, deputy secretary at Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's secretariat, said that the cabinet meeting was being held today.

US has enough COVID-19 vaccines for boosters, kids’ shots

With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they’re confident there will be enough for both qualified older Americans seeking booster shots and the young children for whom initial vaccines are expected to be approved in the not-too-distant future.