Former Nepal skipper Paras Khadka announces retirement from international cricket

Former skipper of Nepali National Cricket team Paras Khadka has announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, morning.

Suicide cases on rise in Saptari

Suicide cases are rising in the Saptari district. As many as 118 people committed suicide in the last year, according to the data. According to Province-2 Police, a total of 2,118 people committed suicide in the last fiscal year 2020/21. Of them 75 hanged themselves, 42 consumed poison and one jumped into a river.

Love Circle to be released from digital platforms

The first look of the film “Love Circle” shot after the last year’s lockdown has been made public. Produced by Om Prakash Agrawal and Roshan Poudel, the comedy and suspense thriller is directed by Basanta Niraula. Director Niraula said that the movie 'Love Circle' has been made with the aim of showing only on digital platforms and providing some relief to the artistes and technicians who became jobless during the COVID-19 lockdown. Director Niraula, who does not want stay idle at any time,...

Kathputali selected for Winter Film Awards

A Nepali horror film “Kathputali” has been officially selected for the prestigious international film festival ‘Winter Film Awards’ to be held in the United States in September and October. The film has been shortlisted for the ‘Winter Fear Award Horror Film’ competition.

Sleep less, work more, Finance Minister tells new secretary

Newly appointed Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini assumed his office on Monday. He is transferred to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) from the Office of Finance Comptroller General. Meanwhile, incumbent Finance Secretary Shishir Kumar Dhungana is transferred to the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. He has six months’ term to serve as the secretary. In a programme organised by the Ministry, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma welcomed the new secretary Marasini and bade farewell...

Hilsa devoid of tourists in peak tourism season

Hilsa is unnaturally deserted, that too right in the middle of the tourism season. According to hotelier Karma Lama, Hilsa has not seen tourists for the last two years. “It now feels like a dream to think that up to 15,000 domestic and foreign visitors used to come to Hilsa in this season to travel to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. But COVID-19 stopped everything,” he said.

NICCI suggests including air cargo in multimodal transport

Nepal India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has suggested Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) to bring the transportation via air under intermodal transport. In a meeting with the Executive Director of the Board Ashish Gajurel at its secretariat, NICCI's Vice-president Sunil KC made a point to include all forms of goods transportation in multimodal transport. The bilateral chamber of commerce recommended to include Nepali construction entrepreneurs in the development and...

Cabinet expansion likely after task force’s report

Leaders of the ruling coalition Monday discussed the cabinet expansion as well as the points of the minimum common programme prepared by the task force. According to the Prime Minister’s private secretariat, Prime Minister and president of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba, chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Chairman of Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) Upendra Yadav discussed about the minimum common programme, running of the government and current...

Truth behind Mahakali incident will come out soon: Khand

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Monday informed the National Assembly about the incident that happened in the Mahakali River in Malghat of Byash Municipality, Darchula. Asking for some time to speak on contemporary issues, the minister said that the government was aware of the incident. “An investigative team has been formed to find the truth behind it,” he said.

In heat emergency, southern Europe scrambles for resources

A heat wave baking southeast Europe has fueled deadly wildfires in Turkey and threatened the national power grid in Greece as governments scrambled Monday to secure the resources needed to cope with the emergency.