Waling residents can pay revenue from phones

The residents of Waling Municipality in Syangja can now pay all the service charges and government revenue from their phones by downloading the Khalti Digital Wallet app.  The residents of the municipality have to pay various revenue and services, including property and service charges. The fee can be paid by logging into the government service menu on the Khalti mobile app or Khalti’s webpage - Khalti.com and tapping Walling Municipality.

Hanumnadhoka witnesses visitors’

After reopening for general public on November 18, the Hanumandhoka Durbar Museum, which was closed following the government-imposed lockdown to curb the ongoing pandemic, has seen a surge of visitors. Sandeep Khanal, Executive Director of Hanumandhoka Durbar Museum Development Committee, said that the museum opens from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm for domestic and foreign visitors. Almost 50 to 100 visitors have been visiting the palace museum on a daily basis since its reopening. After the earthquake,...

Murder mystery solved after 7 years

Sanokaji Tamang, 60, of Matatirtha Ward No. 6, Kathmandu, was killed by his wife Purna Laxmi and her paramour Bishal Tamang, 28, of Matatirtha Ward No. 9. The reason for the murder was extramarital affair. A week before the incident, Sanokaji saw his wife with Bishal in compromising situation in his room. After that, it was natural for them to quarrel and in a fit of rage, Purna Laxmi and Bishal killed Sanokaji, after which they took his body to nearby forest and buried there. A few days later,...

Home Ministry monitoring security bodies

Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' Friday said that monitoring of the activities of the security bodies under the ministry would be intensified. Speaking at the First Quarterly Review and Ministry level Development Problem Solving Committee meeting of the Fiscal Year 2077/78 at the ministry, Minister Thapa said, "Monitoring of subordinate units will be intensified." The Home Minister directed the officials to expedite the work in the coming days stating that the expected achievement...

Do not obstruct development activities: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Friday urged the concerned stakeholders not to create any obstruction to development activities in the name of ethnicity and cultural rights to meet petty political interest of particular group(s). Presiding over the first quarterly progress review meeting of the Ministry of Defence and Ministerial Development Problem Resolving Committee held at his residence in Baluwatar today, Prime Minister Oli said the people of Khokana should be convinced and those who are trying...

Draft projects of national need: Minister Gurung

Minister for Communication and Information Technology Parbat Gurung Friday asked the authorities in the ministry and the departments functioning under it to draft some projects of national need. Speaking at a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Development Assessment Committee (MDAC), Minister Gurung said that the authorities in the ministry and departments under it should draft projects of national need to achieve visible results.

Rising cold, air pollution raising virus risks

As the temperature plummets throughout Nepal, many worry the impact of the increasing cold on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Even Nepal Telecom has slightly altered its usual COVID-19 centric user caller ring back tone (CRBT), this time cautioning the masses to stay safe against the cold and a host of different ailments that comes with it. The beginning of winter marks a surge in influenza cases throughout the country. Dr Santa Kumar Das, Pulmonologist, and COVID-19 focal person at Tribhuvan University...

China slams new U.S. visa rules targeting CPC members

Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily news briefing when asked to comment on the new visa rules from the United States, which limit the duration of travel visas for CPC members and their immediate families.

1,272 new cases, 1,577 recovered, 16 deaths in last 24 hours

The Ministry of Health and Population stated on Friday in its COVID-19 update that 8,031 PCR tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and that 1,272 persons were found infected with the virus.

Narayan Gopal, the singer who hid his own pain but made others happy

While remembering Narayan Gopal, another singer, Ram Krishna Duwal said that Naryan Gopal wanted Nepali light classical vocal music or Nepali Sugam Sangeet to be of international standard and have global significance.