Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe

A gunman in a gas mask and construction vest set off smoke grenades and fired a barrage of bullets in a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn, wounding at least 10 people Tuesday, authorities said. Police were trying to track down the renter of a van possibly connected to the violence.

Integrated law on urban development in offing: PM Deuba

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Students display culinary skill at cookery competition

Mithila people have a robust appetite for delicious cuisines and the students of Premier College of Hospitality have proved how delicious Maithili cuisines are. Mithila cuisines, the provincial skill competition in Maithili cookery was organised in Janakpurdham, provincial capital of Province-1 on Monday to promote the traditional Maithili cuisine and to showcase the talent of those engaged in the hospitality sector.

Mahuwa collection season begins

With the onset of spring, the season to collect the flowers of Butter Tree, locally called Mahuwa, has begun. People of Kailali have started flocking to the forests to collect the flowers which fall from the tree in the months of March and April. These flowers are then used to make fragrant liquor. This is also the time to harvest wheat, so senior citizens, children and others who are not involved in field work use their time to gather Mahuwa. Bikram Chaudhary of Bhajani Municipality–3 said, “This...

Samjhana Birsana to be released on May 20

With the lifting of lockdown, film producers have started announcing the release dates of their films. Samjhana Birsana is the latest movie to announce its release date. The film starred Aakash Shrestha and Pooja Sharma is scheduled to be released on May 20. One of the songs of the film was made public recently.

Lhakpa Sherpa to climb Everest for 10th time

Lhakpa Sherpa is set to break her own record and climb Mount Everest for the 10th time. Sherpa, who already holds the record for the highest number of successful Everest ascents by a woman, arrived in Kathmandu from the United States of America on Friday and was feted by the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) on Monday. The Association wished her the best for her attempt at scaling the world’s tallest mountain a historic 10th time and handed her an NMA flag to hoist at the top.

Stakeholders urge parties to prioritise education in their election manifestos

Organisations working in education sector across the country have drawn the attention of political parties to prioritise education in their political manifestos. In an interaction programme on “Education in the Manifesto of Political Parties" organised by National Campaign for Education (NCE) on Sunday, representatives of 65 such organisations demanded that political parties accord priority to education in their manifestos.

Preparations for CAN Infotech 2022 in final stage

Preparations for the IME Pay CAN Infotech 2022 slated for April 20-25 have reached final stage. The six-day event will be held at the Bhrikuti Mandap Exhibition Centre in Kathmandu.

Street festival to be held in Fikkal

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Price of oil, vegetables, milk products goes soaring

The economic crisis has its toll on price inflation of goods and services. Consumer price inflation more than doubled to reach 7.14 per cent in the eighth month (mid-March) of Fiscal Year 2021/22 compared to 3.03 per cent a year ago, according to the Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation report of the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB).