Landslide obstructs Karnali Corridor

For the last three days, debris of rock, sand and pebbles tumbling from the rocky cliff atop the Amrel Dev Community Forest in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality Ward No. 1, Kalikot has obstructed the Karnali Corridor down below.

PM instructs for prompt disaster response, relief

Prime Minister and Chairman of the ruling CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli has instructed the concerned bodies to promptly and effectively carry out the disaster management and relief works in Sindhupalchowk, which was recently devastated by floods.

Nepal’s foreign policy has taken concrete shape, says PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Friday that Nepal's foreign policy has taken a concrete shape in the last three years. While releasing two books titled "Foreign Policies of Nepal Orientation and Priority" and "COVID-19 Multi-Disciplinary Narratives" based on the important remarks and experiences of former Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali during his three-and-a-half year tenure, Prime Minister Oli said, “Just as no one can remove the new political map of Nepal, no one can harm our foreign...

Young people in focus of awareness programmes to fight drug abuse

In an effort to bring down the cases of drug abuse in the country, authorities have planned to focus on awareness-raising programmes, mostly among children, teenagers and youths. Nepal Police launched a three-day awareness programme from Wednesday to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking that falls on June 26. They said they would give continuity to such programmes in a bid to keep mostly children and youths away from drug addiction.

1,721 new cases of COVID-19, 5,455 recoveries, 27 deaths in 24 hours

With 1,721 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 631,152.

Housing grants available till mid-November

The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has extended the deadline for rebuilding the private houses till mid-November this year providing an opportunity to the earthquake victims who couldn’t rebuild their houses within the earlier deadlines.

Chinese tunnel design team arrives

A Chinese expert team has arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday to take tunnel construction work under Kathmandu/Terai-Madhes Fast Track (Expressway) Project ahead. A 14-member expert team including the project manager of China’s Poly Changda Engineering Company Limited, which has been awarded the contract for the construction of Package No. 2 Dhedre-Lendanda Tunnel under the project, has arrived in Kathmandu, according to Nepali Army Headquarters on Thursday.

PM Oli gives responsibility of additional ministries to existing ministers

Prime Minister Oli has kept the Defence and Foreign Affairs ministries with himself, according to Sher Bahadur Tamang, central committee member of the ruling CPN (UML) and former minister for health and population.

Prez appoints 20 officials to various constitutional bodies

resident Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed 20 officials in various constitutional bodies including the Public Service Commission and Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) among others.

Railway service in the name of VC Tul Bahadur Pun launched in the UK

The Great Western Railway in the UK has begun operation of railway service after the name of a former British Gurkha soldier decorated with the Victoria Cross (VC).

Women-led businesses earn less, females paid lower

Annual profit of a business run by female managers in Nepal is slightly above a quarter of what the entities run by male managers. Female-led businesses earn Rs. 343,000 profits on an average in a year which is just 28.5 per cent of the annual gain of the male-led businesses – Rs. 1,200,000, according to the latest analytical report of the Economic Census 2018 published recently by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

Relevant bodies have no record of stolen Taleju necklace

Over hundreds of years, foreign travellers, business and religious preachers took possession of countless cultural objects from Nepal. But we don’t know exactly how many were taken and by whom because no records of artefacts exist from before 1952 when the Department of Archaeology (DoA) was established to protect, preserve, restore, excavate and study the cultural artefacts of the country. Over the past year, many Nepali statues and objet d’art have been discovered in many collections and galleries...

Repairing of Melamchi water project starts, water supply likely to resume by October end

Rajendra Pant, spokesperson of Melamchi Water Supply Development Board (MWSDB), said that track opening work to the headwork area has been started in coordination with the wards no 1 and 2 of Helambu Rural Municipality.

1,511 new cases of COVID-19, 3,558 recoveries, 52 deaths in 24 hours

In 7,461 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,511 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population in the regular press briefing.

Government will take responsibility for care, protection of disabled, neglected children: PM Oli

In his address to a the central assembly convention of Nepal Bal Bandir (Nepal Children’s Organisation) virtually today, the Prime Minister was of the view that the country could get competent, capable and dedicated youth leadership if children of today were given proper care, guidance, education and helped to become physically and mentally strong, educationally sound and competitive.

Corruption case filed against then officials of Tax Clearance Commission

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against four former officials of the Tax Settlement Commission for their alleged involvement in corruption.

Final hearing on writs concerning HoR dissolution from today

Final hearing on writ petitions concerning the dissolution of the House of Representatives is beginning from today in the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court (SC).

End of vehicle restriction leads to traffic jams

After the 54-day-long restriction was lifted for private vehicles starting Tuesday, they have started plying the Kathmandu Valley’s roads again. As per the decision of the three district administrations of the Valley, the vehicles have come into operation on the basis of even-odd number plate rule -- meaning that the vehicles bearing an even number in their number plate are allowed to ply on even date while those bearing an odd number are allowed to do so on the odd date.

Provide 2nd dose vaccine to elders: SC

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government to immediately provide second dose of vaccine against COVID-19 to the senior citizens who have already received the first jab of Covishield.

Majority of Darchula roads blocked by landslides

Majority of the rural roads of the district have remained disrupted due to the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The monsoon-triggered landslides hit most of the unpaved roads including Gokule-Khar-Khalanga road section, Gokuleshwor-Lali road section, Darchula-Tinkar and Bitule-Paribagar road section, bringing the traffic to a grinding halt.