Elderly Sapkota taking care of old, abandoned cattle

‘These cows have to survive under the open sky with pains of hunger and disease. So I have devoted myself in the campaign to take care of them” he said.

Bullfight in Nuwakot on Maghe Sankranti: 31 pairs of bulls registered

According to the organisers, 31 pairs of bulls have been registered for four different places. Out of 31 pairs, 17 pairs have been registered for Taruka, the major place for bullfighting, in Tarakeshwor Rural Municipality-3.

Winter likely to end with dry spell, temperature expected to rise

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, there is a slim chance of the existing minimum temperature going further down rapidly due to the absence of possibilities of any significant system that could bring adequate rainfall and cold wind in the coming days.

Current government is government of stability: PM Oli

Addressing today's meeting of the National Assembly (NA), Prime Minister Oli argued that the incumbent was the government of stability although conspiracies were hatched to remove the prime minister.

Chairman Nepal asks cadres to get ready for uprising

Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prachanda-Nepal faction Madhav Kumar Nepal has accused the Prime Minister of pushing the country towards crisis by dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR).

NA seventh session prorogued

The seventh session of the National Assembly (NA) that started on January 1 has prorogued today. At today's NA meeting, NA Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina read out a letter in this regard sent by President and announced that the session was prorogued.

US tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus

The U.S. has topped 4,000 daily deaths from the coronavirus for the first time, breaking a record set just one day earlier.

NA members make mixed reactions on government’s recent move

Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi accused the government of breaching the Constitution in the name of announcing the elections. “Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve the parliament should be retrieved”.

NHRC urges to respect citizens’ right to peaceful assembly

NHRC’s Bagmati Province Office instructed Chief District Officers and security chiefs of Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts to remain sensitive to the right of the citizens.

China-EU landmark Geographical Indications Agreement to propel trade of high-quality products to new highs

The start of 2021 is distinguished by the implementation of the landmark China-European Union (EU) bilateral agreement on protecting 100 European Geographical Indications (GIs) in China and 100 Chinese GIs in the EU against usurpation and imitation.

House Democrats discussing swift action to impeach Trump

Democrats are discussing Friday whether to move forward with the quick impeachment of President Donald Trump if his Cabinet doesn’t try to remove him first, acting swiftly two days after the U.S. Capitol was ransacked by a pro-Trump mob.

Vegetable farming: Jukepani locals earn Rs. 40 million a year

Yam Kumari Thapa Magar has succeeded to construct a two-storey house from the income of vegetable sale. She said that she had been saving about eight lakh rupees annually.

A new process to start in politics if PM did mea culpa: Leader Shrestha

Speaking in the special hour in the meeting of the National Assembly today, he said, "There is still time and opportunity at present for the self-realisation and I would humbly request the Prime Minister to come forward making a self-criticism of his unconstitutional announcement (of dissolution of the HoR) with the intent of reinstating it. A new process would start if that is done (by the PM)."

Mahakali Irrigation Project sees only 50 percent progress till deadline

The project is yet to take an appropriate decision regarding the clearing of the forest. According to the acting director of the third phase project, Rana Bahadur Bam, the process of cutting down the trees has been forwarded and reached the concerned Ministry and it was delayed there.

Karnali investment summit to be held in April

The Province Planning Commission vice chair Dr Sarvaraj Khadka shared that the summit will be helpful to create a conducive environment for investment and attract the development partners in the region to accelerate developmental activities.

One dead, one injured as bus veers off road, plunges into Bheri River

Ram Prasad Gharti, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Surkhet District Police Office, informed that the bus met an accident along Chhinchu Jajarkot road section, at Bhulke, Gurbhakot Municipality-9 in Surkhet district.

Agriculture Ministry urges high caution in view of bird flu detection in neighbouring India

The Ministry has sent a circular to seven border animal quarantine offices under it along the Nepal-India border in the Tarai directing a high caution. It has also directed a halt to the import of poultry products from India, said the Ministry's Spokesperson Dr Sriram Ghimire.

NA members express mixed views on HoR dissolution

During the special hour of today's NA meeting, lawmaker Ram Narayan Bidari said that the HoR could not be dissolved in the interest of the prime minister.

SC will reinstate HoR: Dr Rijal

Nepali Congress leader Dr Minendra Rijal has expressed the belief that the Supreme Court will reinstate the House of Representatives.

PM Oli presents government's Annual Report to President Bhandari

In the last fiscal year, an additional 979 kilometers of road has been blacktopped while 757 kilometers road has been upgraded to seasonal roads. Similarly, 218 road bridges have been constructed and an irrigation facility has been extended in additional 5,567 hectares of land.