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Kathmandu, March 28  Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has got 20 unit shares of the Trishuli III B hydropower project launched under the government’s ‘People’s Hydropower Programme’.  Likewise, his spouse Radhika Shakya also secured 20 units. The information was made public amid a programme held today at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation […]

Khalanga, March 28  A man has died after his under-construction house collapsed. His wife was also seriously injured in the incident, and is still in critical condition.   Ratna Raj Giri succumbed to his injuries sustained in the incident that took place on Wednesday at his under-construction house in ward no. 5 of Guthichaur rural […]

Kathmandu, March 28  Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa bade farewell to the national futsal team leaving today for Argentina to play the Futsal World Cup. The Minister wished the team success at an event held at the minister’s official residence in Pulchowk today.   On the occasion, Minister Thapa said it was an opportunity and […]

Kathmandu, March 28  Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun has asserted that Nepal and Bangladesh share bilateral and multilateral level cooperation in the field of energy. At a Nepal-Bangladesh Business Forum organized by the Bangladeshi Embassy here today, Minister Pun said that bilateral relations between Nepal and Bangladesh have been further bolstered […]

Kathmandu, March 28  Uncertainties loom over the continuation of volleyball as the national game, with a lack of clarity in a proposed bill related to the management and development of the country’s sports sector. The bill prepared by the Ministry of Youth and Sports has been tabled in the National Assembly.   The Cabinet meeting […]

Gaighat, March 28  The District Court Udayapur has convicted two teenage boys of rape and murder of a minor and slapped life imprisonment on them. The single bench of Judge Tejendra Prasad Sharma handed down the verdict against 16-year-old and 17-year-old boy culprits who had raped and murdered Aljina Khadka, 13, of Lafagaun in Rautamai […]

Gorkha, March 28  Three cadres of the group led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’ have announced their disassociation with the group. Issuing a statement here Wednesday, the group’s district member Anil Kumal, youth member Gokul Kumal and area committee member Meghraj Kumal announced abandoning the group. In the statement, the three have stated that they […]

Inruwa, March 28  Loss worth amounting to Rs 2 million was incurred in a fire that occurred in Harinagar rural municipality-4 of Sunsari last night.According to District Police Office Sunsari, the fire broke out at the house of Bijaya Jain, a local resident, due to short circuit caused damages worth over Rs 2 million.  The […]

Kathmandu, March 28  Press Chautari Nepal’s ex-Chair Rajendra Aryal has been bereaved of his father.  His father Champa Bahadur Aryal, 73, passed away while undergoing treatment at Kathmandu-based Norvic Hospital this morning.  Aryal, a permanent resident of Malika rural municipality of Gulmi, has been afflicted from lungs cancer.  The late Aryal is survived by two […]

Beni, March 28  A health office under the domain of Gandaki State government was inaugurated in Myagdi district headquarters, Beni.  The district health office which was scrapped following the enforcement of federalism on last July has been reinstated as an entity under the Ministry of Social Development of the Gandaki State government. Minister for Social Development […]