English news

Humla, March 25  Owing to sheer ignorance of contractors, nine suspension bridges being constructed in the district has been in limbo. The construction of the suspension bridges has remained uncertain due to contractor’s ignorance in the supply of materials.In a severe breach of the contract, the construction of the bridges linking different villages in the […]

Gaighat, March 25  The state-owned Udayapur Cement Factory has made a leap forward in cement production in the last one-and-a-half years. The factory is producing 18,000 sacks of cements a day with the smooth supply of power since a week. According to Nawal Kishore Saha, factory’s acting general manager, the production output of the factory […]

Inruwa, March 25  A fire left four houses gutted at Bhokraha Narsingh rural municipality-2, Akaha Bazaar in Sunsri on Sunday. Properties worth Rs 1.2 million turned into ashes in the incident. The inferno destroyed houses of locals, including Ram Prasad Sharma, Deep Narayan Sharma, Budh Narayan Sharma and Satya Narayan Sharma, shared Gyanendra Prasad Phuyal, […]

    Kathmandu, March 24 : The transcendental meditation is being practiced worldwide simultaneously from 6:00pm today. Maharshi Mahesh Yogi has made efforts to restore the traditional Vedic guru-disciple meditation, reasoning its waning practice in the modern days. The collective meditation is aimed at creating awareness on Vedic meditation. The meditation centres from 192 countries […]

Chitwan, March 24 Nepali Congress leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the culture of groupism is natural within the party, but a mafia culture is sheer misfortune. Speaking at a party cadres’ gathering in Chitwan today, he reiterated, “It will be dangerous for the party if mafia rules the roost.” According to him, the culture […]

Parbat, March 24  The inmates in the district prison here have undergone health checkup on the occasion of the World Tuberculosis Day today. A total of 97 prisoners were provided health checkup, said Sajila Maharjan, Chief of the District Health Office. She added that they also underwent HIV and tuberculosis tests as well. The test […]

Kathmandu, March 23 : Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended a special reception hosted here on Saturday evening on the occasion of the 79th National Day of Pakistan. Also present on the occasion were Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Prime Minister’s chief political advisor Bishnu Rimal, foreign advisor Dr Rajan […]

Lahan, Siraha, March 23 : Three persons were killed in two separate fire incidents in Siraha district on Saturday. Two children–six-year-old Diksha Dhamala, daughter of Dipak Dhamala and Ritu Pokharel, a seven-year-old daughter of Nitya Raj – were burnt alive when a fire caught the cowshed of Dipak at Amiltar of Dhangadhimai municipality-4, said the […]

Kathmandu, March 23  The third meeting of the security officials of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held on March 21 in Thailand has touched upon various burning issues like cyber crime, criminal activities, human trafficking and drug smuggling.  The member countries have expressed their strong commitment to deal […]

Rolpa, March 24  Eighty-four children found working as labours in various sectors have been reunited with their families in Rolpa district. These children were found working at brick kilns, hotels and restaurants and in public vehicles in Kathmandu. According to Save the Children, Rolpa, most of these children who were reunited with their families have […]