Kathmandu, Aug 20, The Nepal Food Corporation and National Trading Limited have been merged to form the ‘ Food Management and Trade Company’. Earlier, the government had decided to merge two companies for making a single entity. The new entity has come into operation after getting registered at the Office of Company Registrar on August […]
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‘Dolpo Festival’ scheduled in world’s highest altitude human settlement
Surkhet, Aug 20, Dho Tarap, the world’s highest altitude human settlement in Dolpa district is hosting a festival. The festival named ‘Dolpo Festival’ has been scheduled on coming September 10-14 on the ground of local Crystal Mountain School at Dho Tarap of Dolpo Buddha rural municipality. The settlement lies at an altitude of 4,080 meters. […]
Physical infrastructure necessary to increase work efficiency : IGP Khanal
Pokhara, Aug 20, A modern building of Federal Police Unit Office has been constructed at a cost of Rs 27.87 million of National Reconstruction Authority Fund. The two and half storey building has 16 rooms. Inaugurating the newly constructed building here today, Inspector General of Police, Sarbendra Khanal said that physical infrastructure was necessary to […]
Landslide at Madhyapur Thimi municipality, five houses at risk
Bhaktapur, Aug 20, Five houses are at high risk when a landslide took place at Madhyapur Thimi municipality-1 this morning while digging a ditch for the construction of a water tank. The landslide following the rainfall on Monday night has put five houses at high risk in course of constructing a water tank […]
One dead, one hurt in road accident
Kawasoti, Aug 20, A person was killed and another injured in a road accident took place at Madhyabindu municipality along the East- West Highway in Nawalparasi this morning. The District Police Office, Nawalparasi has confirmed the death of Sahabir Aalam, 36, from Motihari, India who was operating a shop of plastic items at […]
Chandrayaan 2 successfully placed in moon’s orbit
New Delhi Aug 20, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed in the moon’s orbit on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver which took a little over 28 minutes was completed at 9:02 am. “Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today (August 20, 2019) at 0902 hrs IST […]
Moderate to heavy rainfall predicted for three days
Kathmandu, Aug 20, The monsoon has continued in the country as the eastern low pressure belt, ranging from north Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi to West Bengal of India and having the origin in the Bay of Bangladesh, is at the average point, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Issuing a special bulletin today, the […]
Prachanda sees need of talks to resolve of problems caused by river dams
Janakpurdham, Aug 20, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has spoken the need of sitting for dialogues with the Indian side strongly to seek a solution to the issues caused by river dams constructed by India along the Nepal-India border. In a discussion programme organised by the District Disaster Management Committee, Dhanusha […]
Revolving fund established
Damauli, Aug 20, A revolving fund has been established at Shiva Panchayan Secondary School at Vyas municipality-3 of Tanahun district. A local Krishna Kumar Shrestha established the revolving fund of Rs 111,111 established in the memory of his father late Resham Lal Shrestha and mother late Bishnu Maya Shrestha. Krishna Kumar said that the revolving […]
AVC Central Zone: three matches scheduled for today
Kathmandu, Aug 20, Three matches have been scheduled under the ongoing Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Central Zone Senior Male Volleyball Tournament. The event has been organised for the first time in Nepal. Bangladesh and Afghanistan, both in the Group ‘B’, are meeting for the first match for today at the Lakhankhel-based Tribhuvan Army Club. In […]