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Tokyo, Oct 23 , President Bidya Devi Bhandari has left for home via Tokyo Haneda Airport this morning after attending Emperor Naruhito’s special enthronement ceremony at the cordial invitation of Japan government. President Bhandari was seen off by Japanese Foreign Minister’s special assistant Masashi Ogawa, Nepal’s Ambassador to Japan Prateeva Rana and other officials of […]

Kathmandu, Oct 23, The construction of ground floor of Kasthamandap has completed. Organizing a public hearing event on Tuesday, the Kasthamandap reconstruction committee said almost half of the re-build works of Kasthamandap has been over. According to Rajendra Shakya, chairperson of the users committee, said Rs 30 million has been so far spent in the […]

Melamchi, Oct 23, The international-level Himalayan White Water Challenge-2019 is to take place in Sindhupalchowk. Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies (NARA) is organizing the international competition in the Bhotekoshi River on November 26-28. Narayan Shrestha, Associate Treasurer of the NARA informed that this year’s Himalayan White Water Challenge programme is to take place in the […]

Phidim, Oct 22, Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the relation of Nepal with two neighbouring countries – India and China, has reached to a new height. Talking to media persons at Phidim today, Chair Dahal said, “Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Nepal visit and operation of […]

Kathmandu, Oct 22,  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwor Pokhrel has said small countries are facing challenges to protect their environment and ecology due to impact of climate change, seeking support from the developed and industrial countries to maintain the ecological balance. In his address today to a session on the ‘common interest […]

Kathmandu, Oct 22,  Around 1,500 Tribhuvan University teachers are found to have been teaching at other campuses. TU Monitoring Directorate executive director Bishnu Khanal said they are doing part-time jobs in other colleges after taking permission from the TU. The by-rule relating to the Directorate allows TU permanent teachers and those appointed on contract-basis to […]

China, Oct 22, The 2019 South China Sea Buddhism Shenzhen Roundtable was held in Shenzhen city of china, attracting Buddhist leaders and scholars from 18 countries including Nepal, and others from the South China Sea region. The topic of mutual learning among civilizations were discussed over the meeting with a call for concerted efforts to […]

Kathmandu, Oct 22, A U- 23 Nepali national football team is leaving home for Doha of Qatar to play an international friendly match. The team, presently preparing for the 13th South Asian Games that Nepal is hosting, will meet Myanmar on coming October 25 in Doha for the friendly match. The 32-member team comprising 24 […]

Baitadi, Oct 22, Eight people were injured, two of them seriously, when the bulldozer driver attacked them with the bucket of the vehicle in course of dispute regarding the construction of road. Gaura Joshi and Suresh Prasad Joshi have sustained serious injuries in the attack. The incident happened in Gwallek of Dasharath Chand Municipality-9 when […]

Kathmandu, Oct 22 , The fourth meeting of Commerce Joint-Secretary Level Technical Committee of Nepal and Bangladesh began in the capital from today with an objective of promotion of trade between Nepal and Bangladesh. According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, extensive discussion would be held on the issue of reducing trade deficit […]