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Gorkha, Sept 30,  A foreign tourist died of high altitude sickness in course of a mountaineering expedition to Manaslu mountain in Samagaon of Chumunubri rural municipality-1. The incident took place on Saturday. Polish citizen Rita Doneta Bladya,50, died of high altitude sickness in the third camp of the mountain, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police […]

Kathmandu, Sept 30,  Health services will continue as normal during the public holiday on the occasion of the Bada Dashain, Tihar and Chhat festivals. Accordingly, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has requested the local level government units to make necessary arrangement for the same. The MoFAGA issues an 11-point request to all […]

Damauli, Sept 30,  Nepali Congress leader Dr Minendra Rijal laid the foundation stone for a new building of Rishing rural municipality here on Sunday. The act however was protested by the ruling NCP workers, who were against the construction of the building at that location. The rural municipality Chair Rajendra Krishna Shrestha said that the […]

Kathmandu, Sept 30,  The Aagamchen temple in Basantpur Durbar Square of Kathmandu and the Degu Taleju temple in Patan Durbar Square of Lalitpur will be reconstructed through local users committee. The decision to this end was taken by an executive committee meeting of the National Reconstruction Authority. Financial support for the reconstruction of the temples […]

Lamahi, Sept 30, A seed processing centre has been established in Rajapur of Tulasipur-6 with the objective of producing quality seeds for the farmers in and around the district. The centre established by the Rukumeli Agro Seed Centre was inaugurated on Sunday. The centre received 50 per cent grant assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture […]

Kathmandu, Sept 29, The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and the Nepal Council for Standardization (NCS) has determined criteria for cosmetic items that are imported, produced, being sold and being used in the country. The 101th meeting of the NCS held under the chairmanship of Minister for Industry, Commence and Supplies Matrika Prasad Yadav […]

Kathmandu, Sept 29, “Navaratri Parba” or the nine-night festival of Bada Dashain, the great festival of the Hindus of Nepal, commenced from today. The first day of Bada Dashain festival is called “Ghatasthapana” that falls on Aswin Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the bright half of the lunar calendar in the month of Asoj. […]

Gorkha, Sept 29, Seeds for growing the Jamara (barley shoots) were sowed at the Dashain ghar in the Gorakhkali temple of Gorkha, as per the rituals marking Ghatasthapana, the first day of Bada Dashain festival. The ritual was carried out at the auspicious house of 10:35 am this morning, according to main priest Lila Bahadur […]

Surkhet, Sept 29, The Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in Karnali Province has said that its attention has been drawn towards the attempt of character assassination of the Province Chief Minister (CM) Mahendra Bahadur Shahi through a fake Facebook account. In a press statement issued by CM Shahi’s chief personal secretary […]

Kathmandu, Sept 29 . A three-storey building of Kuleshwor Awas Secondary School at Kathmandu Metropolitan City-14 built with financial assistance of the Indian government has been inaugurated. Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India in Kathmandu Dr Ajay Kumar and District Coordination Committee, Kathmandu’s Chairperson Shiva Sundar Raj Baidya and ward no 14’s Chairperson […]