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Three cleanest cities to be awarded cash prizes
Kathmandu, April 6, 2017: The government has decided to award municipalities making special contribution to waste management.
According to Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre under...
Ballot papers printed for 60 districts
Kathmandu, April 5, 2017: The Election Commission today said ballot papers needed for local level elections slated for May 14 had been printed for 60...
NTB signs agreements with BBC, Reuters and TripAdvisor for promotion
Kathmandu, April 4, 2017: Nepal will be promoted through international media and a popular travel website, which is expected to raise the inflow of tourists...
Election fever
The new local level has been given vast powers but the previous local bodies did not have much power at their disposal
The entire nation...
Road outside Election Commission declared prohibited zone
Kathmandu, April 2, 2017: The Kathmandu Chief District Officer on Sunday declared the road outside the Election Commission among six places of the Capital prohibited...
More than 75,000 Nepalis taking Korean Language Test this year
Kathmandu, April 2, 2017: Altogether 75,607 job aspirants have submitted online application forms for the Korean Language Test slated for June 10 and 11 this...
KMC to use broomers to clean dusty roads
Kathmandu, April 2, 2017: Executive Officer at the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ishwor Raj Poudel, has unveiled his office’s plan to upgrade the Valley’s environment within...
Nepathya shares exciting plans for 25th year
Kathmandu, March 31, 2017: Nepathya, a popular folk-rock band of Nepal, is celebrating the next one year (2017 April-2018 April) as the band’s silver jubilee...
Govt plans to implement ‘Mobile Number Portability’
Kathmandu, March 29, 2017: Not happy with the service of the telecom operator but hesitating to switch owing to hassles of changing the number? A...
National cricket team off to Bangladesh
Kathmandu, March 26, 2017: A 20-member Nepali cricket team today left for Bangladesh to take part in the ACC Emerging Teams Cup to be held...
Pace of urbanisation rapid in Nepal
Kathmandu, March 26, 2017: The level of urbanisation in Nepal remains low, but its pace has been rapid and is likely to remain so in...
Lone rebel activist writer
Kathmandu, March 25, 2017: I sometimes wonder how I became a rebel,” wonders award-winning Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who was in Kathmandu recently for a...
Domestic mobile phone market expands rapidly
Government statistics reveal country imported more than nine million handsets in less than one year
Kathmandu, March 25, 2017: With the increase in demand, the import...
Tiger numbers up in Kailali, Kanchanpur
Dhangadhi, March 24, 2017: Several years of initiatives of the government and environmentalists to conserve tigers and other threatened species seem to have finally paid...
Sri Lankan cricketers to tour Nepal
Kathmandu, March 23, 2017: Periwinkle Service is organising the three-match Twenty20 Cricket Series between Gorkha Rhinos and Lankan Lions here at Tribhuvan University Stadium from...
Fake quake victims return grant amount
Kavre, March 21, 2017: Some ‘fake earthquake victims’ from Kavre district have started returning the relief amount, which was offered by the government for construction...
Construction of International Exhibition Venue at Chobhar to start soon
Kathmandu, March 20, 2017: The government’s plan to develop an international exhibition venue (IEV) on 10.3 hectares of land in Chobhar of Kathmandu along with...
Experts stress employable education
Kathmandu, March 19, 2017: Academicians, business professionals and government bureaucrats have stressed the need to develop the country’s education system in line with the requirements...
Laptops for quake-hit schools in Lalitpur
Lalitpur, March 18, 2017: Chief Executive Officer of the National Reconstruction Authority Govinda Raj Pokharel said coordination among all governmental as well as non-governmental sectors...
Melamchi project told to spray water to tackle dust
Kathmandu, March 15, 2017: Environment Protection Committee of the Parliament on Tuesday instructed Melamchi Water Supply Project to spray water to reduce dust pollution in...
New metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities inauguratred
Kathmandu, March 14, 2017: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today inaugurated 744 new local levels across the country amid a programme organised at the Lalitpur...
Rukum children run sanitation campaign
Rukum, March 14, 2017: Students of Bal Jagaran Primary School of Jhula VDC, Rukum have launched a sanitation campaign through their children’s club, encouraged with...
Kathmandu University to receive Rs 8m grant from Japan
Kathmandu, March 14, 2017: The government of Japan has decided to provide a sum of 82,800 US dollars, equivalent to over eight million rupees, to...
Shrestha wins Lumbini Peace Marathon
Lumbini, March 13, 2017: Homlal Shrestha of Tribhuvan Army Club won the third Lumbini Peace Marathon on Sunday.
Shrestha clocked two hours, 22 minutes and 36...
