The Himalayan Times
In search of water
Kathmandu, May 29, 2016:Â Looking at our dry taps and how we are suffering from an acute shortage of water, it will perhaps seem like...
Quake victims still await state grant
Pic. Earthquake survivors of Tamang community wait for relief materials in Batase of Sindhupalchok district
Sindhulimadi, May 27, 2016: With the onset of monsoon and the government’s...
Rara National Park: Potential touristic hub
May 26, 2016
Rara National Park is the smallest National Park of Nepal located in the Himalayan region of Mugu and Jumla districts.
It was established...
Members of int’l drug smuggling racket arrested, cocaine worth Rs 53.5...
Kathmandu, May 25, 2016: Nepal Police’s Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three foreigners and a Nepali national in possession of 2.683 kg of cocaine.
The contraband fetches Rs...
No end in sight to plight of Barpak earthquake victims
Barpak, May 24, 2016:Â After the devastating earthquake of last April robbed her of her beloved son and her home, 65-year-old Kalimaya Ghale of Barpak,...
Himalaya Airlines to commence its scheduled flight from May-end
Kathmandu, May 24, 2016: Himalaya Airlines — a Nepal-China joint venture airline — has announced its direct scheduled flight to Doha, Qatar from May 31....
Lost Childhood
Kathmandu, May 24, 2016
It is shocking to learn that scores of children below 16 years of age had to quit school after one or...
Improved fixed chimney technology introduced for brick kilns in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, May 23, 2016:Â At a time when brick kilns are being blamed for increasing air pollution in the Valley, the Ministry of Energy has...
Children overburdened with heavy schoolbags
Kathmandu, May 22, 2016:Â Magisha Gautam, an eighth grader and Magish Gautam, a fifth grader at Anamnagar-based Occidental Public School, walk 15 minutes to school...
The life that you write: Manjushree Thapa
Kathmandu, May 22, 2016:Â As renowned author Manjushree Thapa gets ready for the launch of her upcoming work All Of Us In Our Own Lives,...
Dutch, Australian climbers killed on Mt Everest
Kathmandu, May 22, 2016:Â Two climbers were killed and a few others suffered altitude sicknesses, snow blindness and frostbite near the top of Mt Everest...
KOICA begins health recovery project in Nuwakot
Pic. Delegates at a function organised to lay the foundation stone for the Nuwakot Health Reconstruction and Recovery Programme on Wednesday, March 18, 2016.
Kathmandu, May...
Energy company gone with the wind?
Pic. A wind-solar energy project being run in Phaparbari village of Makawanpur district.
Kathmandu, May 20, 2016:Â Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had promised last year to...
Nepal moves closer to polio endgame
Kathmandu, May 19, 2016:Â Implementing a monumental change in vaccination that is expected to bring the world closer to eradicating all types of polio, all...
Row stalls bridge operation
Pic. A view of the newly constructed bridge over Rakamkhola along the Chhinchu-Jajarkot road section, in Jajarkot, on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.
Jajarkot, May 19, 2016:Â Two...
Govt launching school reconstruction today
Kathmandu, May 19, 2016:Â The Ministry of Education is commencing school reconstruction through Emergency School Reconstruction Project funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency amid a...
Baluwatar team all set for Malaysia tour
Kathmandu,May 18, 2016: A 15-member team of Baluwatar Cricket Club is on Wednesday leaving for Malaysia to participate in the KDP U-15 Tri-series Cricket...
Nine-point deal dashes victims’ hope for justice
Kathmandu,May 18,2016: The recent nine-point pact sealed between the ruling CPN-UML and UCPN-Maoist parties has shattered thousands of conflict-victims’ hope for justice, the transitional...
13 hurt in clashes in Baluwatar
Pic. Cadres of Federal Alliance formed by the Madhesi and Janajati forces clash with police
during a sit-in outside PMÂ’s residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday,...
Australia’s Maxwell returns home injured from IPL.
Kathmandu,May 17,2016:Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has suffered a side strain in the Indian Premier League and will head home to recover before the West...
Federal Alliance to protest outside PM’s house today
Kathmandu, May 17, 2016: After protesting outside the country’s main administrative centre, Singha Durbar, for two consecutive days, the Federal Alliance today decided to picket...
NCE seeks more budget for education
Kathmandu, May 17, 2016:Â National Campaign for Education, a network of 286 non-government organisations and 13 organisations working in education and child rights, demanded allocation...
Donald Trump says unlikely to have a good relationship with British...
May 16,2016: Donald Trump said that if he wins power in the US presidential election he is unlikely to have a good relationship with...
‘We’ve met the obligation; now, it’s time to move on’: Ncell...
Kathmandu, May 16, 2016: On December 21, Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Axiata Investments (UK) Ltd, entered into a ‘conditional sale and...
