The Himalayan Times
Water crisis may persist for a decade
Kathmandu, May 16, 2016:Â Denizens of Kathmandu Valley, who have been expecting respite from severe water crisis after the completion of Melamchi Drinking Water Project,...
La.Lit, These Fine Lines launched
Kathmandu, May 15, 2016:Â The sixth volume of La.Lit (new fiction from Nepal), and These Fine Lines: Poems of Restraint and Abandon, an anthology of...
Footballer Magar leaving for Belgium for treatment.
May 13, 2016- National football team member Bimal Gharti Magar is leaving for Belgium for his treatment.
Magar, who plays as a forward, has sustained...
Rato Machhindranath chariot procession
Pic. Revellers pull the chariot of Rato Machhindranath, the God of Rain, and pass by the historic Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,...
British climbers first foreigners to scale Mt Everest in two years
Kathmandu, May 13, 2016:Â Renowned British climber Kenton Cool, along with fellow mountaineer Robert Lucas and two Sherpa guides, successfully reached the top of Mt...
Valley groundwater level drastically down
Kathmandu, May 12, 2016:Â The groundwater level has gone down by eight metres in just five years in Pepsicola, Kathmandu, thanks to over-exploitation of natural...
Not enough space
Kathmandu, May 11, 2016:Â The hoarding board of Lalit Kala Campus stands on the college premises in Bhotahiti, but you can no longer hear students...
Safe on the roads
Kathmandu, May 11, 2016:Â As per the latest statistics of the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 1.25 million people die each year as a result...
Handicraft Fair concludes
Kathmandu, May 10, 2016:Â The five-day long 13th Handicraft Trade Fair and 11th Craft Competition concluded here today, making business transaction of around Rs 60...
Ncell deposits Rs 9.97 billion in state coffers
Kathmandu, May 09, 2016:Â Ncell, the largest private telecom company in Nepal, today transferred Rs 9.97 billion to the state coffers, as per the instructions...
Leopards have lost 75 percent of historic range, study shows.
LAGOS ,May 08,2016: Leopards have lost 75 percent of their historic range across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with three Asian subspecies in danger...
Reconstruction authority uses mere 9.34pc of allocated funds.
May 07,The Ministry of Finance, on February 28, gave authority to NRA to spend Rs 65 billion in the current fiscal. But NRA was...
Midwives saving thousands of lives
Kathmandu, May 06, 2016:Â A full two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide could be prevented if only a midwife had been present and midwives...
Disaster recovery centre being constructed in Hetaunda
Pic. Representatives from Ministry of Science and Technology, Korean Embassy, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and National Information Technology Centre (NITC) inspect the progress of...
NC, UCPN-M, UDMF join hands to topple govt
Kathmandu, May 05, 2016:Â Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, has joined hands with the second-largest ruling coalition partner Unified CPN-Maoist and agitating Madhes-based parties...
No luxury in luxurious Mahanagar Yatayat
Kathmandu, May 03, 2016:Â Just one-and-a-half month ago, Mahanagar Yatayat unveiled 39 luxurious buses to ply on the ringroad of Kathmandu Valley.
That event had come...
Traffic Police launches app to manage city movements
Pic. Inspector General of Police Upendra Kanta Aryal launching the Traffic Police Nepal App, in Kathmandu, on Monday, May 2, 2016.
Kathmandu, May 03,...
Grade XII examinations beginning today
Kathmandu, May 02, 2016:Â The Grade XII examinations is beginning from today. A total of 369,426 students are appearing in the exams from 921 examination...
Intelligent traffic management system mooted to ease jams
Kathmandu, April 29, 2016:Â The government is planning to put in place intelligent traffic system, which would provide real time visualisation of traffic jams and...
Students’ safety in schools, colleges in question
Kathmandu, April 28, 2016:Â Students spend a large portion of their time in school and college. Hence, the need for schools and colleges to be...
Quake-affected languishing in temporary shelters
In this Oct. 20, 2015 photo, a Nepalese child victim of the April 25 earthquake lies inside a temporary shelter in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Dhading,...
Earthquake-hit schools still in ruins
Pic:Â A temporary learning centre of Mahendrodaya Secondary School, in Mulpani VDC, Dhading, on Monday, April 26, 2016
Dhading, April 26, 2016:Â Most of the school buildings...
Mega reconstruction campaign kicks off
Kathmandu, April 25, 2016:Â On the occasion of the first memorial of the devastating earthquake of last year, with its epicentre in Barpak, Gorkha, the...
PM pays tribute to people killed in earthquake
Kathmandu, April 24, 2016:Â Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli paid tribute to the earthquake victims on Sunday.
Prime Minister Oli reached earthquake-devastated Dharahara site in the...
