KATHMANDU: Condolence has been offered to national luminary Bhimsen Thapa on his 245th Birth Anniversary today here. No public gathering has been organised this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the National Luminary Bhimsen Thapa Memorial Academy. Thapa was born in Borlang in Gorkha district on..
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PARASI: A person has gone missing in Narayani river in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta West) this morning. Radhe Shyam Koiri, 52, of Susta rural municipality went missing in Narayani river in course of collecting timber swept away by the river. Information Officer at the District Police Office,..
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TISTUNG: The Palung-Naubise road section along the Tribhuvan Highway has come to a halt. Police Inspector of Area Police Office Khanikhola Ruk Bahadur Khadka informed a landslide occurred at Satghumti along the road section since this morning disrupted the road traffic here. Hundreds of vehicles..
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CHITWAN: Landslide again took place at Ichhakamana rural municipality-6, Charkilo along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section this morning. According to the District Police Office Chitwan, landslide occurred at the same place immediately after resuming one-way traffic with the removal of debris off..
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JHAPA: Sixteen people have died in landslides and flooding in Jhapa district in the past one month. The latest victims of the disasters are three children who drowned on Wednesday. Ankus, 10-year-old son of Anil Tamang of Bhadrapur municipality-2--drowned. His body was found floating in a pond in..
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KIMATHANKA: As many as 104 households have been displaced after landslide at Silichong Rural Municipality-1 of Sankhuwasabha. Chief District Officer, Jivan Prasad Acharya, informed that 104 families from different villages including Chepchewa were posed to high risk of landslide in the district...
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GORKHA: The Gorkha-Aanbukhaireni road section which was halted since Tuesday has resumed today. According to Traffic Police Office Gorkha chief, Mitra Lal Dhakal, it came into operation from this morning as landslide debris deposited at about 25 places along the road section were cleared last..
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BALEWA: The under-construction Baribeni Broader Lifting Drinking Water Project located at Jaljala rural municipality-3 of Parbat district is at the risk of flood and landslide. The drinking water project is under construction at a cost of Rs 130 million. The flood has damaged lifting connection..
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DAMAULI: Krishna Neupane The Division Forest Office, Tanahun, is preparing to count the number of leopards in Bhanu Municipality. As the cases of leopard attacks sharply rose in the recent times, the Office is working for the leopard census for the management of human-wildlife conflict. Chief of..
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KATHMANDU:- The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology held a discussion with the stakeholders on procedures to resume educational institutions in the country. Representatives of Nepal Teachers Federation, School Operators, Guardians Association and other stakeholders took part in the..
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ROLPA:- Former Member of Parliament, Barman Budha, passed away this morning. He was 90. Budha was the first person to take membership of the Communist Party from Rolpa. The veteran communist leader of Rolpa died at 4.30 am today at Patan Hospital in Lalitpur, his daughter Bijaya Budha said. He had..
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SURUNGA: Bibek Darnal, 15, of Mechinagar-9 died when a landslide buried a house at Buddhashanti rural municipality-7, Motidanda in Jhapa. Police verified that the landslide that occurred on Tuesday night had buried the house of Tej Kumar Baraili of Buddhashanti-7 leaving Darnal dead. Tilmaya..
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TAPLEJUNG: Incessant rain triggered flood in a local river has swept away two bridges at Olangchungola in Taplejung. The flood-fed river took away the bridges of Olangchungola sharing border with China in Faktanglung rural municiplaity-7 last night, informed ward chairperson Chheten Bhote. He..
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KATHMANDU:- Nepal Government has appointed Dilliraj Ghimire as the chair of the Administrative Court. A cabinet meeting on Monday decided to appoint Ghimire, a permanent resident of Arghakhanchi, to the position. Rita Mainali of Terhathum and Krishna Prasad Poudel of Syangja were appointed the..
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GORKHA: Traffic along Gorkha-Aanbukhaireni road section has been obstructed due to landslide from this morning. Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Gorkha, Basudev Khatiwada, said that the road section has been completely obstructed due to landslide occurred at two..
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GANDAKI: The Annapurna rural municipality in Kaski, the district in Gandaki state, is preparing to launch paragliding from Deurali to Aaaledanda of Ghandruk. Rural municipality chair Yubaraj Kunwar said the preparations for launching the service were on, targetting people having interests in..
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KATHMANDU: Nepal Red Cross has intensified the distribution of relief materials to the households which have suffered most in the monsoon caused disasters. As many as 225 families from 18 districts including Sindhupalchowk, Myagdi, Gulmi and Jajarkot which are worst hit in the landslide and floods..
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KATHMANDU:- Nepali Congress leaders have expressed concern over the removal of journalist from work. During a meeting held jointly by the COVID-19 pandemic monitoring committee of the NC and Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) on Monday, monitoring committee coordinator Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat..
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KATHMANDU:- Nepal first public transport company Sajha Yatayat, a public transportation service with government’s investment, is to resume its services from Thursday observing precaution against COVID-19. The public transportation services had come to a halt all over the country after the..
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KATHMANDU:- The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has objected to the provisions of the Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) bill registered at the National Assembly of the federal parliament on 11 July. The umbrella organization of the working journalists in the country has taken exception to..
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US President-elect Joe Biden has made it clear that diplomacy will be at the center of his administration’s foreign policy. Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris..
