In a worrying trend, health professionals are being assaulted one after another. In a span of two weeks, they have been beaten in over half a dozen health centres. Since September 13, when two doctors were attacked at Hetauda-based Sancho Hospital, th
India secured their place in the final against Pakistan in the Saff U19 Championship by defeating the hosts Nepal 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out at Dashrath Stadium on Wednesday evening. Sahil Khurshid scored the opening goal for India in the 26th minute, but Samir Tamang's equalizer for Nepal in the 74th minute sent the match into a penalty shoot-out. Nepal was unlucky in the tie-breaker as Ashwin Ghorasini and Kushal Deuba were the o
With the erection of the ceremonial pole 'Yosin', Yenya or Indra Jatra began in the capital on Tuesday. Although marked across Kathmandu Valley as well as in Kavrepalanchowk and Dolakha, the festival is most strongly associated with the city of Kathmandu, perhaps because the celebrations here are widely covered by the media and are also attended by the head of state, foreign dignitaries and high-ranking government and security officials.
Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Minister for Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation, has assured to solve the problems of electric poles and transformers in Narainapur of Banke district. Minister Basnet made the assurance while addressing a welcome programme by the Ward No. 1 Office of Narainapur Rural Municipality on Wednesday. He had reached Narainapur to take part in a programme under the three-month transformation campaign of the CPN (Maoist Centre).
Whenever I talk to my friends in Nepal, I don’t miss to ask them a simple question that is ‘how is the reading culture at present?’ The answer I get from them is not encouraging. Both my
A religious fair has begun at the Ninglasaini Bhagwati Temple in Dehimandu of Dashrathchand Municipality-2, Baitadi in Sudurpaschim on Wednesday. The fair is observed each year from the 12th to the 14th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadra.
President Ramchandra Paudel has extended best wishes to all Nepalis living in Nepal and abroad on the occasion of Kumari and Indra Jatra on Thursday. Kumari Jatra is part of the larger festival of Indra Jatra or Yenya celebrated for eight lunar days in the bright fortnight of the Nepali month of Bhadra.
Except for their record in T20 cricket, Nepali players' performance was disappointing at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday. Nepali taekwondo players kept on losing as Abhishek Baral (men's -80kg), Bir Bahadur Mahara (men's -68kg), and Indira Basnet (women's -67kg) lost their respective bouts with an identical 2-0 score. Baral lost his round of 32 match, while Mahara and Basnet were eliminated from their round of 1
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has increased the capacity of 220 kV New Khimti substation located in Sankhe (Phulasi) of Manthali Municipality-13 of Ramechhap district. In the 220/132 kV substation, there is only a power transformer of 100 MVA capacity, and an auto transformer of 200 MVA has been added, according to the NEA.
The urgency for Southeast Asian nations to switch to clean energy to combat climate change is reinvigorating a 20-year-old plan for the region to share power. Malaysia and Indonesia inked a deal in Bali, Indonesia last month to study 18 potential locations where cross-border transmission lines can be set up.
Nepal marked the 44th World Tourism Day with various events on Wednesday. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Department of Tourism, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and other sector-related bodies and organisations organised programmes across the country to celebrate the occasion.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed with a Malaysian company for a feasibility study to set up a green calcium ammonium nitrate fertiliser factory in Nepal. Investment Board, Nepal (IBN) and reNIKOLA Sdn
The locals in Waling Municipality-14 and Bhirkot Municipality-9, both in Syangja district, are happy with the construction of a suspension bridge over the Andheri Khola River. With the construction of the bridge, the residents in Sirbani, Kadari, Silme, Thana of Waling, Kavre, Saundi of Bhirkot and other nearby places have overcome the problem of walking at least an hour to go across the river. The students of grades 11 and 12 can now reach Dumrebhanjyang to attend their classes within five minutes. Earlier, they had to walk for an h
Uday Kerung of Phalelung Rural Municipality–3, Panchthar, has successfully climbed Mount Manaslu. He reached the top of the 8,163-metre mountain at 6 am on Sunday. He climbed the peak through the Mountain Scenery Treks agency. Along with Kerung, six other fore
Henry Olonga, by his own admission, was never the greatest cricketer to play the game but the Zimbabwean fast bowler left an indelible mark on the Cricket World Cup of 2003. That was the year that he and teammate Andy Flower hit the front pages with their simple "Death of Democracy" protest against the authoritarian government of Robert Mugabe, spelling the end of both of their international playing careers.