According to Jagannath Niraula, spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority, the Drukair will fly directly to PRIA from Paro International Airport and it will be a chartered flight. There will also be direct flight of the Drukair plane to Paro from Pokhara.
PM Prachanda pointed at the need to expand the campaign initiated by the federal government to eradicate corruption and establish good governance to the provincial and local levels so that people's optimism is raised high. He also urged all to establish a system of reward and penalty, encouragement for good works and punishment for the corrupt.
The team comprising seven doctors has reached Gosainkunda under the aegis of the Bagmati Province Ministry of Tourism and Cooperatives, and the Himalayan Rescue Association, Kathmandu. The team will treat the pilgrims for high-altitude sickness and other health issues in case of need.
Saying that the UML has not reached a conclusion of reviewing federal structure, she said the party is clear on federalism. In a discussion with editors of various news media on the matter of the party's first convention, Lumbini Province, scheduled for coming September 2-3 in Butwal, the leader claimed that there was not any groupism taking place in the convention while expressing the hope that a right and efficient leadership would be born from the meeting.
Prem Prakash Pokharel, 74, of Mechinagar-10 in Jhapa, who wears a long beard and walks barefoot in ocher robes, is a spiritual thinker and a yoga practitioner. As he stays away from eating food, he prefers to write ‘Phalahari’ after his name instead of his surname. General people call him ‘Phalahari Baba’.
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has urged the early submission of the election management draft bill in the parliament after holding a discussion.
The health of Minister for Youth and Sports Dig Bahadur Limbu has improved. He was admitted to Bir Hospital in the federal capital Kathmandu on Saturday morning after he ran a sudden fever on Friday evening.
The price of hallmark gold is Rs 111 thousand 100 per tola (11.66 grams) in the local bullion market today. The price of gold remains stable for the last four days, according to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Associations.
The initiative of credit card was launched to provide subsidized credit to farmers for commercial agriculture and livestock and encourage small farmers to engage in commercial agriculture enterprises.
A recommendation subcommittee formed by the hospital board of directors has recommended Dr Poudel along with Dr Krishna Sagar Sharma and Dr Pradeep Neupane for the post on Sunday evening.
Ten thematic committees under the House of Representative (HoR) are getting their leadership today, after nine months of the parliamentary elections in the country.
The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is set to operate regular flights to Hong Kong and New Delhi, India from the Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport from August 29 onward.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said that folk singer late Juth Bahadur Khadgi, popularly known as JB Tuhure, was the hero of revolutionary movement and people's popular singer.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the country has no other alternative to heading to the new journey of prosperity and good-governance along with stability.
Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said Nepal has 45 percent forest coverage out of total land, thereby providing a clean breath of oxygen for human.