CPN (UML) central secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi today said the party launched the 'mission grassroots' with the aim of bringing good deeds it did when it led the government to people.
Upgradation and blacktopping of the Besishahar-Chame Road that connects with mountainous district Manang has been mired by sluggish construction.
The Mardi Himal trek, a lesser-known trekking route in the Annapurna region, is getting popularity lately by attracting both domestic and foreign tourists.
Student organisations have been registered for the election of free student union (FSU) at the Tribhuvan University.
Light snowfall is predicted at some places of high-hilly and mountainous areas of the country today.
Foreign tourists are gradually starting to appear in Thamel, the major tourist hub in the federal capital, Kathmandu.
Lack of rain has worried farmers growing maize in the hilly areas of Udayapur.
Senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel has said that he considers the matter of protecting and upholding the constitution and democracy, which he fought for his whole life, to be the most important responsibility as the head of the state.
Presidential candidate Ram Chandra Poudel, who is backed by eight-party alliance including the Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre), has written letters to all the federal parliamentarians and Province Assembly Members seeking their votes.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha has left for Qatar this evening to participate in the fifth conference of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which is taking place in Doha of Qatar from March 5.
Speaking at a meeting with the central office bearers of the Press Center Nepal at the Ministry, Minister Sharma viewed that outdated laws were creating hurdles to bring in improvement in both the communication and the information technology sectors.
Eight political parties that have backed Ram Chandra Poudel for his presidential candidacy have sought votes for Poudel, arguing that he should emerge victorious to strengthen the republic.
Chief of the Bagmati Province, Yadav Chandra Sharma, has authenticated Bill on Constitution and Operation of Bagmati Province Civil Service, and Bill on Constitution and Operation of Local Level Services passed from the Province Assembly on February 26.
A Cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to increase the price of milk to Rs. 65.5 from Rs. 56.4 per liter.
The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, will start its annual session at 3 p.m. Saturday in Beijing, a spokesperson said Friday.