A German tourist and his tour guide, who had gone missing in the Dhawalagiri Circuit trekking route, have been found.
Ramdular Sah, the priest at the Kabir Baba temple located in Rajakpatti, Kachan, Ward No 8, Bodebarsain Municipality, Saptari, has been assassinated this morning.
A Nepali youth who came to Portugal for work has gone missing. He is 34-year-old Jitendra Pandey from Pipalpani, Bhanu Municipality-9, Tanahu district in Nepal, who had been living in Portugal since the last two years.
The Third Tihar Flora Expo has witnessed transactions of Rs 10 million. The five-day expo organized by Nepal Nursery Entrepreneurs Association held at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, concluded on Saturday.
The Dhanawantari Jayanti and Arogyata Diwas (Wellness Day) is being observed across the country today with various programmes.
The Kaag Tihar Festival is being celebrated today by worshipping and feeding delicacies to the crow.
The number of Nepali consumers shopping in the Indian market of Sunauli, just across the border in Rupandehi, has been steadily increasing on the eve of Tihar festival. The hustle and bustle that started during Dashain has now intensified.
Minister for Urban Development Kul Man Ghising has said that the Town Development Fund (TDF) will be made effective by expanding its jurisdiction and investment scope. Minister Ghising, who also oversees the portfolios of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, said that the Fund under the Ministry of Urban Development would not remain idle but would be mobilised to invest in areas that ensure economic returns.
Patients suffering from sickle cell anaemia in Karnali Province, a condition mostly affecting the Tharu community, are compelled to travel to Banke district in Lumbini Province for treatment and medicine due to the lack of proper facilities in Surkhet.
A road accident in Panchthar has uncovered the extreme lengths some individuals go to for material gain, following the death of 32-year-old Lhakpa Nurbu Sherpa from Taplejung. What initially appeared to be an usual accident soon revealed a shocking criminal case. Police investigations determined that Sherpa had murdered a friend in Kathmandu to steal a pickup truck, driven to Panchthar, where it ultimately crashed.
Communities in Makwanpur have joined hands to protect pangolins, a species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), listed as endangered, and the Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), listed as critically endangered, are being rescued from different parts of the district and sheltered in community forests.
Chandannath Municipality in Jumla has installed a multi-hazard siren system at Ward No. 6 of the municipality. The siren will alert residents living within a one-kilometre radius during emergencies. According to Tek Bahadur Budha Thapa, Chief Administrative Officer of the municipality, the siren system includes both audio-based emergency warnings and information broadcasting features.
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This year's Tihar festival, the second largest festival of the Nepali Hindus, has begun from today after the Yamdipdam this evening, the night of the Kartik Krishna Trayodashi.
A one-day health camp was organized today by the Armed Police Force Nepal at Korala, the vicinity of the 24th border pillar of the Nepal-China border area.