Phurba Gyaljen Sherpa has been elected as the President of Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA). The NMA is an umbrella organization of mountain tourism entrepreneurs.
Pratham Gurung has been declared the winner of Mero Voice Universe Season-2, a singing competition based on a reality show. Similarly, Rista Gurung has been declared the winner of Mero Dance Universe Season-2.
There is possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places in the hilly areas of Bagmati and Karnali Provinces today.
The Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, is in Nepal for a three-day official visit at the friendly invitation of Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav.
Almost 300 people were infected with dengue fever in the past eight months in the districts of Sudurpaschim Province.
The Madhes province government has mobilized health officials against the spread of cholera in Birgunj city.
Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Raghuji Pant, has said new generation should be connected to literature for amplifying voices for social justice.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba paid a courtesy call on Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan here today.
Hundreds of people including high-ranking police officers participated in the cleaning of the Pashupatipath Temple area in Kathmandu today.
Senior journalist Tirtha Koirala has been awarded the Koshraj Regmi Memorial Journalism Award, 2082 BS.
A woman has died of scrub typhus in Chitwan. The 36-year-old woman succumbed to scrub typhus in the course of treatment in the Bharatpur Hospital. A resident of Bardghat municipality-13, she was hospitalised on August 20, said Hospital Spokesperson Dr Ram Prasad Sapkota. She was also a patient of epilepsy.
Vehicular movement along the Hunggung road section along the Koshi Highway in Bhotkhola rural municipality in Sankhuwasabha district has come to a grinding halt for three days due to a landslide. The significant landslide occurred on last Thursday at the road section that connects district headquarters Khandbari to Kimathanka point along the Nepal-China border, according to Ram Bahadur Gurung, Chief of North-South Koshi Road Project.
At least two people were reported missing after sudden floods and debris flows struck Tharali in Chamoli district, Uttarakhanda late Friday night, officials said. Several vehicles were buried, shops damaged, and homes inundated as rising waters swept through villages and markets shortly after midnight.
The deceased has been identified as Pankaj Majhi, 37, a resident of Kankai municipality-1. According to the police, he was electrofishing in a local river when the incident occurred at around 8:30 am today.
The Garbage collection and disposal in Shuklaphanta municipality-11 in Kanchanpur district has been disrupted for three days now after the Shree Krishna Community Forest User Group padlocked the Waste Management Centre's office.