- Saturday, 4 April 2026
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Texas State Legislature passes resolution motion on Buddha Day celebrations
The Texas Legislature of the United States of America on Thursday endorsed a resolution motion on the celebration of Buddha Day on May 15 each year.
Sagarmatha Sambaad: Inaugural and plenary sessions conclude
The inaugural and the plenary sessions of the much-anticipated Sagarmatha Sambaad (a multi-stakeholder dialogue that kicked off here today have been successfully completed.
HoR meeting: Deliberation on principles, priorities of Appropriation Bill continues
Deliberation on principles and priorities of Appropriation Bill for coming fiscal year 2025/26 is underway in today's meeting of the House of Representatives.
Sagarmatha Sambaad: Nepal calls for global action to protect mountains, demands climate justice
Minister for Forests and Environment, Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri, today addressed the plenary session of the Sagarmatha Sambaad that kicked off here today.
Land-ownership papers given to 64 households in Mithila Municipality
These families had been living at the Municipality's Ward No 1, 6 and 7 as landless squatters since long. The land survey team from the Land Survey Office Dhanusha had prepared the land-ownership certificates after conducting a land survey, said Umesh Saha, Head of the Office.
Nepal calls for global action to protect mountains, demands climate justice
According to the World Meteorological Organization, 2024 was the hottest in the past 175 years. The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report confirms that mountain regions are warming at twice the global average, he presented the facts.
PM Oli hands over NDC-3 to COP29 President Babayev
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has handed over the Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC-3) to representative of the President of Azerbaijan and President of COP29, Mukhtar Babayev, in order to disseminate positive message in Sagarmatha Sambaad.
Parliamentary Committee endorses Federal Civil Service Bill
The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) has agreed to set 60 as the retirement age in the civil service. It has also endorsed provisions for appointing an additional secretary and introducing a two-year cooling-off period.
Inauguration ceremony of Sagarmatha Sambaad in pictures
According to Foreign Affairs Minister and Coordinator of Sambaad Management Committee Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, a total of 175 foreign guests and almost equal number of Nepalis will join the event.
Two children murdered in Chitwan
Chitwan, May 16: A person has killed his own daughter and nephew attacking them with a sharp weapon in Chitwan district today. Leela Raj Giri, 42, of Bharatpur metropolitan city also tried to kill self after murdering his daughter and nephew.Giri had attacked his seven-year-old daughter Prabha Giri and five-year-old nephew at a time when the children were getting ready for school, said Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Govinda Puri. All of them were brought to Chitwan Medical College for treatment where the two children died and the condition of Giri is serious, added Puri. Giri is a former soldier and was reportedly suffering from mental illness, said Puri. ---
Two children murdered in Chitwan
Chitwan, May 16: A person has killed his own daughter and nephew attacking them with a sharp weapon in Chitwan district today. Leela Raj Giri, 42, of Bharatpur metropolitan city also tried to kill self after murdering his daughter and nephew. Giri had attacked his seven-year-old daughter Prabha Giri and five-year-old nephew at a time when the children were getting ready for school, said Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Govinda Puri. All of them were brought to Chitwan Medical College for treatment where the two children died and the condition of Giri is serious, added Puri. Giri is a former soldier and was reportedly suffering from mental illness, said Puri. (RSS)
Sagarmatha Sambaad: Full text of PM's Inaugural Address during Opening Session
The following is the full text of the Inaugural Address by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Opening Session of Sagarmatha Sambaad that kicked off in the federal capital here today.
President extends best wishes to Hajj pilgrims
President Ramchandra Paudel has said that the art, culture and tradition of the Muslim community have its own uniqueness in Nepal with multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural characteristics.
Sagarmatha Sambaad: To protect mountains is to protect earth, seas and humanity, insists PM Oli
Kathmandu, May 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said protecting mountains is to protect the earth, seas and the human civilization. As he said, the government decided to host Sagarmatha Sambaad (a multi-stakeholder dialogue) for the first time with the realization of this fact. While addressing the Opening Session of the Sagarmatha Sambaad (May 16-18) here today, the Prime Minister said the event was named after the world's tallest peak Sagarmatha and aimed to create a forum for holding honest dialogues and exchange learning on the issues of climate change, finding collective measures to tackle the situation. "Let's hope, this Dialogue turns highly significant in forging collective understandings for building a beautiful future with high ethnical clarity, intellectual courage," he said. He further said that Nepal has the least role in carbon emissions, the cause of climate change and global warming. "We have significant contribution to environment conservation. However, we face various impacts. Our houses are being swept away by landslides. The occurrence of floods and drought has been unusual, creating problems. We continue to fight back these developments." (RSS)
Mountains are humanity's shared global resources: Foreign Minister
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has described the mountains as humanity's shared global resources.
