One dies, two injured in a road accident  

A person died and two others were injured in a road accident at Rapti municipality-5 in east Chitwan.    

  Agriculture sector has weakness in data: Secretary Dr Mishra   

Secretary at the Karnali Province Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Dr Rajendra Prasad Mishra has termed ‘inadequacy of data’ as a prime weakness in agriculture sector.    

FNJ convention slated for Feb. 16-17

The 12th Central Committee meeting of the FNJ held in Helambu of Sindhupalchwok district decided to hold the elections in all its three levels - Central, Provincial and Branches election on the same day within one month after the conclusion of the central general convention as per its statute.

Kathmandu-Pokhara night tourist bus service resumes  

Tourist night bus service has resumed from Kathmandu to Pokhara. The Desh Darshan Bus Service Pvt Ltd started this service from Monday with the objective of promoting the domestic tourism as well as helping revive the tourism sector that has been affected by COVID-19.  

Schools in Humla to reopen from Jan 28   

Simkot Rural Municipality of Humla district has decided to resume schools from January 18. The schools were closed for long time due to Covid-19 menace.    

Regmi appointed Nepali Ambassador to UK

Regmi was appointed as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers and as per Article 282 of the Constitution, reads a press release issued by Assistant Spokesperson of the Office of the President, Keshav Prasad Ghimire.

Fire that broke out in Solti City Apartment brought under control

Apil Bohora, Deputy Superintendent of Police at Metropolitan Police Circle Kalimati, informed that a fire had broken out on the 13th floor of the apartment due to the short circuit of an electrical wire.

Four houses burnt down in Saptari fire   

Four houses were reduced to cinders in a fire at Sakardahi village in Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality in the district today morning, gutting properties worth approximately Rs 2 million, said the police. The blaze caught an animal shed of local resident Jagan Sutihar before extinguishing houses in the neighbourhood.    

Seven involved in timber smuggling busted

Nuwakot Police have arrested seven persons involved in the smuggling of 23 rounded timbers of sal and fadir from Belkotgadhi municipality-5, Duipipal, Kolputar of Nuwakot. 

An adolescent girl dies of HIV infection  

An adolescent girl died of HIV-AIDS in Rajbiraj of Saptari on Sunday evening. Amaiya Dhami, 16, of Rajbiraj municipality-1, Chanaura died while undergoing treatment at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital, informed medical superintendant of the hospital, Dr Ranjeet Jha.    

FNJ Tanahun chapter decides to award its past presidents 

The Tanahun chapter of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has decided to felicitate its six past presidents with different awards.         

FNJ to hold AGM on Feb 16, 17

The meeting further decided to hold its general convention a month after AGM. The FNJ Chair Govinda Acharya shared that the meeting also appealed to all to safeguard press freedom in the changed political context.

Hospital ambulance being used as tourist vehicle in Sindhupalchowk

ambulance of Melamchi Hospital in Melamchi Municipality is being misused as a travelling vehicle rather than carrying people in immediate need of medical attention.

Rhinoceros attack injures one in Nawalparasi (East)

The police said that 50-year-old Ranabhat had sustained injuries on his head, chest, hands, legs and other body parts and his treatment was underway at Bharatpur Hospital.

Provincial govt. committed to development of media sector: CM Raut

Chief Minister of Proviance-2, Lalbabu Raut, has said that the provincial government was committed to development of media sector.    

Cold affects normal life in middle-east Tarai 

An excessive cold weather has affected daily life in several districts in the middle-east Tarai for the past few days. Dense fog has made the weather severely cold, with having no or little sunshine in the area.    

Two killed, seven injured in jeep accident 

Two people have died and seven others have sustained injuries when a jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Yamdi on the Pokhara-Baglung highway on Saturday evening.     

Gorkhapatra’s Kohalpur publication house under construction

It has been said that construction work is being underway with the target of publishing Gorkhapatra from mid-March this year from Kohalpur publication house.  

Streams stay frozen due to cold, life impacted severely in Dhorpatan area (Photo Feature)

The lives of people in the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Area of west Baglung have been affected due to the increasing cold.

Cloudy weather forecast for three more days

The weather will likely be partly to generally cloudy for three days more, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.