Government will get full shape within a week: Chair Nepal

The country would move ahead as per the Non-Aligned Foreign Policy as it has been moving ahead following the Panchsheel (the five principles of peaceful co-existence), he opined. The CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair expressed the view, "We want to ensure Nepal's sovereign right to own land and right to intellectual property."

Mountain museum a live example of mountain, mountain life   

Chief of Gandaki Province Prithviman Gurung has said that International Mountain Museum is the live example of mountain, and mountain life and culture.    

Jhapa to have 500-bed hospital 

Construction of a 500-bed hospital at Kamal Rural Municipality in Jhapa district has been started aimed at ensuring accessible health care to the people there. The hospital Management has planned to bring Bhrikuti Hospital into operation within a year.   

Ward member Pradhan dies in road mishap 

A people's representative at local level died when a truck skidded off the road and plunged around 70 meters at Thakre Rural Municipality-8 along Palung-Naubise road under the Tribhuvan Highway on Wednesday night.    

Construction of bridge in limbo since four years  

The construction of a motorable bridge on the Kaligandaki highway, a national pride project, has been stalled for the last four years.    

Dailekh Clean-Up Campaign kicks off   

Dailekh Clean-Up Campaign has begun with the slogan ‘Two hours a week volunteering for the nation’.     Inaugurating the campaign on Tuesday, former Minister Kunti Kumari Shahi said the campaign was launched after being inspired by the Bagmati Clean-Up Mega Campaign.    

Ambulance knocks down one  

Krishna Bahadur Eir, aged around 45, of Krishnapur municipality-5 of Kanchanpur died after an ambulance knocked him today.    

Indian citizen killed in tiger attack  

An Indian citizen died in a tiger attack at Banke National Park. The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet.

Man has gone missing in S. Arabia for 11 years

It has been 11 years since Uttam Limbu of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality–9, Morang went to Saudi Arabia for work. In those 11 years, the country saw eight prime ministers, two presidents, an earthquake, a border blockade, the promulgation of a new constitution and a pandemic. But throughout all this, Limbu has not called his family once nor has his family been able to reach him. A few days after reaching the Gulf kingdom, he sent a message to inform that he had started a job. But no contact...

34 percent illiterate in Karnali Province 

The Ministry of Social Development in Karnali Province has shared a statistics that the province has 34 percent illiteracy rate, that is to say, 34 percent people do not have ability to read and write.         

Man arrested on charge of swindling people out of hundreds of rupees 

The police have arrested a person accused of swindling people out of hundreds of rupees on the pretext of providing job opportunities to them.     

Emergency warehouse set up in Kavre 

A province level warehouse has been set up in Dhulikhel Municipality-3 to rapidly carry out search and rescue operations in emergency.

Government prepares for celebrating 57th Children's Day

The government is preparing to observe the 57th National Children's Day on coming September 14 around the theme- 'Protection of child rights, our collective responsibility. Information about this was shared by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens and the National Child Rights Council at Singha Durbar today. The Day will mark the sharing of thematic efforts and achievements in regard to the protection and promotion of child rights. 

Police arrest three persons with 2.2 kg opium from Kathmandu

The police have made public three persons arrested with a huge cache of opium amid a press conference here today.  

Speaker urges opposition party lawmakers to help continue House business

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has urged the MPs of the main opposition party, CPN (UML), not to obstruct the meetings of the House of Representatives. 

Nepali migrant worker in Malaysia out of contact with family for 16 years  

A man, who was in Malaysia for a job has lost contact with his family ever since he left home for the country 16 years ago, said the family.     

Cash and medical supplies handed over to flood-affected families  

Residents of Tarakhola, who have reached Japan for employment, have provided cash relief of Rs. 700,000 to the flood-affected families in the village.

Tharu community celebrating 'Atwari festival'  

With a majority of the population living in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Dang districts, the community celebrates it as a big festival after Maghi.  

Former NSC member-secretary Rana dies  

Former Member-Secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC) and former Ambassador Rukma Shumsher Rana has passed away. According to family sources, he died last night at the age of 85 at his residence in Battisputali, Kathmandu.

Upper Karnali's progress almost nil in seven years after GMR's dillydally   

The Government of Nepal and Indian Energy Company GMR on September 19, 2014 had signed the Project Development Agreement ( PDA) in regard with the 900-MW Upper Karnali Hydro Electricity Project.