Published On: January 12, 2017 01:26 PM NPT By: Republica
BHAKTAPUR, Jan 12: Bhaktapur has been declared 'potato zone' under the Prime Minister Agricultural Modernisation Project (PMAMP) under the Ministry of Agricultural Development.
Published On: January 12, 2017 01:11 PM NPT By: Republica
LAHAN, Jan 12: The Sukhipur Municipality in Siraha district distributed blankets to the underprivileged and needy people in the municipality this morning in view of the increasing cold.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:54 PM NPT By: Republica
DADELDHURA, Jan 12: As many as 15 passengers were injured, eight of them seriously, in a jeep accident at Simalpur village along the Dadeldhura Kailpalmandu road section Wednesday evening.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:02 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The Subisu CAN Infotech is to be held at local Bhrikutimandap of the capital from coming January 26 to 31.
Published On: January 12, 2017 11:30 AM NPT By: Republica
DHANUSHA, Jan 12: The eighth memorial day of first martyr journalist of Janakpur Uma Singh was observed here on Wednesday.
Published On: January 12, 2017 10:52 AM NPT By: Republica
MUSTANG, Jan 12: More than 39,000 tourists visited Mustang district in 2016.
Published On: January 12, 2017 10:32 AM NPT By: Republica
IILAM, Jan 12: A local resident of Ilam who had reached Malaysia for employment has died there.
Published On: January 12, 2017 10:11 AM NPT By: Republica
RUKUM, Jan 12: A woman has fallen to death from a tree that she had climbed to cut leaves as green fodder for her cattle.
Published On: January 12, 2017 09:27 AM NPT By: Republica
BHAKTAPUR, Jan 12: A fire broke out at Taleju temple premises in Bhaktapur district on Wednesday afternoon. Various goods including cupboard and utensils were destroyed after Jahun chowk of the temple and Suwal house at Jiswochowk caught fire.
Published On: January 12, 2017 08:06 AM NPT By: Republica
SINDHULI, Jan 12: A gang of dacoits from Indian state of Bihar were identified with the help of CCTV camera in Sindhuli.
Published On: January 12, 2017 07:59 AM NPT By: Republica
BABIYACHAUR (Myagdi), Jan 12: The number of foreign tourists visiting Ghodepani-Ghandruk area of world famous Annapurna Circuit, a main tourist destination, has increased by 31 percent this year as compared to the previous year.
Published On: January 12, 2017 07:41 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: A total of 729,550 foreign tourists visited Nepal in 2016. The number of foreign tourists visiting Nepal in 2016 increased by 24 per cent as compared to 2015, according to the Department of Immigration.
Published On: January 12, 2017 02:30 AM NPT By: Republica
The Director of Center for South Asian Studies, Nischalnath Pandey, is a keen student of diplomacy in South Asia and of the strategic rivalry between India and China in Nepal. As Nepal and China prepare for a joint military drill, Biswas Baral and Mahabir Paudyal caught up with him on Wednesday afternoon to get his views on China’s perceived assertiveness in Nepal, on Nepal-India ties and on Nepal’s foreign policy priorities.
Published On: January 12, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Prime Minster Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday said that the government was working to breathe new life into sick industries.
Published On: January 12, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The already troubled relation between the ruling coalition and the main opposition party is likely to worsen further, with the government deciding to sack the chief of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Sushil Gyewali.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Republica
It is true that the outgoing chief of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), Sushil Gyewali, had little to show for his year in office. As we have repeatedly written in this space before, there seemed to be a big gulf in Gyewali’s words and actions.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:20 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Election of the parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson scheduled for Wednesday was canceled at the last hour following a dispute between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) over divvying up the chairperson positions of various 14 parliamentary committees.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Microfinance institutions (MFIs) will not be allowed to charge borrowers more than 18 percent interest now onwards.
Published On: January 12, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Two separate delegations of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) left for the US and Norway on Wednesday to participate in Washington DC Travel & Adventure Show 2017 and the Norwegian Travel Fair 2017, respectively.
Published On: January 11, 2017 11:45 PM NPT By: Republica
Google’s somewhat aging VoIP calling service, Google Voice, is preparing to roll out a significant update, the company has confirmed. Several Google Voice users this week reported seeing an upgrade link touting “the new Google Voice” on the web version of the service, along with a link that would let them try it out. Clearly, the message was posted too early because the upgrade didn’t come through when the link was clicked.