KATHMANDU, March 5: In preparation for the Maha Shivaratri festival on March 8, the District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu, and the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) have banned the sale of meat and meat products and alcohol in the Pashupatinath temple area.

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KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Preparations have begun for the Chhath festival in the Mithila region. The people of Tarai-Madhesh are busy purchasing the articles and preparing for this cultural festival with the conclusion of the Deepawali festival. As a result, the main market places and bazaars in the entire Tarai-Madhes including Janakpurdham are agog with shoppers.

CHITWAN, Sept 14: As part of the preparation of the national census 2078 BS, the district census office here organized training for supervisors in seven local levels.

BIRGUNJ, August 1: A 73-year-old man died of COVID-19 on July 16. He had returned to Rajbiraj from India on July 4.

KATHMANDU, May 8: The federal parliament is all set to begin the budget session which is scheduled to kick off at 4 pm later today.

SYDNEY, DeC 30: Preparations are afoot to inaugurate the Visit Nepal 2020 in Australia in a grand manner to attract as many as Australians to visit Nepal in 2020.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: South Asian Games’ (SAG) security committee on Thursday provided a detailed security plans for the upcoming 13th edition of mega sports event to be hosted by Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The government has said that all the preparation for the upcoming 13th South Asian Games which is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu has been over.

The 13th South Asian Games (SAG) is just a few days away. But Kathmandu is still scrambling to ready the needed infrastructure for the South Asian sports festival

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The National Sports Council (NSC)-appointed working committee has informed that 599 players are kept in closed camp for special training to prepare for the 13th South Asian Games.

LAHAN, Oct 31: People in Terai districts are gearing up for Chhath celebration. They are busy not only in cleaning and decorating ponds, lakes and rivers, but also making ‘Ghats’ along the water sources near their settlements.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: Security personnel are busy in maintaining tight security targeting Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to Nepal.

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DOLAKHA, Sep 1: The government has started preparations for opening a tender bid for linking Nepali road to China via Lamabagar of Dolakha district.

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KATHMANDU, July 28: Newly-appointed National Sports Council (NSC) Member Secretary Ramesh Silwal said on Saturday that no obstruction will be created in the preparations for the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) just because of delay in preparing the working procedure.

KATHMANDU, July 4: The Election Commission has accelerated internal preparations to hold by-elections to fill the vacant posts in various rural municipalities, wards, municipalities, House of Representatives (HoR) and State Assembly.

KATHMANDU, June 24: Foreign Minister Pradip Kumar Gyawali has said that a policy has been adopted to include economic diplomacy in the center point of the overall diplomacy of the country.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: With the BIMSTEC summit all set to start Thursday in Kathmandu, the government is ready to welcome the heads of the governments from South Asia and South East Asian countries.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: A new provision in the Foreign Employment Bill that envisages doubling the amount of guarantee for granting license to foreign employment agency has drawn flak from foreign employment firms.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has started preliminary work to extend airport operation time to 21 hours a day.

DOTI, March 4: Preparations for operating homestays in Bagaleg, which is known as the gateway to Khaptad National Park, have been started. The homestays will start operating from the mid-March under a joint initiative of Purbi Chauki Rural Municipality-2 and Hotel Entrepreneur Association, Doti.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14:  Police have submitted an investigation report on forged documents case of  former DIG and UML Parliamentary member Nawaraj Silwal.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Election Commission has completed all the preparations for the election to the member of National Assembly taking place in all the seven provinces of the country tomorrow.

SURKHAET Feb 3: Preparations for the first meeting (slated for February 4) of the Provincial assembly (PA) of province-6 have been completed.

SARLAHAI, Jan 10: The peasants of the districts are busy for the preparation for Maghe Sankranti.  They are preparing for festivals food. The notable dish of Maghe is Yam.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Poll preparation in all seven districts of Province-1 is complete, according to the regional election office of Biratnagar. Among the 14 districts of the province, seven districts have already witnessed parliamentary and provincial elections in the first phase.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: The ruling Nepali Congress has mobilized central representatives of the party for the preparation of the November 26 elections of House of Representatives and Provincial assembly.

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index jumped 46.59 points on Monday to close at 1,564.87 points. The stock market rebounded on the second trading day of the week by double-digit following a long slump after Dashain festival.

JAJARKOT, Oct 4: Preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the much-hyped Nalsinghgad Hydropower Project has hit a snag due to frequent change of governments and charge of corruption against the project staffers.

JAJARKOT, Oct 4: Preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the much-hyped Nalsinghgad Hydropower Project has hit a snag due to frequent change of governments and charge of corruption against the project staffers.

KATHMANDU, September 9: Preparation for most awaited Pulsar Sports Award-2017 has been completed. The mega sports event is scheduled to be held on Monday.

KATHMANDU, September 7: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been briefed about the preparations for the local level election being held in Province No 2 on September 18.

CHITWAN, Aug 16: Preparations are underway to bring back the endangered one-horn rhinos that were swept away or dislocated to various places in the country and bordering India by the recent floods.

GORKHA, August 10: A process has begun to develop a school curriculum in the Gurung language – which has been spoken in 22 villages of 14 VDCs in northern Gorkha.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Nepali Congress (NC)'s former General-Secretary Bimalendra Nidhi has stated that the government was preparing to endorse the constitution amendment bill from parliament by two-thirds majority.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The major ruling party Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner CPN (Maoist Centre) have stared preparations to set up the Constituency Determination Commission in tandem with the cabinet expansion.

KATHMANDU, July 13: Nepal U-19 cricket team has concluded its preparation for the 2018 ICC U-19 World Cup Division 1 Asia Qualifier with a 68-run defeat to Noida XI on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, July 1: None of the local units elected in the first phase of the local level elections have started preparing budget for Fiscal Year 2017/18.

KATHMANDU, July 1: National Sports Council (NSC), which has failed to make any notable progress regarding the preparation to host the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) despite postponing the date by 20 months, has formed a new committee under Lama Tendi Sherpa on Friday, assigning it to expedite infrastructure development works.

KATHMANDU, June 27: Various 13 hydro power companies are to launch their initial public offerings (IPO) in the near future.

KATHMANDU, June 17: The Election Commission (EC) has said that the preparation for the second phase of local level elections is at its final stage.

LAHAN, June 12: Preparation for the second round of local-level election scheduled for June 28 is in final stage in Siraha district, according to the District Election Office, Siraha.

KATHMANDU, May 13: As the country goes to the polls for the first phase of local level election tomorrow, the Election Commission (EC) has reaffirmed completion of all its preparation for it and urged one and all eligible voters to exercise their franchise without any fear.

JANAKPUR, April 21: Dhanusha Police has arrested 13 cadres of the United Democratic Front (UDMF) on the charge of disrupting preparations of local level elections.

GORKHA, April 10:  just 33 days to go before the local level elections, government officials in Gorkha are facing a tough time making necessary arrangements for the elections.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Naya Shakti Nepal led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai has formed seven committees to prepare the party for the upcoming elections, but has said that it will not take part in the polls unless the conditions it has set are addressed.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that the necessary preparations have been completed for security arrangements for the local level election slated for May 14.