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December 27, 2019 11:08 am

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MUGU, April 1: The number of tourists visiting Rara Lake in Mugu district is rising steadily. According to data of Rara National Park Office, over 15,000 have visited Rara Lake till March. Local stakeholders say the number of visitors is rising at a satisfactory rate, thanks to promotion of the area as a tourist destination.

KATHMANDU, July 31: The government has decided to send an eight-member delegation led by joint-secretary Rabi Shankar of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to India to participate in the first meeting being held for reviewing the Nepal-India Trade Treaty, which was last revised in October 2009.

KATHMANDU, July 26: Most of the chief ministers of the provinces do not seem to be taking their jobs seriously. Instead of busying themselves with measures for implementing federalism and executing development work in their provinces, they have been found preoccupied either attending petty funtions or visiting Kathmandu, the federal capital.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The government has decided to send a nine-member delegation led by secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to China hold talks with the Chinese side for signing the protocol of the Trade and Transit Treaty.

Book Bird team visiting Beijing

June 30, 2018 04:30 am

KATHMANDU, June 30: A team of writers is visiting Beijing from July 1 to 9 representing Book Bird Nepal, a Nepali non-profit having sisterly relations with 'China-Nepal Cultural Exchange Center' for collaboration in various activities related to literature, arts, culture, education and tourism.

KATHMANDU, May 9: CPN (Maoist Center)'s chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the party has focused its energy and strength entirely on attaining economic development in the country.

KATHMANDU, April 13: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is paying an official visit to China from April 16 to 21, leading a Nepali delegation at the invitation of State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi.

KATHMANDU, March 27: A group of CEOs and investors from India visiting Nepal for the International Entrepreneurship Conclave -- Connect-IN have met Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.

KANCHANPUR, Mar 7: Kanchanpur, a district in far-western Nepal, has the records of a more number of HIV-infected people visiting health facilities for services these days.

KATHMADU, Feb 9: In order to measure the height of Mt Everest on their own for the first time ever in Nepal's survey history, a team of surveyors will soon leave for Mirchaiya of Siraha district.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, is visiting Nepal from January 29 to February 5 to assess the recruitment practices and return and reintegration programs for Nepalis working abroad.

MUSTANG, Jan 23: Number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang district has increased by 34.49 per cent in 2017 as compared to 2016.

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Senior government officials from various line ministries as well as National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) are visiting India to expedite the process of releasing US$750 million 'soft loan' India has offered for post-quake reconstructions in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh will arrive in Kathmandu on Friday to take part in ‘Battle of DJs’.

Candidates visiting voters in their farms

November 22, 2017 06:47 am

RAJBIRAJ, Nov 21: With the parliamentary and provincial elections closing in, election fervor in Saptari, like other districts, is gaining momentum. Candidates have been meeting voters at their home, office, in farms - literally anywhere that is convenient for the latter. Along with urban areas, the atmosphere is equally vibrant in the remote villages of the district.

MANANG, Oct 7: The number of domestic tourists visiting the trans-Himalayan district, Manang, has increased this Dashain.  The mountainous district was full of domestic tourists during the Dashain festival, the biggest festival of the Nepalis.

KATHMANDU, August 26: Jessica Cox, born in 1983 without arms, has set an example that being differently-abled cannot hinder one's dream to do something in life. Jessica is named in Guinness World Record for being the first woman to fly an airplane with her feet in 2008.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara is leaving for New Delhi on July 2 to lay the ground for the maiden visit of newly-elected Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to the southern neighbor.

KATHMANDU, April 6: The government has temporally banned those Nepali nationals without travel history from visiting Gulf countries after a series of incidents of human trafficking via the Tribhuvan International Airport came to the fore.

KATHMANDU, March 24: Chinese Defence Minister General Chang Wanquan, who is on a three-day formal visit to Nepal, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi at latter's Ministry on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 24: Chinese Defense Minister General Chang Wanquan has paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 17: Indian Embassy in Nepal has issued a travel advisory to Indians visiting Nepal and suggested not to carry gold ornaments above 50 grams and silver ornaments above 100 grams.

KATHMANDU, March 14: Minister of Defense and State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China Chang Wanquan will start an Asia-Pacific tour from Nepal on March 23. Minister Chang, who is a general in the People’s Liberation Army, will lead a 19-member delegation to discuss China’s ambitious One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, the Maritime Silk Road and military cooperation with Nepal and other countries in the Asia-Pacific.

PM visiting China for Boao Forum

March 14, 2017 01:10 am

KATHMANDU, March 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is preparing to visit China later next week to participate in the annual conference of Boao Forum for Asia 2017.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Tsend Munkh-Orgil today called on Speaker Onsari Gharti in Singha Durbar.

ILO Director General visiting Nepal

December 13, 2016 09:35 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: International Labour Organization Director General Guy Ryder is arriving in Kathmandu on a three-day visit beginning Tuesday to mark 50 years of development partnership with Nepal.

Foreign Minister Mahat visiting Australia

November 22, 2016 19:27 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is visiting Australia from Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Visiting Indian Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter's official residence at Baluwatar on Saturday.

Visiting White Horse beats Dhuku Futsal

October 25, 2016 20:06 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: White Horse Futsal emerged victorious in Group A match of the Red Bull Futsal League while Sankhamul and Harisiddhi Futsal shared points during the matches played in the capital on Tuesday.

Foreign minister visiting India Sunday

September 10, 2016 01:40 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat is visiting India for three days from September 11 on the invitation of his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj.

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang held a meeting at latter's office at Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Wednesday morning.

BIRATNAGAR, July 16: A former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 86, one of the first two men to walk on the moon, is arriving in Nepal on September 4. He had set foot on the moon together with Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969.