ADB to provide 990 million for water projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide grant assistance of 990 million rupees (equivalent to 11 million US dollar) to the Government of Nepal for an effective and rapid implementation of water projects. The More...
Conservation of Trishuli river is most-PM
Kathmandu, July 31: Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that he would leave no stones unturned for the conservation of the Trishuli river with religious, cultural and touristic importance. Receiving a memorandum More...
The assembly of NC district presidents kicks off
Kathmandu, July 31: Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that matters concerning consolidation of party organization, removal of political deadlock and holding general council (Mahasamiti) More...
SC to decide corruption charges against Khadka on Aug 14
Kathmandu, July 31: Supreme Court has decided to issue its final verdict on corruption charges against former home minister and Nepali Congress leader Khum Bahadur Khadka on August 14. A joint bench of Kalyan Shrestha More...
School principal, staffer hacked to death
Bhaktapur, July 31: A principal of a private school and a staff member have been hacked to death by unidentified persons in Bhaktapur. The dead bodies of Sujan Poudel, the principal of Niyolojan Academy, and the More...
SC stays ordinance on state facilities to VVIPs
Kathmandu, July 31: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order asking the government not to implement the ordinance introduced to provide lifelong state facilities to the former VVIPs. After conducting a hearing More...
India’s power grid crisis deepens
India, July 31: A massive power breakdown has hit India for a second day running, leaving more than half the country without power. Officials said the northern and eastern grids had both collapsed. All Delhi metro More...
Teen Chinese swimmer breaks world record
U.K., July 31: The British Olympic Association’s chairman has said teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen is not a drug cheat, after a US coach cast doubt on her world record-breaking swim. Lord Colin Moynihan More...
Farmers demands to declare Saptari a drought-affected area
Saptari, July 31: Farmers in Saptari district have demanded that their district should be declared a drought-affected area. Hundreds of farmers from a dozen Village Development Committees (VDCs) attended the farmers’ More...
Solukhumbu road closed since a month
Solukhumbu, July 31: Transport service from Okhaldhunga to Solukhumbu district headquarters has been disrupted since a month as the Phaplu-Jantardhap section of the road is blocked by a landslide at Sisneri. Dozen More...
