A ‘Dhhama Deshana’ or Buddhist education preaching began here on Saturday with the objective of raising funds for the Buddha Sarowar or park in Birendranagar. The site will also have for the first time a 108 feet tall statue of Gautam Buddha in the country. Initiating the event, Minister for

Visit Nepal Year, 2020 has been inaugurated in Malta and Northern Ireland amidst various programmes. At an event organised on the occasion in Malta in coordination with the Nepali Embassy in London and attended by various Nepali organisations there, Nepal’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi said

Minister for Water Resources and Energy Barsha Man Pun has said that our traditional practices should be revised without destroying the ancestors’ identity. Inaugurating the Magar Costumes Competition at Ghorahi on Saturday, Pun said that the practices should be revamped in a new fashion without destroying the customs followed by

-Hari Bastola/Krishna Dawadi The whereabouts of seven trekkers including four Korean citizens and three Nepali guides who had gone missing in an avalanche on Friday that swept the Annapurna circuit trekking route, are still known, said the police. The police rescued other five avalanche-trapped trekkers and airlifted them to safer

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said the ruling party will endorse the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on the US cooperation in a way to benefit Nepal. Spokesperson Shrestha who is in Myagdi district headquarters Beni in course of National Assembly election publicity, said the party will

Minister for Forest and Environment Shakti Bahadur Basnet said a goal was set to develop Kanchanpur-based Shuklaphanta National Park as an open zoo. Inaugurating a gate of Shuklaphanta National Park at Beldandi rural municipality in Kanchanpur today, the minister said Shuklaphanta was rich with bio-diversity and a habitat for rare

Two persons were killed and at least five others injured when a tractor (Sa 1 Ta 6560) carrying wedding attendees met with an accident at Purano Choharwa of Golbazaar municipality-7 in Siraha district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Santosh Kumar Yadav, 21, of Lahan municipality-13 and Sri

Disputes between contractors have led to a delay in the construction of regional level prison buildings. Only 18 percent of the construction works has been completed so far despite project deadline expired two months ago. Initially, the project contract was awarded to Pappu-Rasuwa joint venture at the cost of Rs

Chief of Nepal Police Sarbendra Khanal has said the criminals would get no chance to hold their heads high. At a programme in Bhanu Municipality of Tanahun district on Saturday, Inspector General (IG) of Nepal Police Khanal viewed that crime and criminals are the hindrance to prosperous country so the

Minister for Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal shared special package will be introduced targeting freed Haliyas. Addressing a programme to hand over well-managed settlement to Haliya at Bhimdutta municipality-19 Bagphanta in Kanchanpur today, Minsiter Aryal said the government was in the campaign to elevate the poor