Achyut Guragain has been elected the Chair of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA). In the election held for the post on Friday, Guragain was elected with a total of 150 votes. His nearest contender was Bhim Prasad Pant who got 126 votes while Mihika Dhakwa got 109
Minister for Land Reforms, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Gandaki Province Lekh Bahadur Thapa has said that agriculture is the foundation of prosperity of the province. Speaking at an interaction on mushroom farming here on Friday, he said as a result the agriculture sector was the first priority of the government.
Visiting Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nakayama Norihiro, and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai have met here today. During the meeting, the two discussed about attracting more and more Japanese tourists to Nepal and increasing the direct flight operation to and from Nepal
The parliamentary party meeting of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has asked to begin the election process to pick the Speaker of the House of Representatives while continuing the House meeting scheduled on Monday. The PP meeting of the NC held Friday has concluded that it was the ruling party’s
Nepal-based US Embassy has clarified that there was no any military affairs in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project. The US Embassy issued a press release to clarify the MCC affairs when influential leaders of the parties, including ruling Nepal Communist Party and main opposition Nepali Congress protested the multi-million
Khagendra Thapa Magar of Dhullubaskot in Baglung, who once set Guinness world record as the world’s shortest man, died on Friday afternoon in Pokhara. Thapa breathed his last while receiving treatment at Pokhara-based Manipal Hospital, the doctors said. Suffering from respiratory related problems, he was admitted to the intensive care
Visiting Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nakayama Norihiro, today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar, Kathmandu, matters relating to existing relations between Nepal and Japan, mutual interest and concerns
Kathmandu has received continuous rain for 24 hours till Friday evening. The rain started from Thursday evening has stopped occurring late this evening. With the active westerly low pressure system, the entire nation has received rain, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. The Division said that most of the parts
-Prakash Silwal The student organizations in the country’s largest and oldest Tribhuvan University (TU) have turned their focus on educational agendas after the TU upped its preparations for holding Free Student’s Union (FUS) election on February 24. The student organizations that generally keep engaged with their maternal political parties’ activities
A psycho-social counseling centre offering free counseling services to narcotic drug abusers has come into operation in Chitwan from today. Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC) Mayor Renu Dahal and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sarbendra Khanal jointly inaugurated the Centre set up on the premises of the District Police Office, Chitwan.
