POLITICS
MCC Vice President Brooks pays courtesy call on DPM Shrestha
MCC Vice President Brooks pays courtesy call on DPM Shrestha
KATHMANDU, May 20: A meeting was held between Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Vice President of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Jonathan Brooks on Saturday.
May 20, 2023
SOCIETY
Light rain with thunder and lightning likely in a few places in hilly areas
Light rain with thunder and lightning likely in a few places...
KATHMANDU, May 20: The country is currently experiencing general influence of westerly winds as well as local winds. The Meteorological Forecast Division (MFD) has said that the weather is generally clear in the rest of the country, with partial change in the hilly areas of the country in the mornin...
May 20, 2023
SOCIETY
One dies, another injured in rhino attack
One dies, another injured in rhino attack
CHITWAN, May 20: A person died when a rhino attacked him in Chitwan this morning.
May 20, 2023
ECONOMY
Govt to brand mountain water and lenses produced by Til Ganga Eye Hospital
Govt to brand mountain water and lenses produced by Til Gang...
KATHMANDU, May 20: The government has announced various programs to promote the use of indigenous products. Through policies and programs, the government is going to identify industries that can produce goods and services that can be self-sufficient and make policy arrangements for the development a...
May 20, 2023
SPORTS
Kayaking competition to be held in Pokhara
Kayaking competition to be held in Pokhara
POKHARA, May 20: An open kayaking competition will be held in Pokhara on the second week of May. The competition will be held on May 26 under the coordination of Provincial Sports Council and Nepal Rafting and Canoeing Association. Basanta Raj Dawadi, a member of Provincial Sports Council and Coordi...
May 20, 2023
SOCIETY
Woman self-immolates in Machhegaun
Woman self-immolates in Machhegaun
KATHMANDU, May 20: A woman committed suicide by setting fire to her body in Kathmandu.
May 20, 2023
ECONOMY
Buddha Air flight from Janakpur to Kathmandu aborted after rat detected in the aircraft
Buddha Air flight from Janakpur to Kathmandu aborted after r...
KATHMANDU, May 20: The Buddha Air flight from Janakpur to Kathmandu was aborted on Saturday after a passenger spotted a rat in the plane.
May 20, 2023
SOCIETY
One person stabbed to death in Gaur
One person stabbed to death in Gaur
RAUTAHAT, May 20: One person has been stabbed to death in Gaur, the district headquarters of Rautahat.
May 20, 2023
POLITICS
Health Minister off to Geneva to attend World Health Assembly
Health Minister off to Geneva to attend World Health Assembl...
KATHMANDU, May 20: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has left early today for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 76th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body the World Health Organization (WHO).
May 20, 2023
Lifestyle
Bezos' Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander
Bezos' Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lun...
WASHINGTON, May 19: A team led by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin won a coveted $3.4 billion NASA contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to and from the moon's surface, the U.S. space agency said on Friday, a breakthrough for the company two years after it lost out to Elon Musk's SpaceX in another...
May 20, 2023