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Ghodejatra festival being celebrated today

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KATHMANDU, April 1: Ghodejatra festival, which is celebrated every year on the day of Chaitra Krishna Aunsi, is being celebrated today. According to popular belief, a monster called Gurumapa, who used to live in a tree on the east-south side of Tundikhel, used to eat the children of the city.
Apr 01, 2022
POLITICS

Prime Minister Deuba leaving for official visit to India tod...

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KATHMANDU, April 1: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is leaving for New Delhi on Friday afternoon on a three-day official visit to neighboring India, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is Prime Minister Deuba's first official visit since becoming Prime Minister for the f...
Apr 01, 2022
ECONOMY

Thapa is new NATTA president

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KATHMANDU, April 1: The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), the oldest umbrella organization of tourism entrepreneurs, has got Ramesh Thapa as its new President. NATTA's 55th annual general meeting was held on Thursday.
Apr 01, 2022
WORLD

Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere

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KYIV, Ukraine, April 1: Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Apr 01, 2022
ECONOMY

Raise your capital base or go for merger, IB tells insurers

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KATHMANDU, April 1: The Insurance Board (IB) has asked the insurers to either increase their capital base or go into a merger if they fail to do so.
Apr 01, 2022
ECONOMY

Govt decides to raise transport fares by up to 14 percent

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KATHMANDU, March 31: The government has decided to raise the fares of long distance travel by up to 14 percent citing soaring prices of petroleum products.
Mar 31, 2022
ECONOMY

Finance Ministry asks to call at 1138 or write at budgetsugg...

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KATHMANDU, March 31: While expediting preparation of the budget for the fiscal year 2022/23, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has operated a toll free number to collect budget related suggestions from general people.
Mar 31, 2022
ECONOMY

Pokhara Metropolis makes it mandatory to leave 30 meters of...

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POKHARA, March 31: The Pokhara Metropolitan City has fixed the benchmark of the nine lakes in the Pokhara Valley. This issue had been lingering for long because of disputes over it.
Mar 31, 2022
ECONOMY

Six years in Nepal, Cimex Inc. renews its commitment to prov...

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KATHMANDU, March 31: Cimex Inc. has entered the sixth year after completing five years of importing electric vehicles in Nepal.
Mar 31, 2022
WORLD

Zelensky, Biden discuss support for Ukraine over phone

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KIEV, March 31: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he has discussed support for Ukraine with U.S. President Joe Biden. "Talked about specific defensive support, a new package of enhanced sanctions, macro-financial and humanitarian aid," Zelensky tweeted after the talks.
Mar 31, 2022
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