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Rain with thunder, lightning forecast

Rain with thunder, lightning forecast
Kathmandu, Sept 15 (RSS): Weather would remain general cloudy throughout the country with light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning in most of the parts today. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, there is possibility of rain with thunder and lightning due to influence of low-pressure system near Chhatisgadh and Madhya Pradesh region of India. Meteorologist... Read More

Landslides cause damage worth Rs 50 million on the Mid-Hill Highway

Landslides cause damage worth Rs 50 million on the Mid-Hill Highway
Galkot, Sept 12 (RSS): Landslide has damaged a section of the Pokhara-Baglung road on the Mid-Hill Pushpalal Highway, which is in the final stage of blacktopping. The eight-kilometer road in the section was blocked at 20 places on the night of August 3. The worst hit was Dobilla in Kushma municipality. Even though the road was brought into operation after... Read More

MoU with British Council to improve the quality of education

MoU with British Council to improve the quality of education
Waling, Sept 11 (RSS): A memorandum of understanding has been reached between the Waling Municipality of Syangja and the British Council to improve the quality of education in the municipality. The main objective of the agreement is to focus on modern and systematic teaching and learning activities by correcting the shortcomings in the education sector. The agreement was signed between... Read More

Japan PM Suga to resign amid criticism over COVID-19 response

Japan PM Suga to resign amid criticism over COVID-19 response
Tokyo , September 3 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he will not run for party re-election as a leader this month, amid criticism over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes as just under a year Suga took office and as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) prepares to hold its presidential election on September 29,... Read More

COVID infection rate could rise after children go back to school: UK education secretary

COVID infection rate could rise after children go back to school: UK education secretary
LONDON, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) : British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on Thursday did not rule out a rise in coronavirus infections being caused by children going back to classrooms, as hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are returning to classrooms this week. “This is why we’re doing the testing program and we’re encouraging children to take part... Read More

Bagmati Province govt adds four more offices

Bagmati Province govt adds four more offices
Bagmati, Aug 31 (RSS): The Bagmati Province has decided to set up four new offices under the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment in order to provide public service in a convenient manner. Three soil conservation offices under the forest and environment would be established to control landslide and an office under tourism development project for the development and... Read More

Koshi River’s water discharge fluctuating

Koshi River’s water discharge fluctuating
Inaruwa, Aug 31 (RSS): The level of water in Saptakoshi River has started fluctuating lately. Earlier, there was a rise in the water’s level following incessant rains in the eastern hilly and Terai districts. This morning, the flow of water in the river was measured at 214,745 cusecs per second and the measurement was taken at 7:00 am at the... Read More

Sri Lanka-Kathmandu direct flight launched

Sri Lanka-Kathmandu direct flight launched
Kathmandu, Aug 31 (RSS): The Sri Lankan Airlines has launched a direct flight from Kathmandu to Sri Lanka today. An aircraft –’A’ 320 of Sri Lankan Airlines that took off from Colombo landed at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, at 10:24 am. A total of 132 passengers were in the airplane. General Manager at the TIA, Pratap Babu Tiwari, said that... Read More

Drinking water shortage grips village in Nawalparashi

Drinking water shortage grips village in Nawalparashi
Nawalpur, Aug 31 (RSS): Villages in Hupsekot Rural Municipality in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta East) have been reeling under acute drinking water shortage after flood swept away the drinking water pipe since the beginning of monsoon this year. Over 15,000 people from 3,000 households have been affected since the water supply stopped, said Mek Bahadur Pulami, Chairperson of the Urban Drinking Water... Read More

Nepali cricket team off to Oman to play Triangular Series

Nepali cricket team off to Oman to play Triangular Series
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (RSS): The Nepali cricket team has left for Oman to play in the Triangular Cricket Series under the World Cup League-2 with Oman and America. The 22-member team with 17 players boarded the Salam Air plane for Oman at Tribhuvan International Airport today.National Sports Council (NSC) member-secretary Ramesh Kumar Silwal, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) president Chatur... Read More