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Incessant rains-triggered landslide, river erosion result in massive loss in Melamchi

Incessant rains-triggered landslide, river erosion result in massive loss in Melamchi
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (RSS): Melamchi Bazaar and adjoining areas in Sindhupalchowk district suffered a massive loss due to incessant rains that resulted in landslides and rampant river erosion. A team of experts from the Department of Mines and Geology was send for a study in the Melmachi Bazaar which was hit by the devastating floods on June 15 and July... Read More

Reconstruction of 27 heritages in Durbar Square completed

Reconstruction of 27 heritages in Durbar Square completed
Sharmila Pathak Kathmandu, Aug 13 (RSS): Reconstruction of 27 heritage monuments in Hanumandhoka Durbar Square has been completed till date. The Hanumandhoka Durbar square is one of the most important heritage sites in the country but remained adversely affected by 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Although the reconstruction of heritages and monuments is going ahead, it is yet to be materialized in... Read More

2,500 tourism sector people vaccinated against COVID-19 in first phase

2,500 tourism sector people vaccinated against COVID-19 in first phase
Pokhara, Aug 13 (RSS): Around 2,500 people associated with tourism sector in Pokhara have been vaccinated against coronavirus on Thursday at the coordination of Pokhara Tourism Council. Council General Secretary Ram Chandra Sharma said that vaccine against COVID-19 was administered to tourism related workers, staffs and tourism entrepreneurs on the basis of priority at five different places of Pokhara.He shared... Read More

Six journalists to be prized

Six journalists to be prized
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (RSS): The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Associate Province Committee has decided to honour six journalists with ‘Active Journalism Encouragement Prize in Crisis’. Associate Province Committee’s general secretary Royal Acharya said in a statement on Thursday that the prizes are announced for the journalists active in economic, photo, film, sports, politics and cartoon journalism. Rina Moktan would... Read More

ADB agrees to provide Rs 19.58 billion in grant to purchase anti-COVID vaccine

ADB agrees to provide Rs 19.58 billion in grant to purchase anti-COVID vaccine
Kathmandu, Aug 11 (RSS): Nepal government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have reached an agreement, according to which, ADB is to provide Rs 19.58 billion concessional loan to Nepal to buy anti-COVID vaccines. ADB country representative Arnaud Cauchois and Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini signed the agreement amidst a function organized at Finance Ministry on Wednesday. It is hoped... Read More

Sydney to tighten COVID-19 curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

Sydney to tighten COVID-19 curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown
SYDNEY, Aug 12 (Reuters) : Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on Thursday, as the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant spreads into regional areas. The move comes as Australia’s capital city, Canberra, 260 km (160 miles) southwest of Sydney, announced a snap one-week... Read More

RT-PCR test unavailable since eleven days

RT-PCR test unavailable since eleven days
Rajbiraj, Aug 12 (RSS): RT-PCR tests for Corona Virus remains closed at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital in Rajbiraj for the past eleven days. At a time when the threat of a possible third wave of COVID-19 is on the rise, RT-PCR testing has been halted. Lab in-charge of the hospital, Prakash Kumar Yadav, said that the test service was stopped... Read More

Congress Central Committee meeting today

Congress Central Committee meeting today
Kathmandu, Aug 12 (RSS): The ruling Nepali Congress has called a meeting of the party’s central working committee at 2:00 pm today. According to NC office chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel, the schedule of the party’s 14th general convention and election guideline will be presented at the meeting. The Congress has made public the schedule of the 14th General Convention... Read More

Speeding vehicles kill 358 wild animals in Banke National Park

Speeding vehicles kill 358 wild animals in Banke National Park
Menaka Chaudhary Banke, Aug 11 (RSS): The highway inside the park in Banke district has become like an electric trap for wildlife. Statistics of the last seven years show the number of wild animals killed after being hit by vehicles on the highways is increasing every year. A total of 358 wild animals have been killed in road accidents in... Read More

International Youth Day being celebrated today

International Youth Day being celebrated today
Kathmandu, Aug 12 (RSS): International Youth Day is being celebrated all over the world including in Nepal today. The day is also being celebrated in Nepal under the slogan ‘Transformation in Food System: Youth Innovation for Human and Global Health’. On the occasion of the day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will deliver a video... Read More