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2 hostages killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Hamas

2 hostages killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Hamas
13 February, Kathmandu: Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip during the past 96 hours have killed two Israeli hostages and seriously injured eight others, said the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, in a statement on Sunday. The conditions of the injured “are becoming more dangerous in light of the inability to provide them with appropriate treatment, and the enemy (Israel)... Read More

People’s War Day is a day of all Nepalis: PM Dahal

People’s War Day is a day of all Nepalis: PM Dahal
13 February, Kathmandu: Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said rights and achievements established on the foundation of people’s war are common assets of the nation. In a message on the occasion of 29th People’s War Day, Chairperson Dahal shared that although the people’s war was led by CPN (Maoist), it is the common... Read More

Exhibition of historical pictures of Kathmandu Valley in Pokhara

Exhibition of historical pictures of Kathmandu Valley in Pokhara
07 February, Kathmandu: Historical pictures of Kathmandu Valley are exhibited in Pokhara. On the occasion of the 21st International Mountain Museum Day, that historical picture was exhibited for a week in Pokhara. The photo exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Patan Museum Development Committee and Hanuman Dhoka Darbar Museum. The paintings, pictures, and photographs taken by the then palace... Read More

Narayangadh-Butwal road section sees only 46 percent progress in 5 years

Narayangadh-Butwal road section sees only 46 percent progress in 5 years
07 February, Kathmandu: The expansion of the Narayangadh-Butwal road section under the East-West Highway has been completed by only 46 percent in five years since the work began. The contract of the road project has already been extended twice but the work is far from over, Information Officer of Narayangadh-Butwal Road Extension Plan, Eastern Section, Engineer Shiv Khanal. Out of... Read More

Kidnappers abduct 35 wedding guests in Nigeria

Kidnappers abduct 35 wedding guests in Nigeria
06 February, KATHMANDU: Kidnappers abduct 35 wedding guests in Nigeria. At least 35 women are missing after kidnappers seized guests returning from a wedding in northwestern Nigeria, officials told AFP on Monday. The mass kidnapping in Katsina state is the largest in a series of recent abductions across Africa’s most populous country. Police spokesman Abubakar Aliyu said “suspected armed bandits... Read More

Muglin-Pokhara road: Blacktopping using asphalt technology starts in west section

Muglin-Pokhara road: Blacktopping using asphalt technology starts in west section
26 January, Kathmandu: Blacktopping has started in the west section of Tanahun under the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project. The Muglin-Pokhara road project (west section) has begun blacktopping the road from Shuklagandaki municipality-2, Haledi of the district under the Jamune-Pokhara. Road Section’s engineer and Information Officer Narayan Poudel shared that 420-meter one-way blacktopping was done first day on Thursday. According to... Read More

Economy is returning to normalcy: Minister Mahat

Economy is returning to normalcy: Minister Mahat
23 January, Kathmandu: Minister for Finance Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the national economy was gradually returning to normalcy. Inaugurating the new building of Mahagadhimai municipality in Bara on Monday, Minister Mahat said that the country’s economy was deteriorating when he assumed his office but it was recovering at present. On a different note, Mahat assured that he... Read More

PM Dahal says repatriation of Nepalis in Russian army unlikely for now

PM Dahal says repatriation of Nepalis in Russian army unlikely for now
21 January, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that even though the government has started an initiative to bring back the Nepalis who have joined the Russian army, Russia is unlikely to send them back. Prime Minister Dahal, who returned from Uganda this morning, said efforts were in place to bring back the Nepalis who enlisted in the... Read More

Tiger terror in Bara’s Nijgadh

Tiger terror in Bara’s Nijgadh
18 January, Bara : A tiger has created terror in Nijgadh Municipality of Bara. The residents have appealed for help saying that the goats of the residents of wards number 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the municipality were killed by the tiger. According to residents, it killed the goats of Jai Bahadur Singh and Suman Jimba, an ox of... Read More

Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s biggest phonemaker

Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s biggest phonemaker
17 January, Kathmandu: Apple now has the lion’s share of the global smartphone market, knocking Samsung off the top spot for the first time in 12 years. The American phone giant accounted for more than a fifth of phones shipped last year, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Samsung took 19.4% of the market share with Chinese... Read More