Voluntary retirement
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Voluntary retirement

A soldier (L) of Nepal’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who opted for voluntary retirement, is processed for discharge at Shaktikhor cantonment in Chitwan, about 160 km (99 miles) south of Kathmandu, February 3,... Read More »

Voluntary retirement
PHOTO FEATURE 

Voluntary retirement

A soldier (L) of Nepal’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who opted for voluntary retirement, is processed for discharge at Shaktikhor cantonment in Chitwan, about 160 km (99 miles) south of Kathmandu, February 3,... Read More »

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A cow carcass lies on the ground at a vulture restaurant in Nawalparasi, southwest of Kathmandu February.... Read More »

Battle for a cow carcass
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Battle for a cow carcass

Vultures battle for a cow carcass as they feed at a vulture restaurant in Nawalparasi, southwest of Kathmandu.... Read More »

Vultures Restaurant
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Vultures Restaurant

Vultures wait to feed on a cow carcass at a vulture restaurant in Nawalparasi, southwest of Kathmandu February 2, 2012. The restaurant, established in 2006 to provide a place where vultures can feed... Read More »

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Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as planned

Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as plannedBritain’s Prince Harry won’t be climbing Mount Everest this spring with a group of wounded servicemen as planned, his spokesman said Friday. The 27-year-old royal made a four-day... Read More »

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Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city

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Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as planned

Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as planned

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Three killed as bus skidded of the road

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Cultural Tourism In Medieval Nepal

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Tourism Ministry shows green signal for Blue Airways operation

Tourism Ministry shows green signal for Blue Airways operation

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Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as planned

Britain’s Prince Harry won’t be climbing Mount Everest this spring with a group of wounded servicemen as planned, his spokesman said Friday. The 27-year-old royal made a four-day trek to the North Pole with members of the Walking with the Wounded organization last April and was expected to reunite with them to scale Everest this...

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Prince Harry won’t climb Everest as planned

‘Anti-India activities’ convict Nepali Maoist leaders awarded clean chit

A Court in Bihar state of India on Friday gave a clean to 11 Nepali Maoist leaders facing criminal cases of conspiracy and anti-India activities. The Patna Sessions Court gave the verdict today in the criminal cases which had remained pending in the District Court for nearly eight years after the Bihar government, following intervention...

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‘Anti-India activities’ convict Nepali Maoist leaders awarded clean chit

FIFA President to visit Nepal to inaugurate AFC President’s Cup

FIFA President Sepp Blatter may visit Nepal to inaugurate the AFC President’s Cup Nepal is hosting for the first time from March 8. Although the visit of head of football world’s governing body has not been officially confirmed, but ANFA President Ganesh Thapa told leading national dailies Thursday that he is confident Blatter will confirm...

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Business Advantage, Welcome Advertising grab limelight in Crity Award

The most creative advertisements and their creators were honoured in the 7th Crity Award held on Saturday at Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu. A total of 40 agencies contested for 23 award categories. Of the total participants, Business Advantage and Welcome Advertising and Marketing grabbed the limelight, scooping up three awards each. Business Advantage won...

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Business Advantage, Welcome Advertising grab limelight in Crity Award

Preserve wetlands to conserve bi-diversity: Stakeholder

Participants of an interaction underlined the need to preserve and promote the wetlands for enhancing livelihood of the locals and conserving bio-diversity. Speaking at the interaction on the conservation of Parvati Kunda, a wetland in Rasuwa district in capital on the occasion of the World Wetland Day, they called for conserving high-altitude wetlands for the...

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Step up efforts to lure Chinese Tourists: Stakeholder

Step up efforts to lure Chinese Tourists: Stakeholder

Travel trade entrepreneurs and tourism stakeholders have urged the government to step up efforts to lure Chinese tourists as their numbers have been projected to grow much more than visitors... Read More »

Guinness officials to verify Nepali septuagenarian’s claim to be world’s shortest man

Guinness officials to verify Nepali septuagenarian’s claim to be world’s shortest man

Guinness World Records officials said Thursday they will measure a 72-year-old Nepali man who recently made himself public claiming to be the... Read More »

Black day for football history: 74 killed in Egypt football disaster

Black day for football history: 74 killed in Egypt football disaster

At least 74 people were killed and hundreds injured when rival fans clashed Wednesday after a football match in the Egyptian city... Read More »

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National Airline of UAE opens booking for Kathmandu flights

National Airline of UAE opens booking for Kathmandu flights

RAK Airways, a national Airline of United Arab Emirates (UAE) formally announced start of its flights operation between Kathmandu and Ras al-Khaimah,... Read More »

2012 opens account with significant growth in tourist arrivals

2012 opens account with significant growth in tourist arrivals

The tourist arrivals to Nepal are on track to record significant growth in 2012 with more tourists visiting here on January. The... Read More »

Tourism Ministry shows green signal for Blue Airways operation

Tourism Ministry shows green signal for Blue Airways operation

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is set to issue license to the Blue Airways Pvt. Ltd. for operating domestic flights. Joint Secretary at the Ministry, Suresh Acharya said... Read More »

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Cultural Tourism In Medieval Nepal

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As many as 2 Lakh Nepali workers selling toil abroad

A government report reveals that in the first six months of current fiscal year — between mid-July 2011 and mid-January 2012 — as many as 197,263 Nepalis left the country for jobs abroad. About four dozen countries hired the Nepali workers, according to the Department of Foreign Employment. The migrant workers’ outflow would have easily...

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Bullfighting thriving in Himalayas

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Scientists puzzled by region outside solar system

A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun’s influence is different and stranger than expected, scientists reported Tuesday. One oddity is the amount of oxygen. There are more oxygen atoms floating freely in the solar system than in the immediate interstellar space, or the vast region between stars. Scientists were...

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