The international campaign against violence against women ‘We Can’ is beginning from Wednesday. The campaign is set to be launched in the 14 nations including Nepal on Wednesday by organising similar types of the events in all the member countries for the change in the traditional social attitude towards the violence against women, said We [...]

Indian small gases beyond standard are being sold at the main markets of the Rauthat district, Tuesday.

The executive director of president Obama’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) programme, Lois Quam, has arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday for a three-day visit. Quam is one who was named as one of America’s 50 Most Powerful Women in 2006 by Fortune magazine. During her Nepal stay Quam is scheduled to meet with senior government officials, [...]

The process of regrouping almost 19,000 former rebels is now drawing to a close and political parties say they have been stunned by the number of Maoist fighters who have opted for the army. The take-up rate has been so high that it could even derail their plans to integrate up to 6,500 former rebels [...]

Two disabled persons who are on a world tour wishing for world peace have started their journey from Sunday. Tej Bahadur Karki, 47, a resident of Prabcha VDC -4 in Okhaldhunga   living in Kathmandu and Nir Bahadur Nepali of Damek VDC-5 in Baglung district have reached Kusma Bazaar of Parbat district,  in connection with their [...]

The term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) has been extended for six months Tuesday. The Legislature-Parliament has extended its tenure by six more months, a day before the expiry of its term. The parliamentary session held today afternoon endorsed the 11th constitution amendment bill proposed by the government seeking a six-month extension of the CA [...]

The ancient Sita-Ram wedding festival, aka, Bibaha Mahotsav is being observed in Janakpurdham on Tuesday. Residents of Mithila have been observing the festival in a special manner to commemorate the wedding day of King Janak’s daughter Sita as described in the book Ramayana authored by Goswami Tulasidas. The day is observed as the biggest festival [...]

A Fishtail Air helicopter had an accident at Labuche of Khumjung, Solukhbumbu, on Tuesday at noon. All three persons on board including pilot Dipak Rana and co-pilot Anush are safe, the District Police Office, Solukhumbu, said.  The Eco Real AAS 350 chopper had left for Labuche from Lukla to airlift an ill tourist, the Civil [...]

The Consumers’ Forum Nepal has urged the authorities concerned to make market monitoring a regular business saying price of daily consumptive goods has been increased voluntarily with the market monitoring witnessing fall. Organizing a press conference in Kathmandu, the Forum asked the authorities to resume market monitoring claiming that the market has gone beyond regulation [...]

Bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality in Bhaktapur district on Tuesday. The Veterinary Epidemiology Center in Tripureshwor confirmed the disease at a local poultry farm of Chandra Bahadur Tamang, situated at the bank of Manahara River in the municipality. An expert team dispatched from Department of Livestock Services under [...]