The travel and tourism industry has urged the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) to end the ongoing politics at the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and allow the semi-autonomous body established for the promotion of tourism to perform under the public-private partnership model. Eight associations related to travel and tourism jointly submitted a memorandum [...]

Three members of an Afghan immigrant family in Canada have been convicted of murdering four female relatives in a so-called “honour” killing. The bodies – three teenage girls and their father’s first wife – were found in a car submerged in a canal in the city of Kingston, Ontario, in 2009. The girls’ father, brother [...]

Actress Rose Byrne arrives at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

The eurozone crisis will dominate an EU summit on Monday, with an emphasis on growth and “smart” budget discipline. The EU has more than 23 million unemployed people and there are fears that wide-ranging budget cuts will harm enterprise and training. Cuts need to be “smart” – well-targeted – to allow room for future growth, [...]

It is said that the medieval era never really ended in Nepal, its historic towns and architectural jewels blessed by an unbroken continuity of life and ritual that links the present with the past. The lasting image for tourists flying out of Kathmandu is of the multi-roofed pagodas of palaces and temples and the 16th [...]

Martyr’s Day is being marked across the country today. In his Martyr’s Day message, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav hoped the day would encourage all political parties to forge consensus on peace and the statute. He said only timely constitution can materialise martyrs’ dream. “We must tread ahead to make the country economically prosperous if [...]

Nepal’s preliminary squad for March’s AFC Challenge Cup is scheduled to start training in Kathmandu on Monday. A total of 36 players, chosen by head coach Graham Roberts, will begin preparations for the tournament, the winner of which will automatically qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia. Nepal, who were losing semi-finalists in [...]

A top Maoist leader ruled out scrapping the government’s controversial decision to legalise land transactions sanctioned by the former rebels’ parallel administration during the decade-long civil war. “Legalising the war-era land transaction was the only good decision made by the Baburam Bhattarai-led government. It was the decision of the Maoist party and we can’t roll [...]

With the population of migrant Nepali workers rapidly increasing in the Gulf region and Nepal’s growing interactions in Asia and Europe, the government is under pressure to open new missions abroad to serve the interest of its nationals. Three panels–one parliamentary and two under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)–have strongly recommended opening up new [...]

Student unions affiliated with various political parties have announced second round of protest programmes against fuel price hike accusing the government of turning a deaf ear to their demand of a complete revocation of a massive increase in the rates of the petroleum products. Second round of protest programmes announced by 13 student unions include [...]