The three major political parties, UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and UML together with the Madhesi Front, Tuesday reached a breakthrough on the new constitution as they agreed on 11-province federal structure along with mixed governance system and the elected Presidential system. As per the agreement reached during talks held at the Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s [...]

Far-west bandh enforcers’ protest rally has turned into a battlefield at Park Mode in Dhangadi after the Tharuhat activists marched towards them, as their demands over federalism hold conflicting interests. Both sides are pelting stones at each other at Campus Chowk in Dhangadi. If the Far-west banda demanding undivided Far-west has entered Day 19 on [...]

The Nepal Heart Foundation is embarking on a global expedition against heart diseases titled Save Heart Expedition (SHE)-2013 from the sea-level of Bangladesh to the top of Mount Everest on March 1-May 15 next year to raise awareness on the killer diseases.  A Nepali team under senior cardiologist Dr Prakash Raj Regmi plans to reach [...]

Majority of the Ministers have not received money for allowances for the last two months, while funds have been managed by the District Treasury Controller Office to pay their salaries. The Prime minister’s Office (PMO) faced budget deficit due to formation of the largest ever 49-member Cabinet and an equally large number of personal assistants [...]

General life has been hit hard due to bandh  in different parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley, for the second consecuetive day Friday  as the Joint Struggle Committee announced a bandh against ethnicity-based federal states and for the recognition of Brahmins, Chhetris, Dasnamis and Dalits as indigenous people. Groups of people affiliated to [...]

As many as 225,000 foreign tourists visited various heritages in Bhaktapur municipality. The heritages drew total 88,948 tourists from SAARC countries and 126,741 from other countries during 2068 BS (Mid-April, 2011 to Mid-April, 2012), said Chief of Bhaktapur Municipality Tourism Information Centre, Damodar Suwal. The municipality generated total revenue of Rs. 159.31 million from the [...]

As four more bodies were recovered from the debris of Seti river flood-ravaged villages of Kaski district on Tuesday, the number of dead bodies recovered went up to 26. Security personnels deployed in search mission say at least 40 people are still missing. Authorities have ascertained the identities of only 18 bodies so far and [...]

Normal life has been adversely hit in far western region due to indefinite strike by the agitators demanding ‘Undivided’ Far West on Tuesday. General people have been in the receiving end since 12 days as the market areas, educational institute, transportation have remained closed in the region. The region is facing a serious shortage of [...]

After attending two Puja’s in Pangboche, home of Lama Geshi, the go to guy when asking a blessing of safety when traversing the high peaks of the Himalaya, we set out and up. The Trek to base-camp is long in the sense that you must take your time to let your body become acclimatized to the lesser amounts of [...]

The 2,556th Buddha Jayanti is being celebrated today to commemorate the birthday, enlightenment and passing away of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Buddha was born, enlightened, and died on the full moon day in the month of Baishakh in Lumbini of Nepal 2,556 years ago. Buddhists living at home and abroad are organising various [...]