Kathmandu benefitted tremendously from ties with New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba
Praising citizens of India for their achievements in 70 years of independence, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said that Kathmandu has benefitted tremendously from its ties with New Delhi.
Aug 12, 2017, 12:25 PM IST
Nepal hosts gay pride parade demanding equal rights
In recent years the gay community has started using the festival to call attention to its demands for equal rights.
Aug 08, 2017, 19:15 PM IST
Nepal officials to hold talks with India on GST
The delegation will discuss issues concerning Goods and Services Tax (GST) recently imposed in India in relation to the bilateral Trade and Transit Treaty between the two countries, officials said here.
Jul 10, 2017, 20:28 PM IST
China plans to launch cargo service to Pakistan through China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The new line will start from Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China's Gansu Province, travelling through Kashgar in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the Gwadar Port of Pakistan, Xu Chunhua, director of Lanzhou International Trade and Logistic Park, was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news agency.
Jul 06, 2017, 15:21 PM IST
5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal
The seismic event was recorded at 7:43 AM.
Jul 02, 2017, 16:15 PM IST
Nepal, China hail 'smooth, healthy development' of bilateral ties
Nepal highly appreciates China's non-interference in its internal affairs, China's support for and understanding of its constitutional process and China's long-term assistance for its socio-economic development, Deuba said.
Jun 22, 2017, 10:21 AM IST
Manisha Koirala 'excited, committed' to clean river Bagmati
Actress Manisha Koirala, who has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of Bagmati clean-up mega campaign, says she is "excited and committed" to be a part of this intiative.
Jun 17, 2017, 13:40 PM IST
Madhesi parties divided on participating in local polls
Madhesi parties in Nepal are divided over participating in the second phase of local body polls, with one faction insisting on taking part in the process to foil the reactionary forces' conspiracy against federalism while other announcing fresh protests to disrupt elections.
Jun 12, 2017, 19:18 PM IST
India helping Nepal to set up police academy
India shares a 1,751-km-long border with Nepal that touches Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
Jun 11, 2017, 12:14 PM IST
Serial killer Charles Sobhraj to undergo open heart surgery in Nepal
Sobhraj, 73, had recently fainted in a special cell of Central Jail of Kathmandu, where he has been kept in confinement for the last 12 years.
Jun 09, 2017, 18:08 PM IST
Nepal felicitates 1st Indian who scaled Everest six times
The first Indian man who scaled Mount Everest for a record six times was felicitated in Nepal.
Jun 09, 2017, 13:56 PM IST
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba takes office with great expectations
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has taken oath as the 40th Prime Minister of Nepal.President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly elected Prime Minister Deuba amid a function at Sheetal Niwas in Kathmandu, reports the Kathmandu Post.
Jun 08, 2017, 10:30 AM IST
Nepal signs mega hydro project deal with Chinese firm
Nepal has signed a major deal with a Chinese company to develop a 1,200 MW hydroelectric project, the biggest hydro project in the landlocked country that could resolve its perennial power crisis.
Jun 05, 2017, 11:50 AM IST
Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes sole candidate for Nepal PM
Deuba, 70, served as the prime minister from 1995 to 1997, from 2001 to 2002, and from 2004 to 2005.
Nepal unveils Rs 1,279 billion budget for 2017-18
The government in the next fiscal year is transferring Rs 225 billion, or 17.6 percent of the total budget, to local bodies, as per the commitment.
May 30, 2017, 14:35 PM IST
Former Miss India finalist among 6 evacuated from Mt Everest
According to the expedition organisers, 52-year-old Sangeeta S Bahl, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, Argentine climbers Andres Esteban Pariz and Ricardo Dario Birn were airlifted from Camp II.
May 21, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
Nepalis cast their vote in local elections
Nearly five million Nepalis on Sunday are voting in the first phase of the much awaited local elections taking place for the first time after the Himalayan nation became a federal democratic republic.
May 14, 2017, 13:03 PM IST
Nepal`s high hopes for first local polls in 20 years
The last local representatives were elected in 1997 and their mandates lapsed after their five-year terms expired at the height of the brutal Maoist insurgency.
May 13, 2017, 08:43 AM IST
Lumbini – The birthplace of Buddha in Nepal faces serious threat from pollution
As per recent data collected from air quality monitoring stations in five places across the country show the historic site has become highly polluted.
May 10, 2017, 12:13 PM IST
Nepal's youngest woman candidate files papers for local polls
Ranju Darshana, a 21-year-old Nepalese woman, on Tuesday became the youngest and only female candidate vying for Kathmandu's mayoral post.
May 02, 2017, 22:26 PM IST
