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Slow and costly: 'Fast track' passport service lets down applicants

Kathmandu, May 18 -- At around Friday noon, hundreds of people had gathered outside Room 18, the grievance and complaints section of the Department of Passports in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu. In the midd... Read More


Host of climate-related issues discussed on 2nd day of Sagarmatha Sambaad

Kathmandu, May 18 -- The Sagarmatha Sambaad continues to take up various facets of the climate crisis that the world is confronting and discusses how indigenous and local knowledge and science can wor... Read More


Preserving cultural significance: KMC plans Mullick Ghat flower market overhaul

Kolkata, May 18 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), in collaboration with Kolkata Police and the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), is set to undertake a significant renovation of the iconic M... Read More


Proposed casino law to tighten rules, curb foreign investment

Kathmandu, May 18 -- The government has proposed lowering the threshold for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the casino sector and introducing regulatory reforms to better manage Nepal's expanding g... Read More


Paris's Louvre Pyramid soon in city as port eyes riverfront dev

Kolkata, May 18 -- Following Paris, Kolkata may soon get its own Louvre Pyramid glass structure as part of the riverfront development initiative by the Syamaprasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata, which... Read More


Digha Jagannath Temple drawing queries from foreign tourists: ISKCON

Kolkata, May 18 -- The newly-inaugurated Digha Jagannath Dham may soon emerge as a symbol of religious inclusivity as many foreign tourists have been showing huge interest in visiting Digha temple. R... Read More


NBSTC to launch volvo bus service from North Bengal to Jagannath Dham

Cooch Behar, May 18 -- In a major initiative to boost tourism and improve connectivity, the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is set to launch Volvo bus services from North Bengal to th... Read More


Trump plays ‘good cop and ‘bad cop game with Iran

Bangladesh, May 18 -- Until just a few weeks ago, a US attack on Iran seemed almost like a done deal. This isnt exactly out of the ordinary for Republican governments, as they tend to be more aggressi... Read More


Final preparations underway at Nathula for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

Nathula Pass, May 18 -- The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is all set to resume through Nathula from June this year, marking the end of a five-year suspension caused by the Doklam standoff in 2017 and the C... Read More


This Ancient Ritual in Kashmir Offers a Modern Climate Solution

Srinagar, May 18 -- The sun was already hot by the time the villagers began to gather. It was a Sunday morning in mid-May, and the spring water shimmered under the sky in Panzath, a quiet village tuck... Read More