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Paddy and rice imports record Rs 5.61 billion in two months

Nepal, Oct. 3 -- Nepal imported over 106 million kilograms of paddy and rice worth Rs 5.61 billion in the first two months of the current Fiscal Year (FY). The records with the Department of Customs ... Read More


Gold price down Rs 3,800 as silver loses Rs 170 per tola

Nepal, Oct. 3 -- Gold prices in the domestic market fell by Rs 3,800 per tola (11.6638 grams) last week. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association (FENEGOSIDA), the ma... Read More


NC set to open 15th General Convention on Sunday

Nepal, Oct. 3 -- The Nepali Congress is set to inaugurate its 15th General Convention at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on Sunday afternoon, with the party saying preparations for the event have been complete... Read More


Govt preparing to bring irrigation under Infrastructure Development Ministry

Nepal, Oct. 3 -- The government is preparing to expand the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MoID) by bringing irrigation under its jurisdiction, according to government sources. The proposal i... Read More


Speaker Aryal leaving for Tanzania to attend 153rd IPU General Assembly

Nepal, Oct. 3 -- Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal is leaving for Tanzania on Sunday to attend the 153rd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Aryal is leading a seven-member parliamentary ... Read More


FM Khanal briefs HoR on Nepal's participation in UN General Assembly

Nepal, Oct. 2 -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal informed today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) about Nepal's participation in the 81st United Nations General Assembly. He ... Read More


HoR session: MPs raise issues from problems facing students in medical college to road accidents

Nepal, Oct. 2 -- In the 'urgent hour' of the House of Representatives (HoR)'s meeting today, lawmakers have raised several issues ranging from the problems faced by students in a medical college in Bi... Read More


New Bagmati Planning Commission vice-chair, members sworn in

Nepal, Oct. 2 -- Newly appointed Vice-Chair Dr Devraj Rokka and members Dr Dipak Bikram Thapa Chhetri and Dr Surendra Bar Singh Thapa of the Bagmati Province Policy and Planning Commission took oath o... Read More


Dea*th toll reaches 15 in Manang avalanche, one still missing

Nepal, Oct. 2 -- The death toll from the avalanche in the Himlung area of Narphabhumi Rural Municipality-5, Manang, has risen to 15, while one person remains missing, police said. The missing person ... Read More


Malaysian national missing after Bhotekoshi flood found safe after 37 days

Nepal, Oct. 2 -- A Malaysian national who went missing after the Bhotekoshi River flood in Rasuwa on August 26 has been confirmed safe and back in Malaysia after 37 days. Malaysia Solidarity: Familie... Read More