Enhanced package of support for Gurkha veterans

London-Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster has announced an increased support package for 22,000 Gurkha veterans and their families. The veterans, who all joined the Brigade of Gurkhas before 2007, will benefit from a £15...

Kailali Court slaps Chaudhary and 10 others to life imprisonment

Dhangadhi, March 6 – The Kailali District Court has sentenced Resham Lal Chaudhary and 10 others to life imprisonment finding them guilty in the Tikapur incident, which occurred three and half years ago. Sharing...

Prime Minister returns Baluwatar from hospital

Kathmandu, March 6 – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has returned his official residence, Baluwater, this evening following a routine health checkup at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). The Prime Minister went to...

Nepal and Bangladesh sign agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation

Kathmandu, March 5 – A bilateral agreement has been signed between Nepal and Bangladesh on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income. Revenue Secretary...

Economic growth as per target: Finance Minister

Kathmandu, March 5 – Minister for Finance Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has projected that the economic growth in the current fiscal year would be between 7 to 8 per cent. While releasing a half yearly...

Adhikari, a pro-development leader

Urlabari, March 3 – Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari, who passed away last night, was elected to the House of Representatives thrice from then constituency...

Leader Adhikari cremated with state honour, three daughters lit funeral pyre

Kathmandu, March 3 – Former Deputy Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Bharat Mohan Adhikari who passed away Saturday night was cremated with the state honour today. Adhikari daughters Luna, Lima and...

Lawmakers blame delayed construction behind growing accidents

Kathmandu, March 2 – Lawmakers from different political parties have drawn the attention of the government and parliament over the growing number of road accidents. They blamed government bodies and construction companies behind delayed...

11 persons die in jeep accident

Picture RSS Darchula, March 1 – Eleven persons died on the spot in a jeep accident occurred at Ratakatha of Duhu rural municiplity-3 along the Darchula-Tinker road section in the district on Friday night. ...

Last rites of Minister Adhikari with state honour

Pokhara, March 1 – The last rites of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, were performed with state honour at Ramghat in Pokhara on Friday. Minister Adhikari was killed in a...

Nepal produces 10,000 brands of medicine; has 57 allopathic and 42 ayurvedic drug industries

Chitwan, March 1: The Department of Drug Administration has said Nepal was currently producing 10,000 brands of medicine which compose 45 percent of drug market in the country. Director General at the Department, Narayan...

NCP passes condolence motion on demise of Minister Adhikari

Kathmandu, Feb 28 – Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has passed the condolence motion on the demise of NCP central committee member and Minster for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, in a...