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Nepal’s first ever satellite launched, PM congratulates Thursday, April 18th, 2019

Nepal’s dream of playing 2020 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup shattered

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s aim of playing the 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has been shattered after United Arab Emirates defeated Oman by 10 wickets in today’s match of the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019 in Malaysia. Nepal’s win over Kuwait in today’s match and UAE’s lose..

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Nepal successfully launches country first Satellite from NASA-Virginia Center

Purushottam Dhakal, Los Angeles: Nepal enter in to global space age by launching its first satellite 'Nepal Sat-1" on today. The launch of the satellite 'Nepal Sat-1" takes place in the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's East Shore, today US Eastern..

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Scrap Electronic Transaction Act: Federation of Nepali Journalists Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nepal's journalist trade association Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has demanded the government to scrap the Electronic Transaction Act (ETA), arguing that the number of journalists’ arrested under Section 47 and 48 of ETA was growingly alarmingly. Issuing a press release on..

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Nepal’s parliamentary team makes field visit of Korala transit point

MUSTANG: A parliamentary team conducted a field visit of Korala transit point on the Nepal- Tibet (the autonomous region of China) border in Mustang. A nine-member team of the International Relations Committee reached the border area for the study about Beni-Jomsom-Korola road project and..

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Nepali Congress declares awareness campaign ‘Himal, Pahad, Tarai-Madhesh’ Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

KATHMANDU: The main opposition Nepali Congress party has announced a nationwide awareness campaign aimed at consolidating the party organisation. The party declared the 'Himal, Pahad, Tarai-Madhesh' campaign to begin from coming April 24. The campaign will be held throughout the year 2076 at all..

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Creating employment govt’s first priority: Prime Minister Oli

Prakash Adhikari, Deependra Sharma, SURKHET: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that creating employment was the first priority of the government. While making the breakthrough of Babai Diversion Multipurpose Tunnel Project here today, Prime Minister Oli said that the government was working to..

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Nepal’s Department of Tourism permits 361 climbers to scale Mt. Everest

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Department of Tourism (DoT), under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation permits 36 expedition teams and 361 climbers to climb Mt. Everest this spring season. The number of climbers getting permission this year is higher than that of the same season last year,..

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Govt fails to deliver effective result: Nepali Congress  Monday, April 15th, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nepal's main opposition political party Nepali Congress (NC) has said that the government failed to meet public aspirations despite having favorable environment. At a press conference organized at party central office Sanepa on Monday, party spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma argued that..

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Nepal beats Malaysia in ICC U-19 One Day World Cup Qualifier

KATHMANDU: Nepal has defeated Malaysia in the third match held under the ICC U-19 One Day World Cup, Asia Qualifier Championship underway in Malaysia. In the match held at the Bayuemas Oval cricket pitch in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, Nepal trounced the hosts by eight wickets. This is Nepal's..

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Empowering women a must to shape their future: UNFPA report

KATHMANDU: The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to govern their own bodies and shape their own futures. But despite the gains made over the past 50 years, the world still has a long way to go before..

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Nepal government formed Lukla Plane crash probe committee

KATHMANDU: Nepal government has formed a committee to probe the Summit Air's plane crash at Lukla-based Tenzing Hilary Airport in Solukhumbu on Sunday morning. Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed the probe committee headed by former Director -General of Civil Aviation..

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Free health insurance for elderly; senior citizen allowance to be increased: PM Sunday, April 14th, 2019

Bishnu Nepal, Prakash Silwal, KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has announced that the senior citizen allowance would be increased from the next fiscal year. He said so while inaugurating the national campaign for health insurance for senior citizens and opening of bank accounts for all the..

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Four dead, 40 injured in separate accidents in Sarlahi, Southern Nepal

KATHMANDU: Four people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Sarlahi district today. A man died when a vehicle (BR 01 BP 5951) collided head on with a motorcycle near Chamelimai temple at Kabilasi municipality-10. The dead has been identified as Chiranjibi Pokharel, 45, of..

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Two killed, one injured in Summit Air crash in Lukla, Nepal

SOLUKHUMBU: Two people were killed and one was injured when a Summit Air plane met with an accident while taking-off from Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla, Mt Everest Transit point Nepal this morning. The deceased have been identified as co-pilot of the Summit Air S Dhungana and Assistant..

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Two killed in Summit Air crash in Lukla, Nepal

KATHMANDU: Two people were killed and one was injured in a Summit Air plane met with an accident while taking-off from Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla, Mt Everest Transit point Nepal this morning. Plane crash was due to a collision between Manag air Helicopter and Summit Air plane. The accident..

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Nepali New Year 2076 BS today, celebration begins

KATHMANDU: The Nepali New Year is being marked today by exchanging greetings across the country. Also called ‘Mesh Sankranti’ or ‘Baisakh Sankranti’, today the Sun enters into the Aries from the Pisces. The first day of the Year 2076, this is the day for everyone to plan for future with..

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China’s Belt and Road outreach to Nepal won’t work, says leading European think tank Saturday, April 13th, 2019

AMSTERDAM: China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is not likely to work with Nepal due to a number of economic, infrastructural and environmental concerns, according to Amsterdam-based European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), which has closely studied the ground situation. In..

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Impose tax on social networking sites: Nepal’s Auditor General

KATHMANDU: At a time when the government has been advocating for bringing the social network under tax net, the Office of the Auditor General has asked the government to impose tax on social networks. Even the telecommunications service providers have been bearing loss owing to growing use of..

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Nepal’s oldest man dies at 131 years

RAJBIRAJ: The senior-most citizen Raghu Baharkher, who was 131 years old, died on Friday. The resident of Tirahut rural municipality-1 in Saptari district, Baharkher spent his life involving in livestock farming, according to a local Mukesh Yadav. Baharkher is the first person to raise some 10,000..

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