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Workshop
Workshop on Climate Change and the AMR in the Cryosphere
The World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week 2024 is a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of AMR and promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. This is celebrated from 18-24 November every year. Considering the significance of the awareness week and delivering scientific knowledge via academician to society,...
Bomb threat on Vistara Flight, Nepali Army conducts search after landing at TIA
KATHMANDU: Security personnel conducted a thorough search of a Vistara Airlines flight following a bomb threat. The plane was searched after landing at Tribhuvan International Airport. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the bomb threat was communicated via WhatsApp. All passengers were safely evacuated, and the aircraft was isolated for inspection by the...
Baburam led-party to be renamed as Naya Shakti
KATHMANDU: The first statute convention of the Nepal Samajwadi Party, led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, has been successfully completed. Held in Pokhara, the convention has decided to hold a general convention in Kathmandu from February 7 to 9. During the constitutional convention, the party also resolved to change its name and flag. The new name...
Domestic flights resume regular operations
Kathmandu, September 29 — Domestic flights, which had been disrupted for three days, are now back to regular operations starting today. On Thursday, flights were unable to operate at several airports, and due to weather conditions, most airports remained closed on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Tribhuvan International Airport reported that only 30 percent...
PM Oli to leave for USA to attend 79th UNGA
Kathmandu, 6 Sept: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will leave here for New York, the United States of America, on September 20, leading the Nepali delegation to the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Thursday has approved the PM’s itinerary in this connection, said Minister for...
Resigns
Gandaki minister Deepak Manange resigns after ministry transfer
POKHARA, 2 Sept.: Rajeev Gurung, widely known as Deepak Manange, resigned from his post following a recent shake-up in the Gandaki Province government. On Monday, Manange, who was previously the Minister of Physical Infrastructure, was transferred to the Forest Ministry. Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey restructured the ministry of social development and health and the...
UML joins Gandaki government
Gandaki CM gives full shape to Cabinet, four from UML
POKHARA, September 2 — The CPN (UML) has officially joined the Gandaki Province government. Chief of Province Dilli Raj Bhatta administered the oaths of office and secrecy to four UML ministers on Monday. The ministers appointed are Prakash Bahadur KC for the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport; Padma GC for the Ministry of...
Nepalis spent 1.89 trillion rupees on foreign travel last year
The annual report reveals a strong interest among Nepalis in both domestic and international travel. In the last financial year (2080/81), Nepalis spent 1 trillion 89 billion 43 crore rupees on foreign trips, marking a 31.1 percent increase from the previous year. Despite this rise in travel expenditure, there has been some improvement in Nepal’s...
Natural Disasters
190 dead from floods and landslides since June 10
Disasters such as floods and landslides have claimed 190 lives across Nepal since June 10th. The casualties are distributed as follows: three in Kathmandu Valley, 27 in Koshi Province, eight in Madhesh Province, 32 in Bagmati Province, 56 in Gandaki Province, 36 in Lumbini Province, 13 in Karnali Province, and 15 in Sudurpaschim Province. In...
Nepal at Risk of Monkeypox (Mpox) Infection, Ministry of Health Warns
The Ministry of Health and Population has issued a warning that Nepal is at risk of monkeypox (Mpox) infection as the virus spreads rapidly in neighboring India. Ministry Spokesperson Dr. Prakash Budhathoki highlighted the growing threat, emphasizing that Nepal is vulnerable due to its proximity to the outbreak. Last year, a 60-year-old foreign woman was...
Interaction
Q&A with the Prime Minister Oli on Aug 22
A live question and answer programme with the Prime Minister is scheduled to be held in the upcoming meeting of the House of Representatives on August 22. In Wednesday’s HoR meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire urged Members of Parliament to submit questions in writing to the Secretary of the House of Representatives by 2 pm on...
Investigation
Parliamentary Special Committee plans to question Lamichhane on Aug 23
The parliamentary special committee investigating the misappropriation of cooperative savings plans to summon Rabi Lamichhane, President of the Rashtriya Swotantra Party (RSP), for a statement. A committee member informed that preparations are underway to take Lamichhane’s statement on August 23. The member emphasized that the committee would not call Lamichhane without sufficient evidence and is...