Kathmandu– Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has stressed the need for diversification, industrialization and modernization in agriculture sector of Nepal. Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chair Dahal said this while inau...

Bhimduttanagar– Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed that the incumbent government should bring Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav)-led group into mainstream of national politics through talks. Speaking at a press meet organised a...

Hetauda– A two-day seminar on security in State-3 has kicked off in Hetauda today. The seminar is organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs of the federal government. The chief district officers of 13 districts in State-3, the district police ...

Kathmandu– Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, has urged all the stakeholders to make the School Enrollment Campaign 2076 successful. In an appeal he issued on Monday, Minister Pokhrel has requested all the Ne...

Kathmandu– Nepal Police has expressed grief over the demise of police personnel in Lukla air crash. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sarbendra Khanal expressed profound sorrow over the passing away of Assistant Sub Inspector Ram Bahadur Khadk...

Bhaktapur– Nationwide school enrolment campaign has kicked off since Monday with the slogan 'Our town our village, bring all children to school'. The drive has been put in place across the country through all 753 local governments so a...

Muglin– A motor able 'arch bridge' being built over the Trishuli River is coming into operation in near future. The bridge will connect Muglin of Ichhakamana rural municipality, Chitwan and Benitar of Anbukhaireni rural municipality, Tana...

Banepa–An alternative road has opened to reach to district's remote place Koshipari. The motorway connecting Bekhsimle from Silame of Koshipari Bhumlu rural municipality has come into operation since Monday. Though efforts for operating the m...

Khotang– A passenger died and other 14 were critically injured in an accident of Diktel-bound bus from Kathmandu at Halesi. Praja Bahadur Rai, 32, of Diktel-Rupakot-Majhuwagadhi municipality-7, Dorpachiuridanda died when the commuter bus ...

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia –Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday a Chinese company building a rail link across peninsula Malaysia will jointly help to manage, operate and maintain the network that will help reduce the country's financial burd...

Laghman ,Afghanistan–Seven children lost their lives while scores of people were wounded after a bomb went off here on Sunday evening, according to Provincial Governor's Spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai. The children were playing outside the ho...

Parasi –Senior artist, folk singer and music composer Prachanda Bahadur Budhathoki Magar passed away on Sunday evening. He was 83. He had been suffering from pneumonia and jaundice for sometimes and died in course of treatment at the Bhairahaw...

Phidim– The first national identity card holder in the country, Bhagawati Devi Bhandari of Shantipur of Phidim Municipality-4 in Ilam district, died on Friday. The 102-year-old was suffering from asthma. Her relative Surya Adhikari confirmed t...

Kathmandu– The 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 he...

Fidim–Yak festival was organised at Falelung rural municipality-4, Charrate in Panchthar on Sunday. The festival, organised to promote tourism through yak, had showcased yak related products and goods. Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning o...

Dhamboji– Two youths went missing while swimming in the Karnali River at Kothiyaghat on Sunday evening. Police confirmed that Deependra Karki of Kohalpur, Banke and Prajjwal Koirala of Lamki, Kailali went missing while swimming in the Karnali ...

 TOKYO–As optimism grows that the United States and China are nearing a trade deal, Japan kicks off its own negotiations with Washington from Monday, hoping to resolve some of the issues "very quickly." US Trade Representative Robe...

 WASHINGTON– With US-Japan trade talks set to begin Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday any agreement will include a requirement to refrain from manipulating currencies to gain an advantage in international trade. B...

TEHRAN– Seventy-six people have been killed in Iran by floods in recent weeks, according to a new toll published Sunday with warnings still in place for large swathes of the country. "With the death of five people in the Khuzestan provinc...

Sarlahi–Three people died and 31 were injured in a bus accident occurred this morning at Lalbandi municipality-1 in Sarlahi along the East-West Highway. The District Police Office, Sarlahi confirmed the deaths of Shreekant Chaudhary, 50, of Ra...