Minister Shrestha assumes office

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 12: Newly appointed Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Shraddha Shrestha, assumed the office on Friday. After taking the oath of office and secrecy at President's Office,...

Minister Ghising for picking right leadership

6 months ago

Chandrapur (Rautahat), Dec 12: Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport, Kulman Ghising, urged public to elect right leadership in the upcoming election. The interim government is mandated to conduct the...

EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood

6 months ago

EU finance ministers agreed Friday to impose a three-euro duty on all small parcels imported into the bloc starting July 1, 2026, to help tackle a flood of cheap imports...

Israel bans mobile phones in primary schools

6 months ago

Israel will ban children from using mobile phones in primary schools from February, the education ministry's website said Friday, emphasising the devices' "negative effects" on students.In implementing the ban, Israel...

Officiating CEC urged to ensure voting rights of Nepali citizens living abroad

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 12: Former Minister Sumana Shrestha, returnee migrant workers and Gen-Z representatives today submitted a memorandum to the Officiating Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Ram Prasad Bhandari, asking to ensure...

Property worth Rs 6.7 million gutted in fire

6 months ago

Ghorahi (Dang), Dec 12: Property worth Rs 6.7 million was gutted when Waste Management and Resource Centre located at Rapti rural municipality-2 in the district caught fire today.A building, big...

Russian central bank says suing Euroclear over frozen assets

6 months ago

Russia's central bank on Friday said it was suing the Belgium-based Euroclear financial group, which holds Moscow's frozen international reserves, as the EU moves closer to using the funds to...

Russia says historical truth of Nanjing Massacre indisputable

6 months ago

The historical truth of the Nanjing Massacre is beyond dispute, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.She made the remarks ahead of China's national memorial day for the...

Congo refugees recount death and chaos as war reignites

6 months ago

Congolese refugees described neighbours being massacred and losing children in the chaos as they fled into Rwanda to escape a surge in fighting despite a peace deal brokered by US...

9 killed, 29 injured as bus plunges into ravine in S. India

6 months ago

At least nine people were killed and 29 others injured, some of them critically, after a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into a ravine in the...

35,000 Afghan drug users rejoin families after recovery in Herat province over 4 years

6 months ago

A total of 35,000 drug users recovered and reintegrated with their families after receiving treatment in Afghanistan's western Herat province over the past four years, an official said Friday.According to...

Thapa wins bronze medal in IBA Men's World Boxing Championships

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 12: Nepali boxer Chandra Bahadur Thapa Magar made history by winning a bronze medal in the 54kg weight category in the ongoing IBF Men's World Boxing Championships in...

Thapa wins bronze medal in IBA Men's World Boxing Championships

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 12: Nepali boxer Chandra Bahadur Thapa Magar made history by winning a bronze medal in the 54kg weight category in the ongoing IBF Men's World Boxing Championships in...

Red Panda Marathon in Ilam on December 16

6 months ago

Ilam, Dec 12: The Red Panda Marathon is going to be organised in Ilam on December 16 with an objective of tourism promotion.The marathon is to be organised from Ilam...

US, Japan defence chiefs say China harming regional peace

6 months ago

Beijing's actions are "not conducive to regional peace", Japan's defence minister and US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed during a call after Chinese aircraft locked radar on Japanese jets near Taiwan,...