Kathmandu. The police arrested the leaders and workers of the Nepal Vidyarthi Sangh, who protested against the increase in fees for engineering education. The Institute of Engineering Studies has increased the undergraduate fee from Rs 338,000 to Rs 775,000. Against this backdrop, the president of the Nepal Students Union Pulchok campus unit is on hunger […]

Kathmandu. People of the far west and middle west are celebrating Ujyali Gaura and Durvashtami festivals today by worshiping Duvo along with Uma Maheshwar. Although this festival is celebrated in the month of Bhadra according to the lunar month, this year it is celebrated on Shravan Shukla Ashtami because sage Agastya rises before Bhadra Shukla […]

Kathmandu. All seven people who died in the accident of a bus carrying pilgrims in Jitpursimra sub-metropolitan city 22 Churiamai of Bara have been identified. The bus number Madhesh Pradesh-03-001 B 7994, which was going from Kathmandu to Loharpatti in Mahottari, met with an accident at around 1 o’clock on Wednesday night. Six Indian nationals […]

Kathmandu. A liaison office will be established in Kathmandu Metropolitan City for integrated infrastructure development and coordination between development partners. This decision was taken after the metropolis discussed it with the heads and representatives of the infrastructure development partner office on Wednesday. In the meeting, Balen Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, said that […]

Kathmandu. UML president KP Sharma Oli has called and congratulated the artist and athlete Nanda Basyal, who won the gold medal in the international taekwondo competition, at his residence. Nanda reached Oli’s residence in Balkot on Tuesday morning to meet President Oli. On the occasion of the meeting, Oli congratulated Nanda for winning the gold […]

Indonesia. Authorities in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province have issued an order banning people of the opposite sex from riding in the same vehicle. Men and women without family ties, and especially those of the opposite sex who are not married, have been ordered to sit separately in vehicles and public places. The local government said […]

Kathmandu. In an event organized by the Literary Journalist Association, a discussion program was held today at Dalo Restaurant, Anamnagar, where writer Ratna Lakshmi Shrestha’s Chinta Aar Chaso’ anthology and ‘Swabhimanko Pichar’ poetry anthology were concluded.   In the event chaired by Radheshyam Lekali, President of the Literary Journalists Association, the speakers said that in […]

Rolpa. 4 people died and 18 people were injured in a bus accident in Rolpa. Prakash Bhusal, Information Officer of District Police Office Rolpa informed that 4 persons were killed in the accident of bus No. 2612 which was leaving from Bagmara in Parivartan Rural Municipality of Rolpa for Ghorahi in Dang. Among the deceased […]

Kathmandu. The government has extended the time to register mobile phones in the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) till mid-August. According to the Ministry of Finance, it has been decided to extend the deadline given by the Economic Act 2080 by one month to middle of August. Nepal Telecommunication Authority has implemented such a system. […]