Unmanaged urbanisation may intensify quake risks: PM Deuba

LALITPUR, JANUARY 16Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is worried that unmanaged urbanisation could intensify the risk of earthquake in Nepal.Addressing a programme virtually on the occasion of the 24th Earthquake Safety Day today, PM...

Five-year action plan for dolphin conservation

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation has developed a five-year Dolphin Conservation Action Plan in a bid to maintain viable population of river dolphins and conserve their habitat in the...

SDG training for local governments concludes

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16A two-day Sustainable Development Goals localisation training for representatives and employees of two local governments recently has concluded.Province Training Academy based in Banke of Nepalgunj district, also serving as the Provincial Centre...

Cooperation stressed for disaster risk management

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16Minister of Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand has stressed mutual cooperation for disaster risk management.Minister Khand said this while addressing an event organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City here today on the occasion...

Ale vows action against dharamshala scammers

NepalBy Rastriya Samachar SamitiPublished: 08:36 am Jan 17, 2022Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale inspecting a bathtub set up at a dharamshala at Gausala, on Sunday. Photo: RSS KATHMANDU, JANUARY 16Minister...

Liverpool go second with comfortable win over Brentford

SportsPublished: 09:46 pm Jan 16, 2022Liverpool's Fabinho celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates. Photo: Reuters LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 16Liverpool climbed to second in the Premier League after goals from Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino...

Australia seal 4-0 triumph as feeble England collapse again

HOBART, JANUARY 16Cameron Green led the way as Australia rode roughshod over England's hopes of an Ashes victory by skittling the tourists for 124 in Hobart on Sunday evening to clinch the fifth test...

Djokovic absence opens Grand Slam window of opportunity

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 16A Grand Slam accustomed to the iron rule of Novak Djokovic will emerge blinking into a brave new world on Monday as rivals jostle to fill the power vacuum left by the...