In Pictures: Merry Christmas!

KATHMANDU: People gear up to celebrate Christmas, greatest festival of the Christian community and popular worldwide as a time of merry-making among family and friends, in Kathmandu. Christmas, celebrated on December 25 according to the...

Country self-sufficient in marigold, demand falls

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24 The country has become self-reliant in marigold in recent years. Last year 2.5 million garlands of marigold were sold during the Tihar festival when the demand for marigold garlands soared. This year, however,...

Home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa backs Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

KATHMANDU: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, who had stayed away from meetings of the rival factions of the NCP, attended the Central Committee meeting of the KP Sharma Oli-led NCP on Thursday. He met...

Sanskrit education to be tech-friendly

DEUKHURI, DECEMBER 24 Nepal Sanskrit University has forwarded an action plan to make Sanskrit education technology-friendly. A plan has been put forward to provide the preliminary course that is conducted before getting admission in Bachelor level...

EDITORIAL: Cause for concern

The govt needs to assure the investors that the  will not change despite change in the administration Political stability plays an important role in driving the economy forward. Any kind of disturbance from within the...

Expedite action against child labour: MoFAGA

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all the local levels, directing them to duly implement the ‘Procedure for Declaration of Local Level as Child Labour...

Oli strips Dahal of NCP executive power

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24 The Central Committee meeting held by the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today stripped Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal of executive power. The Dahal-led faction had yesterday...

One arrested for using women to rob motorcyclists

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24 Police have arrested a person for allegedly using women to rob motorcycle-borne men of their belongings. According to Metropolitan Police Crime Division, the mastermind behind the gang is Lal Bahadur Shrestha, 49, of...