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Kathmandu: A fire has broken out in Shivapuri National Park. Helicopters have also used water to control the fire. However, it didn’t come under control till Tuesday evening. According to the police, water has not been pumped from the helicopter as it was evening. Earlier, water was pumped from a helicopter when a fire broke… Continue reading Fire break in Shivapuri National Park

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Prem Ale has demanded an explanation after a jumbo team of non-flight people was taken to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, started by Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). According to the secretariat of Tourism Minister Ale, many people not related to the flight had been taken to Riyadh on the… Continue reading Tourism minister seek explanation from NAC after taking a jumbo team to Saudi Arabia

Kathmandu: The country has marked the seventh memorial day of the Gorkha earthquake today by organizing various programs. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Barpak in Gorkha district at 11:56 am on April 25, 2015. The quake killed at least 9,000 people while more than eight lakh private houses were damaged and about one thousand five… Continue reading Country marks 7th earthquake day

Kathmandu: Nepali Congress has decided not to form any alliance in Kaski except for the post of mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City. Leaders and cadres had locked the district party office on Sunday and chanted slogans demanding that the party should lead in all the municipalities and wards, including the Pokhara Metropolitan Corporation. There was… Continue reading Congress decides to form alliance only for Pokhara in Kaski district

Kathmandu: On the first day of filing nomination, 16 candidates have been fielded for the post of mayor and 17 for the post of deputy mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Similarly, there are 23 candidates for the post of ward chairman and 8 candidates for the post of ward member. According to the Election Commission,… Continue reading 16 candidates register for mayor of KMC while 17 for deputy mayor

Kathmandu: Five people have been killed when a bus and a car collided in Dhading. According to the District Police Office, Dhading, five persons were killed when a bus leaving for Dhading from Kathmandu hit a car heading to Kathmandu. The deceased have been identified as Dil Bahadur Basnet, 36, of Tanahu Khaireni, Bimal Chandra… Continue reading Five people die in a road accident

Kathmandu: It has been 29 years today, late Pasang Lhamu Sherpa scaled the Mt. Everest and became the first Nepali woman to summit the peak.Nepal Mountain Academy marks the day as the “Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day” every year to honor and remember Pasang Lhamu Sherpa.The day is also when Pasang Lhamu Sherpa passed away.

Surkhet (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): Four children have died in a fire that broke out in Kudari Sarkiwada village of Tila rural municipality-3 in Jumla district on Friday night. Two daughters, a son and a niece of Mansin Sarki died in the fire. The deceased have been identified as Sarki’s daughters Anu, 11, Darshana, 3, Deepesh,… Continue reading Fire in Jumla kills Four children

Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) started regular flights to Saudi Arabia from Friday. Although the corporation has been allowed to fly to various destinations in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah), in the first phase, it will only fly to Riyadh. The corporation will operate two flights a year to the city. Corporation’s aircraft will… Continue reading NAC begin regular flights to Saudi Arabia from today

Kathmandu: Two people have been killed in an explosion at an oxygen plant inside the Patan Industrial Area in Lalitpur. Two Indian nationals, Prince Mahato and Brij Kumar Mahato had died on the spot. Five of the injured have been discharged. One is undergoing treatment. According to the police, the explosion took place at the… Continue reading Oxygen plant explosion in Lalitpur, two died