Manisha Koirala begins Cancer Education Fund

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Kathmandu: Actress Manisha Koirala has started ‘Manisha Koirala Cancer Education Fund’. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Koirala and Global College International of Kathmandu for the cooperation of the fund. In a program organized on Thursday, the principal of the college, Dr. Karan Singh Thagunna and actress Koirala exchanged letters of understanding. A… Continue reading Manisha Koirala begins Cancer Education Fund

Govt decides to resume all kinds of tourism activity in Nepal

Kathmandu: The government has announced to resume various services, businesses and activities related to tourism. Cable cars, adventure tourism, jungle safaris and even museums will be allowed to operate from now onwards. Earlier, the government had opened up only trekking and mountaineering sectors. A cabinet meeting held on Monday has taken such decision.The government has… Continue reading Govt decides to resume all kinds of tourism activity in Nepal

Qatari Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Scales Mt Ama Dablam

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Solukhumbu (The Rising Nepal): Qatari prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani has scaled 6,812 meter high Mount. Ama Dablam situated in Solukhumbu. As reported on The Rising Nepal, state owned daily newspaper, Ishwori Paudel, managing director of Himalayan Guides, Nepal, who is also manager of the expedition team, informed that a 14-member team of… Continue reading Qatari Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Scales Mt Ama Dablam

PM Oli inspects Arun III Hydropower Project

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Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday inspected the 900 MW Arun III Hydropower Project under construction at Makalu Gaonpalika-5, Faxinda in Sankhuwasabha. Prime Minister Oli has been informed by the head of the project that 40 percent of the work of the project has been completed so far. The project was jointly inaugurated… Continue reading PM Oli inspects Arun III Hydropower Project

Government planning to resume in places with less covid effect after Tihar

Kathmandu: The government has done its preparations to open the school by strictly following the standards related to health security. Preparations have been made to open schools in areas where corona is not infected and there is no risk of infection. For this, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is formulating a framework on… Continue reading Government planning to resume in places with less covid effect after Tihar

Govt remove tax on book import

Kathmandu: The government has removed the additional 10 percent customs duty on book imports. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday decided to remove the fee. The budget of the previous fiscal year had made an arrangement to levy additional 10 percent fee on books and newspapers imported from abroad. This has affected… Continue reading Govt remove tax on book import

Preparations for Nepal-India Foreign Ministerial Meeting

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Kathmandu: Immediately after the three-day visit of Indian Army Chief Manoj Mukunda Naravane to Nepal, preparations have been started for a meeting between the two countries at the level of Foreign Secretary and Foreign Minister. According to news sources, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Bardhan Shringala is almost certain to visit Nepal in the last week… Continue reading Preparations for Nepal-India Foreign Ministerial Meeting

While pandemic wrecked some businesses, others did fine

Amazon’s profits in the first nine months of this year were up 70 percent from a year earlier. Photo Courtesy: Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times

(New York Times): The pandemic has turbocharged profits at some big businesses, like Amazon, which reported a 70 percent increase in earnings in the first nine months of the year. But it has devastated others, like Delta Air Lines, which lost $5.4 billion in just the third quarter. Perhaps most surprising: Some companies that had… Continue reading While pandemic wrecked some businesses, others did fine

Parliament directs govt not to implement decision of writing only ‘Nepal’

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Kathmandu: The State Management and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the government not to implement the decision to write only ‘Nepal’ instead of ‘Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal’.The committee has discussed with the Foreign Minister on Monday about the decision of the Council of Ministers to write only ‘Nepal’ instead… Continue reading Parliament directs govt not to implement decision of writing only ‘Nepal’