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Kathmandu: Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has said that continuous monitoring and supervision of relief and rescue operations are underway in response to disasters triggered by recent heavy rainfall. In a video message released on Saturday, Minister Aryal stated that the Ministry of Home Affairs and its subordinate bodies have been closely observing the situation… Continue reading Home Minister says relief and rescue efforts under continuous monitoring

Kathmandu: Hindus across Nepal celebrated Vijaya Dashami, the most significant day of the Dashain festival, by receiving tika and jamara from elders as blessings for prosperity, good health, and victory of good over evil. The Panchang Determination Committee announced 11:53 a.m. as the auspicious hour for tika. However, experts clarified that the day itself is… Continue reading Nepal celebrated Vijaya Dashami

Kathmandu: Authorities have enforced a six-day night travel ban along the BP Highway amid heightened monsoon risks. The Kavrepalanchok District Administration Office announced that the restriction will remain in place from Thursday until October 7. The decision follows forecasts by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), which has warned of heavy rainfall… Continue reading Night travel banned on BP Highway for Six days due to monsoon risks

Kathmandu: The High Level Judicial Commission formed to study and investigate the incidents happened during the Gen-Z protests on September 8-9 has decided to ban five individuals including former Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak for their foreign travels citing that those individuals were under investigation.… Continue reading Former PM Oli, former Home Minister Lekhak banned from foreign trips

Kathmandu: The Secretariat meeting of the CPN (UML) has concluded. According to party Deputy General Secretary Pradeep Gyawali, the meeting held on Sunday under the chairmanship of party chair KP Sharma Oli, concluded that the incumbent government should not move ahead to political revenge. While sharing the decisions of the meeting, Gyawali said that the… Continue reading UML secretariat meeting concludes

Kathmandu: The Tourist Visa Section of the Department of Immigration will remain open throughout the Dashain holidays, the Department announced in a press release today. According to the notice, the Tourist Visa Section and the agency branch of the Department will provide services daily from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., except on Bijaya Dashami (October… Continue reading Tourist visa services to remain open during Dashain Holidays

Kathmandu: A delegation of the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has demanded the government that it guaranteed voting rights, investment protection and policy arrangements for the transfer of knowledge and skills by NRN people in the fields of education, health, technology, and tourism in Nepal. The NRNA delegation led by Chairperson Dr Badri KC made such… Continue reading NRNA wants voting rights, investment protection

Kathmandu: The CPN (Maoist Centre) has dissolved its central committee (CC) and decided to convene the party’s general convention by the mid of this December. The two-day-long central committee meeting of the party held in the capital city made this decision, party’s Spokesperson Agni Prasad Sapkota shared. The meeting has entrusted the responsibility of coordinator… Continue reading Maoist Centre dissolves CC; decides to convene general convention by mid-December

Kathmandu: The government has made a decision, according to which, besides the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chairperson of the National Assembly, the officials of the federal, province, and local levels cannot appoint advisors. Similarly, the government has revoked the facility of personal secretaries… Continue reading Cabinet makes historic decision: ban on foreign travel except in urgency

Kathmandu: Nepal’s biggest Hindu festival, Bada Dashain, began today with the observance of Ghatasthapana, marking the start of the nine-night Navaratri celebrations. The Nepal Calendar Determination Committee set 9:13 a.m. as the auspicious time for the ritual. Devotees across the country worshipped Goddess Shailaputri and sowed maize and barley seeds in soil and cow dung… Continue reading Bada Dashain begins with Ghatasthapana across Nepal