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Kathmandu: Application fees for US visas have increased. The application fee has been increased with effect from June 17. According to the US Embassy in Nepal, the application fee for visit visas and other non-immigrant visas that are not petition-based will be increased from $160 to $185. Petition-based visa fees will increase from $190 to… Continue reading Application fees hiked for US visa services

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has returned home after completing a four-day official visit to India. Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi bid farewell to Prime Minister Prachanda at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on his way back to Nepal. This is Prime Minister Prachanda’s first bilateral… Continue reading Prime Minister Dahal returns from India

Kathmandu: The government has made arrangements for China trip of Prime Minister Puspha Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. CPN Maoist Center Vice President Agni Prasad Sapkota has said that he conveyed the message of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to China. Sapkota, who returned after visiting China for almost two weeks, said that the Prime Minister… Continue reading Govt arranging Prime Minister Dahal’s China trip

Kathmandu: President Ramchandra Paudel has authenticated the Citizenship Bill. President Paudel on Wednesday approved the bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063. The Citizenship Bill, which was passed twice by the previous Parliament, was halted at the President’s Office after the then President Bidhya Devi Bhandari did not authenticate it. The current government requested… Continue reading President Paudel authenticates the Citizenship Bill

Kathmandu: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title by defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets. This is Chennai’s fifth title. Chasing a target of 215 runs, Chennai scored four runs in the first 3 balls and the match was interupted by water. After the rain halted, Chennai got a target of… Continue reading Chennai Super Kings win IPL 2023

Kathmandu: 16th International Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) Day is celebrated in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu today by honoring Everest summiteers.Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) co-hosted the 16th Mount Everest Day with the Government of Nepal (Ministry for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation) and other tourism-relate umbrella organizations to acknowledge the first-ever successful ascent of thehighest mountain in the… Continue reading Govt formally recognizes Mount Everest summiteers

Kathmandu: The 16th Republic Day is being celebrated by organizing various programs across the country. This day has been celebrated for a decade and a half as the achievement of the long sacrifice and struggle of the Nepali people. In the presence of President Ramchandra Paudel, the Republic Day was celebrated in a grand manner… Continue reading Nepal marks 16th Republic Day

Kathmandu: Today marks 70 years since the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. On this day, May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary set foot on Mount Everest for the first time. In commemoration of the same climb, ‘Platinum Jubilee’ is being celebrated in connection with the 70th… Continue reading Nepal celebrates 70 years of first successful ascent of Mt Everest

Kathmandu: Resham Choudhary, the founder of Nagarik Unmukti Party and former MP, who was convicted in the Tikapur incident of Kailali, has been released from jail. Resham was released from prison after President Ramchandra Paudel pardoned the prison sentence on the occasion of Republic Day. 9 other people will also be released from that prison… Continue reading Resham Chaudhary released from jail

Kathmandu: Finance Minister Dr. Prakasharan Mahat has said that the economy of Nepal has also been affected this year due to the global economic recession and the economic growth rate is expected to shrink to 2.16 percent. Releasing the economic survey 2022/24 in the Federal Parliament today, he said that the slowdown in world economic… Continue reading Due to the global economic recession, the economic growth rate of Nepal is seen to shrink to 2.16 percent: Finance Minister