Tag: Nepal

Harare/Bhubaneswar: Joining the big boys from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Himalayan country Nepal has been given one-day international status from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nepal achieved this feat after beating Papua New Guinea (PNG) at Old Hararians Sports Club in the ICC World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. Nepal grabbed the last remaining […]

Bhubaneswar:  King of Nepal,  Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is scheduled to visit Odisha on February 7, officials confirmed on Sunday. The king is scheduled to visit Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and Sakhigopal temple in Puri district apart from attending some other programmes during his five-day long tour in the […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to visit Odisha and Gujarat during her five-day India tour starting April 17, said the External Affairs Ministry today. This will be the first state visit of Bhandari to India after she assumed office in October 2015. During the visit, Bhandari will meet the country’s President […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after the court issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Managing director of Odisha Stevedores Ltd (OSL) Mahimananda Mishra and his close aide Basant Bal, the duo was arrested from Thailand today in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping GM Mahendra Swain. ‘Bangkok Post’ reported the arrest of the duo wanted by […]

Puri: Dead bodies of two female tourists were recovered from Malatipatpur bus stand under suspicious condition here today. The deceased were identified as Juburi Percy and Suri Moria, both are residents of Nepal’s Bankati area. The two had come to visit the pilgrim city with their families. The co-passengers said the two were suffering from […]

Deuba, the 75-year-old President of the Nepali Congress won a trust vote in the reinstated lower House of Representatives and comfortably won it, averting a general election in the Himalayan nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Kathmandu: Social networking website Facebook has raised funds over $10 million within two days to support earthquake-torn Nepal. The Himalayan nation was rattled by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter Scale on April 25 which left over 6,000 dead and injured more than 10,000. “We gave people the option on Facebook to support local […]

The massive earthquake that hit Nepal two days ago is giving sleepless nights to relatives of Odia people who are stranded in the neighbouring country devastated by the calamity

New Delhi: India is the world’s second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Monday. Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if World Health Organization […]

United Nations: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj began her hectic round of bilateral interactions on the sidelines of the annual high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday meeting the Foreign Ministers of Nepal, Morocco and Lichtenstein. Although it was not a formal meeting, she greeted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she […]

Beijing: Nepal and China on Wednesday signed eight agreements worth $2.4 billion on the second day of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s visit. These agreements were reached between the two governments and private sectors where Chinese investors will put money on developing hydroelectricity, water resources, cement factories and fruit cultivation and farming. The signing ceremony […]

Kathmandu: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday granted amnesty to 816 prisoners, a presidential spokesman said here. Chhabindra Parajuli, the spokesman at the President’s Office, said that the 816 inmates were granted amnesty on the occasion of the 11th Republic Day in line with the Article 276 of the constitution, reports Xinhua news agency. […]

Kathmandu: Over 6 million Nepalis are still living under the poverty line, which is 21.6 per cent of the Himalayan nation’s total population, a new report has revealed. Unveiling the Economic Survey 2017-18 at parliament on Sunday, Nepal’s Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada said despite reduction in poverty over the years, there has not been achievement […]

Kathmandu: A total of 15 Indian nationals, stranded in Everest region for two days, on Saturday sought intervention of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to evacuate them and she has asked Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri to look into the matter. “Currently stranded in Lukla since two days, Nepal, with copter company looters refusing to […]

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday urged the Indian government to grant new air entry points for his country. His appeal comes a day after Nepal and India agreed to review a bilateral transit treaty to incorporate issues like providing Nepal access to the sea through Indian waterways, Xinhua news agency reported. […]