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The world’s first Toastmasters club conducted in the Nepali language, Sagarmatha Toastmasters Club, successfully held its 100th meeting at the Yellow Pagoda Hotel, in Kathmandu on Friday. The meeting featured Distinguished Toastmaster Moon Pradhan, Director of Toastmasters International District 41, as the keynote speaker, and actress and club member Niti Shah as a special speaker. The meeting was chaired by... Read More

As many as 134 people lost their lives as of Thursday due to disaster-related incidents, including floods and landslides since June 10. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police and Nepal Police Spokesperson, Dan Bahadur Karki, said that two people died in the Kathmandu Valley, 22 in Koshi Province, six in Madhes Province, 25 in Bagmati Province and 38 in... Read More

Herbs worth around Rs 81 million was exported from Kakadbhitta customs check point in the fiscal year 2023/24. According to Quarantine Office, Kakadbhitta, herbs including chiraito, rittha, majitho and satibayer were exported. A total of 160 metric tonnes of chiraito worth Rs 48 million was exported during the period. Farmers in Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha, Dhankuta and Bhojpur have... Read More

According to a study conducted by the Nepal Police, suicide incidents predominantly affect the poor, middle class, and farmers. The “Report on Suicide Reduction and Management, 2024,” prepared after a year-long study by a team including doctors from the Nepal Police Hospital, found that 85 percent of suicidal deaths occur in impoverished and middle-class families. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)... Read More

A special vaccination campaign against polio has been rolled out in all the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley from today. The Ministry of Health and Population has launched the immunization drive after the detection of polio virus in a sample of water taken from the confluence of the Tukucha rivulet and the Bagmati river at Teku, Kathmandu, said Dr... Read More

The death toll has reached 18 in the Saurya Airlines plane crash at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) this morning. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), 18 bodies were recovered from the crash site, while one person was rescued from the debris. The pilot, Manish Shakya, is currently receiving treatment at KMC Hospital.The crash occurred shortly after the... Read More

Nepal suffered a trade deficit of Rs 1,440 billion while carrying out a foreign trade of total Rs 1,745 billion in the last fiscal year 2023/24. As per the foreign trade statistics of the last fiscal year released by the Department of Customs, the country imported goods worth Rs 592 billion during the period while it exported goods worth Rs... Read More

After more than six months of preparation, a small group of young professionals successfully designed and delivered a capacity-building course for their younger peers interested in climate action. This endeavor required the professionals to deepen their passion and expertise in climate change, gaining the confidence to share complex content with others. The group was one of the Communities of Practitioners... Read More

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to inoculate polio drops to children below five years old from July 24 as a highly contagious poliovirus was detected in sewage in the city. The health workers will visit every doorstep for this campaign and children who had received vaccines regularly in the past will also be inoculated, the KMC said.... Read More

A total of 420 Nepali students affected by the ongoing student protest in Bangladesh returned home on Sunday alone. While 115 flew home, remaining 305 came home via road (Kakadvitta check point), according to Koshhari Niraula, Director General of the Department of Immigration. The protest is ongoing in Dhaka city over the dispute on quota system in Bangladesh since the... Read More