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Japan has decided to extend grant assistance for the construction of a girls’ hostel at Shree Kali Devi Secondary School (SKDSS) in Lalitpur. The grant contract was officially signed by Kikuta Yutaka, the Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Amira Dali, President of Love Green Nepal and recipient of the Imperial Decoration of Japan amidst a ceremony held at the... Read More

The 36th World AIDS Day is being celebrated throughout the country today by organizing various awareness programmes. The World AIDS Day is commemorated on December 1 each year. The theme of the World AIDS Day, 2023 is “Let Communities Lead”. On the occasion, National Center for AIDS and STD Control under the Ministry of Health and Population is organizing awareness... Read More

Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has said education is the main basis of overall development. Addressing the 43rd anniversary of Bhimsen Secondary School at Balefi rural municipality-3 of Sindhupalchowk district on Wednesday, Minister Basnet claimed that there would be no development of any sector unless the development of education. He mentioned that teachers, students and guardians have... Read More

Flooding in the last month has impacted 1.5 million people in Ethiopia, displacing more than 600,000 of them from their homes, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Somali region accounts for 80 percent of those most affected, including in the Southeast East, Gambela, Oromia, Afar and Sidama regions. “The... Read More

A truce between Israel and Hamas enters its sixth day Wednesday after additional hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, with mediators pushing for a “sustainable” ceasefire. After a 48-hour extension of an initial four-day truce, a new group of 12 hostages was freed from Gaza on Tuesday, with 30 Palestinians released by Israel. The final 24 hours of... Read More

The Press Trust of India news agency says rescuers have reached workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel and have started pulling them out. One worker has been rescued so far, the report said. The rescue mission has grabbed the country’s attention for 17 days. The laborers are being pulled out through a passageway made of welded pipes which rescuers... Read More

The Koshi Province has witnessed a significant production of key cash crops such as tea leaves, cardamom, ginger, and grass groom. According to the Kakarvitta Plant Quarantine Office, 4,331 metric tons of tea leaves, valued at around Rs 2.6 billion, were exported to India through the east Kakarvitta point in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2080-81... Read More

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is to completely ban the sale of tobacco products packages in plastic in all its 32 wards from December 13, 2023. The KMC, Health Department Chief Ram Prasad Poudel said the selling, storage and use of tobacco products packaged in plastic shall be fully prohibited in all the 32 metropolis wards from December 13. According... Read More

The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has directed internet service providers to respond whether they have implemented the government decision to ban TikTok, the social media app. Issuing a public notice today, the NTA has sought the submissions of replies within the next 24 hours, warning that failure to do so may result in the cancellation of their licenses. According to... Read More

The government has decided to hold the elections of the National Assembly on January 25, 2024. Information and Communication Minister Rekha Sharma informed that the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to hold the elections for the posts of the National Assembly going to be vacant. Sharma said that the date of the election was finalized from the consultation with... Read More