Nagdhunga Tunnel Route: Municipality to provide house rent to displaced families

Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS): The Chandragiri Municipality has taken initiatives to provide house rent to those who are on the verge of displacement after land collapse in the eastern section of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Route. Mayor of Chandragiri Municipality Ghanshyam Giri has taken initiatives for the same after holding a meeting of the municipal disaster management committee on Thursday. The

Police seize 92 sacks of sugar

Kavre, Oct 20: The Area Police Office, Banepa, has seized a total of 92 sacks of sugar that was brought by evading taxes. The police said that a truck (Na 6 Kha 6219) has been impounded from Banepa Municipality-7 along with the sugar during a security check on Thursday. It is said that the sugar was being supplied by covering from the sacks filled with paddy. The market value of the sugar is ar

Social security allowance distributed at beneficiaries’ doorsteps

Damauli (Tanahun), Oct 20: Aanbukhairani Rural Municipality in Tanahun district has distributed social security allowances to the senior citizens at their doorsteps. Targeting the Dashain festival, the rural municipality provided the social security allowance of the first quarter of the current fiscal year to the senior citizens by visiting them at their homes, chief administrative officer of t

Sixth Day of Bada Dashain: Katyayani Devi being worshipped

Kathmandu, Oct 20: The sixth day of Bada Dashain is being celebrated by Hindus across the country today by worshiping Goddess Katyayani Devi. Goddess Katyayani is described in Hindu scriptures as a symbol of beauty. It is mentioned in the scriptures that Goddess Katyayani came to this world to prevent obstacles from demonic demons while doing good deeds including charity. There is a religious b

Sudurpaschim Province plans to convene Investment Conference

Sudurpaschim, Oct 20: The Sudurpaschim Province Government is to organize an Investment Conference on March 6, 2024. At a news conference in Dhangadhi on Thursday, Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Government Kamal Bahadur Shah said that the conference is aimed at bringing in investments in the areas of energy, agriculture, tourism and industry.For the preparations of the conference, a ma

Xi says will work with Egypt to help stabilise Middle East

(AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egypt's prime minister on Thursday that Beijing hoped to work with his country to bring "more stability" to the Middle East, state media reported, as the Israel-Hamas conflict cast a shadow over the region. "China is willing to enhance cooperation with Egypt... and inject more certainty and stability into the region and the world," Xi told Mostafa Madbo

Deal struck to open Gaza border for aid

(AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter war-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of trucks would be allowed to cross the shuttered Rafah crossing from Egypt in

UN Day marked with march past

Kathmandu, Oct 18: The Nepal Army organized a march past of five kilometer distance on the occasion of the United Nations establishment day (UN Day). The march past that began from the NA headquarters ground went through the Martyr's Gate, army pavilion, old bus park, Bhadrakali, Tripureswor and Maitighar before it concluded at the NA headquarters. Chief of the Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, form

Prime Minister Dahal arrives Mustang

Jomsom (Mustang), Oct 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has arrived in Mustang this morning. The Prime Minister arrived here to participate in an interaction programme on climate change hosted by Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) under the National Trust for Nature Conservation. Chief District Officer of Mustang, Janak R aj Pant informed that PM Dahal who arriv

Beach volleyball competition on Mahakali riverbank

Dodhara Chandani (Kanchanpur), Oct 17: A beach volleyball competition kicked off on Mahakali riverbank at Bhimdatt Municipality-12 on Monday. Inaugurating the volleyball competition, Sudurpaschim Province Chief Devraj Joshi said the tournament would help promote tourism in the region. "Sports are beneficial for one's health and for country's tourism. Such events should be held time and again,"