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Kathmandu, Aug 31 (RSS): Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said prosperity in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is possible through combined efforts and collaborations among the member states. In his concluding remarks at the fourth BIMSTEC Summit here today, the Prime Minister …

File Photo: Main Canal in Mahakali After twenty-two years of the existence of Nepal India Integrated Mahakali Treaty, finally the Indian side has taken the lead to construct the main canal of Mahakali Irrigation Project under the Treaty. The Treaty mandates the integrated development of the Mahakali River, the boundary …

Kathmandu, Aug 29 (RSS): Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bhutan, Lyonpo Tshering Wangchuk, arrived here this morning to participate in the Fourth Summit Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwar Pokharel received the Bhutanese …

Kathmandu, Aug 29 (RSS): A woman got killed in a road accident near the Bishnumati Bridge in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-13 this morning.  Thirty-two years old Babita Thapa of Dolakha, who was pillion riding on a motorbike (Ba 34 Pa 5415), sustained serious injuries when a tanker (Na 4 Kha 2948) …

Rajbiraj, Aug 28 (RSS): The flood-fed Saptakoshi River has inundated around 500 households in Saptari district. Most of the human settlements from Jaminiya to Rampura Malahaniya of Hanumannagar Kankalani municipality and in ward 3 and 4 of Tilathi Koiladi rural municipality have been waterlogged due to flooding in the Saptakoshi …

File Photo: Bhimphedi-Kulekhani Tunnel Highway Hetauda, Aug 27 (RSS): Province 3 Chief Minister Dormani Poudel has said that the Province Government would construct the Bhimphedi-Kulekhani Tunnel Highway. He said although the government signed an agreement in 2012 with Nepal Infrastructure Development Company to complete the tunnel way within four years, …

Kathmandu, July 29 (RSS): Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has directed the government to brief the House of Representatives about the rape of a girl in Kanchanpur. During the zero-hour and special meeting of today’s House of Representatives, the lawmakers drew the government’s attention to take action against the guilty, saying …

The Narayangadh-Muglin Road Project has installed cable barriers at two sections of the road to prevent vehicles from falling into the Trishuli river.  Rohit Kumar Bisural, the project chief, said the cable barriers were installed at two accident-prone sites. The total span of these cable barriers is 500 metres, and …

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has sought details about foreign visits made by officials of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, including Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan.  Following a complaint about high frequency of abroad trips by the metropolis’s officials particularly Mayor Maharjan, the CIAA has asked the Ministry of Federal …

Members of Tarun Dal, the youth wing of the opposition Nepali Congress, demonstrate against the government’s’ authoritarian move, price hike in good and services, and in support of the ongoing hunger strike of Dr Govinda KC, in Kathmandu on Saturday.  A rally led by Tarun Dal, in solidarity with Dr …