Kathmandu : The crime rate in the Kathmandu Valley, according to the Metropolitan Police Office, Kathmandu, was downward this Tihar festival compared to the last one. The Office record showed that cases of burglary, gambling, fraud, kidnapping and suicide were less in comparison to Tihar period...
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Betrawati : The family of a Nepali migrant worker, who is doing his time in a Malaysian jail, has urged the government of Nepal to do the needful to bring him back home. Hari Bahadur Ghale of Basuntchet at Myaglung Rural Municipality-1 in Nuwakot district has been sentenced for additional 13 years...
Kathmandu : Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, is being celebrated at every household today, to mark the second day of Yamapanchak of the Tihar festival. Tihar is the second biggest festival of the Nepali Hindus. Dog, which is an animal well known for being the trustworthy sentry as well as...
Kathmandu : The 2018 South China Sea Buddhism Shenzhen Roundtable was started in Chinese city of Shenzhen on Thursday. Organized around the theme of ‘Welcome the Contributions of all Parties and Build a Common Future’, the Roundtable witnessed participation of eminent monks, government...
Kathmandu : The Nepal Calendar Determination has announced the auspicious time for receiving and offering Bhai Tika for this year. A meeting of the Committee held on Wednesday determined the auspicious time for Bhai Tika under the Tihar festival this year at 11:55 am on November 9, Committee...
Kathmandu : The Nepal-India Friendship Pashupati Dharmashala has not come into operation even one and half months since its inauguration. The Dharmashala or guest house for pilgrims was inaugurated by the Prime Ministers of the two countries on August 31 on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit. It...
Kathmandu : Newly appointed ambassadors of four countries have presented their letter of credence to President Bidya Devi Bhandari today. At a special ceremony organised at Sheetal Niwas, U.S Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W. Berry as well as non-resident ambassadors of Tanzania, Malta and...
Kathmandu : The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has demanded that the federal government should construct the landfill site for disposing of the federal capital’s waste. Saying it was not the responsibility of the KMC to construct landfill site, Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya, argued that it was...
Kathmandu : Fourteen people died in road accidents in Kathmandu Valley during the Dashain festival time. According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD), this many people were killed in road accidents from the day of Ghatasthapana on October 10 through Kojagrat Poornima on October 24...
Kathmandu : Nepali Hindus are observing the Kojagrat Poornima (full moon day) today as part of the final day of the 15-day Bada Dashain festival by worshipping and paying homage to Mahalaxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The Bada Dashain festival formally ends today with the marking of the...
