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Kathmandu, October 4 The Tribhuvan International Airport office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has warned that kites, drones and balloons being flown around the airport could pose serious risks to flight safety. In a statement issued on Sunday, the airport office said such…
KATHMANDU: Two teenage girls died after drowning in a fish pond in Devtal Rural Municipality-6, Jabka, in Bara district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as 14-year-old Nisha Patel and 14-year-old Chandani Patel, both residents of Raowahi in the same rural municipality. The incident…
KATHMANDU: A total of 39 people have died due to electrocution in Madhesh province during the first two months of the current fiscal year. According to the Madhesh Province Police Office, 107 incidents related to electric shocks were recorded throughout the region during the months of Shrawan and…
Kathmandu, October 3 Tribhuvan University has recovered Rs 167.1 million from professors and employees found to have misused study leave. According to a report submitted to TU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bhola Thapa on Friday by the Study Leave Management Implementation Committee, the university has…
Kathmandu, October 2 Installation of a Bailey bridge has begun at Betrawati along the flood-damaged Galchhi-Betrawati road section in Rasuwa after an alternative temporary track was opened. According to Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal, work on the foundations required for the…
Kathmandu, October 2 A committee formed to investigate the self-immolation of public bus driver Arjun Dong Tamang in Tripureshwor has held its first meeting. The meeting was held on Friday under the coordination of Rajiv Pokharel, director general of the Department of Transport Management. The…
Kathmandu, October 2 The Nepal government has asked Malaysia to remove 25 Nepali foreign employment companies registered under Malaysia’s Foreign Worker Centralized Management System (FWCMS). The request comes amid a dispute over Malaysia’s decision to designate 25 Nepali foreign employment…
Kathmandu, October 2 There was an unusual conversation at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office on Thursday. A traffic police officer sat down with a driver and began asking questions that went far beyond the usual traffic violation. What do you drive? How long have you been a driver? Where…
Kathmandu, October 1 Services at the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor have been affected after its server went down. Department officials said the disruption was caused by an internet outage. Speaking to Onlinekhabar, a senior department official said, “There is a problem with the internet…
Kathmandu, September 30 The Australian government has announced new measures to tighten its temporary visa system as part of efforts to manage immigration levels. The government has set a target of limiting net overseas migration (NOM) to 245,000 in the current financial year. Under the new…
Kathmandu, September 29 Businessman Shankar Agrawal, who had been ordered released on bail by the Supreme Court, has been sent to custody by the Special Court. A bench of Supreme Court justices Balkrishna Dhakal and Nrip Dhwaj Niraula had ordered Agrawal’s release on bail of Rs 1 million in a…
Kathmandu, September 29 A computer operator at the Department of Immigration has been charged with forgery after investigations by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police and the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). The CIAA has filed a case against 31-year-old…
Kathmandu, September 29 Nepal Police Inspector General Dan Bahadur Karki met Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma at the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon. According to Supreme Court sources, Karki arrived at the Supreme Court at around 4 pm and held a meeting with Chief Justice Sharma in his office…
Manang, September 29 Authorities have begun efforts to clear the Marsyangdi River after it was blocked at Ghattkhola on Sunday by large rocks, gravel, sand and mud following continuous rainfall. Assistant Chief District Officer Krishna Prasad Poudel said that the lake formed by the blockage had…
Also at The Kathmandu Post`
Gorkha, September 29 Around 150 households in and around Manakamana of Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3 have been facing difficulties travelling after floods triggered by recent rainfall damaged the suspension bridge connecting Silingtar and Cheres. According to Ward Chair Deepak Pandey…
Rasuwa, September 29 Thirteen child-friendly centres have been set up in different parts of the district to protect children affected by disasters and support their psychosocial development. The Nepal Red Cross Society has established and facilitated these centres with support from UNICEF. These…
Also at The Annapurna Express
Kathmandu, September 29 The Kanti Lokpath, which had been completely closed for several days due to landslides triggered by continuous rainfall, has reopened for one-way traffic from Tuesday. Heavy rainfall from September 24 to 27 damaged several sections of the road, disrupting transportation…
A rescue team has reached the base camp, while two bodies recovered from the avalanche are being flown to Kathmandu.
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