SAG gold winners to receive Rs 900,000 each as cash prize

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Kathmandu : The government has announced cash prizes for Nepali athletes who won medals during the 13th South Asian Games, which concluded in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Each gold medalist from the Nepali contingent to the games shall receive Rs 900,000 as cash prize, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli announced at a programme organised to felicitate…

Switch On announces winner of its “Bada Dashain, Tihar Ra Chhath Bumper Offer”

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  Kathmandu : Switch On, the multi-brand electronic retail chainhas announced winners of its festival offer under the slogan of “Bada Dashain, Tiharand ChhathBumper Offer”.  Under the offer Dhrubha Bhandari of Bardaghat received 40 inch television, 20ltr fridge and Mixer Grinder as the first prize. Likewise, Prakash Poudel of Hetauda received 40 inch television, 1.8…

Nepali Congress wins Provincial Assembly seat in Bhaktapur

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Kathmandu : Nepali Congress won the by-election held for the Provincial Assembly member in Bhaktapur-1 (A). It is the major victory for the opposition party as the seat was won by the ruling Nepal Communist Party in 2017 elections. Congress candidate Krishna Lal Bhandel received 13,449 votes to beat DP Dhakal of the NCP. Dhakal…

Dharahara construction: 30% works over

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Kathmandu : Approximately 30 per cent of construction works for a new Dharahara at the site where the historic tower was standing before the 2015 earthquake have been over. Plastering the second floor is underway currently. Over 150 workers, Nepalis and Indians, have been working on the project. After more than three years of the…

Oli has thanked everyone who wished for his speedy recovery

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Kathmandu : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has thanked everyone who wished for his speedy recovery, claiming his health condition is improving quickly. Oli was admitted to the Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with appendicitis and had undergone an operation on the same day. Posting a message on his…

Two women arrested with 1 kg gold at Rasuwagadhi border point

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Kathmandu : Police at Rasuwagadhi border point between Nepal and Tibet of China have arrested two women in possession of one kilogram illegal gold. Acting on a tip-off, personnel deployed from the District Police Office arrested them this morning, according to Rasuwa’s Chief District Officer Arjun Bhandari. Their identity has not been revealed yet. It…

Mountaineers to be allowed to climb 33 ‘unclimbed’ mountains without paying royalty

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Kathmandu : Nepal’s department of tourism is preparing to make 33 ‘unclimbed’ mountains in the country ‘royalty-free’ for climbers from around the world. The department has already written to the ministry of tourism to implement the recommendation. “We have recommended 33 peaks that have the potential to be developed as climbing destinations, but haven’t attracted…

Samajwadi Party ‘dislikes’ cabinet reshuffle, but will not leave government

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Kathmandu : Ruling coalition partner Samajwadi Party says although it does not support the Prime Minister’s reshuffling of the cabinet, it will not leave the government just yet. Health Minister Upendra Yadav, who has now been given the reigns of the law ministry, will continue to represent the party in the government, the party said….

Protest at Birgunj medical college likely to continue

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Birgunj  : The ongoing protest at National Medical College in Birgunj of Parsa district is likely to continue for the next few days also as a meeting held among the college administration, students and the government representatives failed to produce any result. Earlier on Friday, the protesting students were beaten by some other students and…