Late Gurung cremated with national honours
Kathmandu, June 7: Senior musician Amber Gurung was cremated with National Honours at Pashupati Aryaghat this evening, following both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. His eldest son Kishore lit the funeral…
Late Gurung termed as ‘priceless diamond’
Kathmandu, June 7: Various personalities have termed senior musician Amber Gurung, who died in course of treatment this morning, a ‘priceless diamond’ of Nepali musical world. The mortal body of…
Fourth SAARC chief secretary level meet from June 9
Kathmandu, June 6: The fourth SAARC Chief Secretary level meeting is to take place in the capital on June 9-10. The third meeting held in Islamabad of Pakistan had ended…
New government only after general election: PM Oli
Banepa, June 6: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government would not change until the parliamentary election was held in coming January. Talking to media persons after participating…
People’s needs remain unaddressed-leader Rana
Birendranagar, June 6: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) senior leader Pashupati Shumsher Rana has said that the budget unveiled by the government for the fiscal year 2016-17 has not projected concrete…
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74
LOS ANGELES, June 4 : (AFP) – Boxing icon Muhammad Ali died on Friday, a family spokesman said in a statement. “After a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Muhammad Ali…
Pirates of ‘Dreams’ arrested
Kathmandu, Jun 2: Police here arrested two persons yesterday on the charge of pirating latest Nepali movie Dreams and made them public on Thursday. The arrest was made after launching…
Ruling coalition and opposition tug-of-war over budget continues
Kathmandu, June 3: At today’s Legislature-Parliament session, both the ruling coalition parties and the opposition engaged in another round of tug-of-war over the budget proposal for the forthcoming Fiscal Year…
Finance Minister responds to parliamentarians
Kathmandu, June 3: Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has said that the government presented the budget for the fiscal year 2016/17 without breaching fiscal discipline. Responding to the queries raised by…
‘CPN (UML) ready for national consensus government’
Kathmandu, June 3: Leaders of the CPN (UML) have said their party was always ready for national consensus government. At a news conference organised to make the decisions on the…