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NTB allocates 70% of budget for overseas promotion, plans to open office in India

Nepal, July 18 -- Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), the country's tourism promotion body, has approved a budget of Rs 1.59 billion for the Fiscal Year 2025/26. The NTB's Executive Committee meeting held on J... Read More


NTA bans Telegram app, Cyber Bureau on the look-out for other malicious apps

Nepal, July 18 -- After months of recommendations and request from the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police to ban the malicious Telegram messaging app, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), on Friday... Read More


Minister Panta, Israeli envoy discuss Israel internship program resumption

Nepal, July 18 -- Minister for Education, Science and Technology Raghuji Panta and Israeli Ambassador to Nepal, Shmulik Arie Bass, have discussed resuming 'Israel Internship Programme' for Nepal's agr... Read More


Unified Socialist Chair Nepal rules out possibility of unity with UML

Nepal, July 18 -- Chairperson of the CPN (Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, has stated that there is no possibility of party unification with the CPN-UML. Addressing a unification program betwe... Read More


Police arrest two youths with drugs, weapons, and wildlife parts

Nepal, July 18 -- Police arrested two youths from the Krishna Mandir area of Birendranagar-8 with a large cache of pharmaceutical drugs, illegal weapons, and banned wildlife parts. Acting on a tip-of... Read More


FSP treatment to be availed from 377 hospitals: Health Insurance Board

Nepal, July 18 -- Over 9.3 million individuals insured under the government's health insurance scheme can now avail First Service Point (FSP) treatment from any 377 public hospitals across the country... Read More


Govt revives road toll system after a hiatus of six years

Nepal, July 18 -- After a six-year hiatus, the government is reviving the road toll system-known locally as Patake Dastur-aimed at collecting fees from vehicles using upgraded highways. This renewed p... Read More


Kremlin says 'illegal' EU sanctions will backfire

Nepal, July 18 -- Moscow downplayed on Friday the impact of fresh European Union sanctions on Russia's economy, saying they were "illegal" and would backfire. Brussels agreed its 18th package of sanc... Read More


Nepal's public debt soars by Rs 231 billion in just one year

Nepal, July 18 -- Although the size of the national budget has been increasing, the government's debt burden is also rising due to lower-than-expected revenue collection. In the fiscal year 2024/25, N... Read More


Sick Rows

Nepal, July 18 -- Thy music, so mellow, With bits of raining sounds And thy orchestra, thy a capella where notes and colors rain, But a drag that let thee down When the mind is wreathed in shadows... Read More