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Kathmandu, Nov 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba joined a tea reception hosted today by the CPN (UML) on the occasion of the Nepali festivals. Party leaders including Chair KP Sharma Oli welcomed the Prime Minister and former Prime Minister to the reception underway at the party central office, Chyasal in …

Kathmandu, Nov 1: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has left Kathmandu today after wrapping up his four-day official visit to Nepal. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka bade him farewell at the VVIP lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport. On the occasion, high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the United Nations Office in …

Kathmandu, Oct 31: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has said that it was his great pleasure to visit, Nepal, which he described as an ‘extraordinary country’. “What I have seen confirms a simple truth: Nepal is a friend to the world, he said, “and the world must be a better friend to Nepal.” He also said that the United …

Kathmandu, Oct 31: The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a concessional loan agreement for the implementation of Rural Connectivity Project-Additional Financing. The agreement involves a loan amounting to USD 100 million, which is equivalent to around Rs 13 billion. Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar and ADB Country Director for Nepal, Arnaud Cauchois, signed on the agreement …

Kathmandu, Oct 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the pursuit of peace is always the supreme aspiration of humanity. Welcoming United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, today, the Prime Minister said he realised the values of peace and conflict as a key figure of the struggle for change and transformations in …

Kathmandu, Oct 31: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat and the British Treasury Lords Minister Baroness Penn held a meeting at the Treasury Office in London, the United Kingdom on Monday. During the meeting, Finance Minister Mahat urged for British investment in the renewable energy sector of Nepal. Recalling that the United Kingdom is a major development partner of Nepal, …

Kathmandu, Oct 31: Minister for Foreign Affairs N. P. Saud held a bilateral meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Monday and exchanged views on matters of common interest in bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues of common concern. During the meeting, both sides expressed …

Kathmandu, Oct 30: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is presently on a four-day official trip to Nepal beginning on Sunday, has said the world should learn a lesson from Nepal’s homegrown practices for the establishment of peace. In his address a welcome programme organised in his honour at the Pulchowk-based UN Building in Lalitpur today, Guterres said the world should …

Kathmandu, Oct 30: Nepal has smashed Singapore by eight wickets in a match under the ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier. In the match held at Kirtipur-based Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground, Nepal met a target of 146 runs set by its opponent in 16.3 overs at the loss of two wickets. In Nepal’s victory, opener Kushal Bhurtel hit a half-century …

Kathmandu, Oct 30: The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who is currently on an official visit to Nepal, is scheduled to make an observation tour of the Sagarmatha (Everest) region today. After that he will leave for Pokhara in the afternoon. The UN high official will leave for the Everest region on a Nepali Army helicopter depending on the …