Nepali Congress leader and former finance minister Dr Ramsharan Mahat has said MCC is purely a financial project, and has no military issues in it. Speaking at an interaction organized by Nepal Press Union Sunsari chapter here Friday, Dr Mahat reminded, ”MCC was formed in 2004 and was passed by

– Birat Anupam The fifth session of the State Assembly of State 1 is beginning from Thursday afternoon. This session has been much-anticipated as it is finalizing the name of State 1 and its permanent capital after 2 years of its historic formation. Biratnagar was declared as the temporary capital

– Birat Anupam Beechcraft 1900D of Buddha Air touched down the Biratnagar airport at 1pm Monday. It was not a usual flight of the private carrier. It was the maiden direct flight from Pokhara to Biratnagar. The 18-seater aircraft was carrying 17 commercial passengers in its 65 minutes flight from

– Birat Anupam When it comes to herding sheep in commercial scale, common people, in Nepal, only think about alpine meadows in the mountainous region. Shepherds, pictured their grazing sheep against the backdrop of Himalayas, do appear in different newspapers and touristic posters. This has created a narration in the

– Birat Anupam Hotels along the Makalu Base Camp (MBC) trekking route are introducing food menu for the first time. Makalu Barun Hotel, the only hotel chain along the 15-day trek route from Num, has introduced its menu. ”Hotels and tea houses along MBC trek would not have a menu

– Birat Anupam When it comes to herding sheep in commercial scale, common people, in Nepal, only think about alpine meadows in the mountainous region. Shepherds, pictured their grazing sheep against the backdrop of Himalayas, do appear in different newspapers and touristic posters. This has created a narration in the

Birat Anupam Chief Minister of State 1 Sherdhan Rai has said that tourism will ensure prosperity in the state. The state government has prioritized tourism for the purpose of prosperity, Rai said. ”We have listed tourism development as a pillar of desired prosperity in our state”, Rai stated while addressing

Five persons died and two were critically injured in a road accident that took place at Ramdhuni Municipality-2 in Sunsari district today, police said. The deceased are Deepak Khadka, 28, of Baireni-2 in Dhading; Hemraj Koirala, 75, and his wife Dolmaya, 65, of Bhadrapur-8, in Jhapa; Garima Gautam, 17, of

The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve here is organising the tourism festival, aiming at bringing in 100 thousand tourists. The 11-day festival is scheduled to be inaugurated by Chief Minister of State-1 Sherdhan Rai, at Laukahi of Sunsari this afternoon. Collaborating with country’s only wildlife reserve, Koshi rural municipality is organising

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has said Nepal was readying to run the first ever international television channel. Speaking at a programme to launch the NTV Itahari, the fifth channel of Nepal Television, here Friday, Minister Banskota said the maiden international channel would be broadcasted in