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The opening hours of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) are now 6 am to 3 am the next day. Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari inaugurated the new 21-hour schedule on Monday that is expected to reduce congestion at the country’s sole international aerial gateway to some extent.Severe congestion has plagued the airport which has been…

A breakthrough has been made in construction of the tunnel of the much-awaited Melamchi Water Supply Project.Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun made such announcement amid a function organised in Melamchi today. The breakthrough was made at the middle-part of 7.4-km tunnel from Sindhu to Gyalthum.On the occasion, Vice President Pun said…

Preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) of the much-hyped Kathmandu Monorail Project has been delayed following a spat between Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) and Kathmandu Monorail Company (KMC) over a few provisions in the draft of memorandum of understanding (MoU) of the project. The draft MoU prepared by IBN has a provision that…

The government decision to put a ban on public vehicles older than 20 years is coming into effect from Thursday. Officials of Department of Transport Management (DoTM) said that all preparations have been made for effective implementation of the decision.While environmentalists and government authorities have been saying that the ban would…

Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned British physicist and Cambridge Professor, has passed away at the age of 76. Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said he died peacefully at his Cambridge home in the early hours of Wednesday.“He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His…

It seems to be standard practice for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to get the planes first and find the pilots to fly them later. The state-owned carrier has continued the tradition into modern times, so it has a bunch of planes sitting on the tarmac at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) while it frantically looks for capable flyers.…

The 4th edition of Bangladesh Expo kicked off at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu on Friday. The five-day single-country expo showcases various products, services and arts from Bangladesh. There are also a handful of stalls representing Nepali products.Commerce Secretary Chandra Kumar Ghimire said that Nepal and Bangladesh have collaborated as…

For finding out status and better conservation of Gharials, the government has started counting and monitoring of endangered gharials from the Chitwan National Park (CNP).The monitoring process began on Friday in Rapti and Narayani rivers that flow alongside the national park. These two rivers have been the major habitat of Gharial, a…

Nepal travel trade companies, under the joint coordination of Nepal Tourism Broad (NTB) and Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), participated in the 38th FITUR travel fair organized in Madrid of Spain between January 17 and 21.According to a statement issued on Sunday, Nepal showcased its products that appeal to visitors…

Nepal has inched up five notches to 22nd position in the 2018 Inclusive Development Index (IDI) of World Economic Forum (WEF) among 74 emerging economies.Nepal, which was ranked 27th in last year's report, showed a remarkable improvement over the last five years in the index which is an annual assessment of economic performance of 103 countries…