- Friday 23 June 2017

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Toys from France bring joy to refugee children in Nepal

Conditions might be relatively tough in eastern Nepal's Beldangi refugee camp, but for the past week or so the children there have been walking around with big happy faces.

The secret of their happiness lay in 41 large boxes that arrived in the camp earlier this month after being sent all the way from France's Quai Branly Museum, which specializes in primitive and indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas...

Nepal embassy to hold ‘awareness’ programme

(July 07 06 at 1:20) The Nepal Embassy plans to hold an “awareness” programme for members of Nepalese community in Qatar, with the participation of representatives of forums working under the direct aegis of South Asian embassies functioning in the country.Speaking to Gulf Times yesterday...( Gulf Times )

Nepali batsmen falter

Nepal's hopes of victory were dashed at the Wanderers, Windhoek as its batting collapsed in the ICC InterContinental Cup playoff match against Namibia today.

Nepal was bowled out for140 runs in the first innings while replying to Namibia's first innings total of 272.

Paresh Lohani and Kaniska Chaugai gave Nepal a good start adding 46 runs before the Under-19 captain failed to KB Burger after making 14.

Journalism training held

With the objective of producing journalists from indigenous communities, the Association of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists (ANIJ) launched a four-month-long journalism training for the Janajati youths on Wednesday. Addressing the inaugural function organised at the ANIJ

New reps revising KMC budget

The newly elected people’s representatives of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) are revising the budget of the metropolis to include the programmes that were stalled during the municipal elections.Mayor Raja Ram Shrestha said the revision was necessary as the government

Gaindakot people for dowry-free nuptials

With a view to abolishing the dowry system, participants at a meeting organised on the office premises of Gaindakot Adarsha VDC today vowed not to provide dowry in their daughters’ marriage.
Earlier, hundreds of people had taken out a rally from the premises of Janak Higher Secondary School, which

80 students given scholarships on Lhosar

On the occasion of the Sherpa New Year (Lhosar) 2133, Himalayan Community Development Organisation (HCDO) today gave away scholarships to 80 students from across the country, including to 33 students from Kathmandu.
Danish Ambassador to Nepal, Finn Thilsted,

Pupils of Gorkha school study in open

The students of Shree Chandeswori Primary School of Masel VDC-1, Gorkha, have been forced to study out in the open as the school building is in imminent risk of collapsing.The school was built with the help of the local communities and most children of the Baram community

Govt secys asked not to fear CIAA

KATHMANDU: Chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Surya Nath Upadhayay, has called on government secretaries to work honestly and not fear the CIAA.
Speaking at a programme organised here today by the anti-corruption watchdog to mark its anniversary, Upadhayay called on them to “show courage and launch development works honestly.”

Sanitation campaign in Udaypur schools

GAIGHAT: A sanitation campaign has been launched in 35 schools of Triyuga Municipality of Udayapur district.
Some 140 participants including students, teachers, members of school management committees have been given sanitation training which was organized by Triyuga municipality with the assistance of the UNICEF.

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