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France expresses sadness over disaster-induced loss in Nepal

Kathmandu: French Ambassador to Nepal, Virginie Corteval, has expressed grief over the loss of life and property due to floods and landslides, while expressing her empathy to the government and the people of Nepal.

Speaking at a reception held to mar…

PM Oli leaves for Doha to return home

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who had arrived in the USA in course of his participation in the 79th UNGA, left here for Doha today. He is returning home.

PM Oli has been here since Friday. He also attended the Harvard University event after wrapping u…

More than 500 families affected by floods in Sunsari

More than 500 families have been affected by rain-induced floods in Sunsari.

Local Wajuddin Mansuri said that more than 40 houses have been inundated in Koshi rural municipality-4.

Likewise, Ward member of Inruwa municipality-1 Pradeep Dhakal shared…

Death toll from latest disaster reaches 132

Kathmandu: The number of people killed due to flood, landslide, inundation and natural disaster incidents has reached 132, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Ministry said that so far 68 people have been killed due to disaster incidents i…

Traffic resumes after clearing debris from Jhyaplekhola

The debris from Jhyaplekhola road at Dhunibensi Municipality-9 along the border of Kathmandu and Dhading districts was cleared this evening resuming the vehicular movement after 48 hours.

The two-way traffic has resumed along the road section of the …

Salman, Anisul shown arrested in another murder case

A court here today showed ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman and former law minister Anisul Huq arrested in a case lodged over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in THE capital’s New Market area during…

Eminent journalist, freedom fighter Badiul Alam passes away

Noted journalist and Freedom Fighter Badiul Alam passed away at his Moghbazar residence here this noon at the age of 77.

Alam breathed his last at 1:45 pm as he had been suffering from different diseases including kidney ailment for long, his relativ…

DSCC conducts special anti-mosquito drive in 29 wards

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today conducted special anti-mosquito and cleaning drive in 29 wards to curb dengue alongside its regular activities.

A team of DSCC comprised of its health department and waste management department conducted the …

Teesta crosses danger mark in Brahmaputra basin

The Teesta has crossed the danger mark (DM) at Kawnia point in the district as water levels of major rivers in the Brahmaputra basin continued to rise in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today.

“Water level of the Teesta further rose by 57cm during t…