Nepalinews

Nepal and Yemen settled for a point each after a Group 'F' match of the AFC Asia Qualifiers at the APF ground in Halchowk, Kathmandu on Tuesday. In the previous match, Nepal suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Philippines. Though Nepal had created a number of goal scoring opportunities against Yemen, one of the strong teams in the group, but failed to convert them. Nepali players have put up an improved show in the today’s match. Nepal played today’s match without midfielder Bikram Lama, who was suspended during the Philippines clash. Rabin Shrestha was not also in the team today as he is recuperating after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery last month. Nepal will play their next match with Tajikstan after three months. Nepal have still four matches to play in the qualifiers. Philippines, Yeman and Tajikstan are in the group of Nepal. The 24-team qualifiers, divided into six polls, offer 12 berths for the finals to be played in the UAE.

२७ जेठ, काठमाडौं । प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवा अबको एक सातापछि मात्रै सरकारी निवास बालुवाटार सर्ने भएका छन् । अहिले बालुवाटारमा नयाँ रंग लगाउने काम भइरहेको छ । प्रधानमन्त्री कहिले बालुवाटार सर्नुहुन्छ भन्ने अनलाइनखबरको प्रश्नमा देउवानिकट स्रोतले ‘सरसफाइ गर्नुपर्‍यो, भर्खर त रंग लगाउन सुरु गर्दैछन्, अझै एक साता लाग्न सक्छ ।’ देउवाको सपथ ग्रहणकै दिन निवर्तमान प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले बालुवाटार छाडिसकेका छन् । तर, सर सफाइ गरेरमात्रै नयाँ प्रधानमन्त्री देउवाको बालुवाटार बसाइँ प्रारम्भ हुने स्रोतले अनलाइनखबरलाई बतायो । हाल बूढानीलकण्ठमा बस्दै आएका प्रधानमन्त्री देउवा बालुवाटार नसर्दासम्म उनलाई भेट्न जाने कर्मचारी र पार्टीका नेताहरुको लामो यात्रा गर्नुपरेको छ । बूढानीलकण्ठस्थित देउवा निवास रिङरोड भन्दा बाहिर भएकाले आवत-जावतमा अलि अपायकमा पर्छ । प्रधानमन्त्री देउवा करिब १२ वर्षपछि बालुवाटारमा सर्न लागेका हुन् । यसअघि उनी ३ पटक प्रधानमन्त्री हुँदा बालुवाटारमा बसिसकेका छन् ।

More than 5,000 climbers have set foot on the summit of Everest from the Nepal side since Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first conquered the world’s tallest mountain in 1953.  This spring season, which ended on May 31, saw the fourth highest number of successes with 455 climbers making it to the hallowed peak, the Tourism Department said. Including these 455, the total number of Everesters has reached 5,324.  Giving a breakdown of the summiteers, Khem Raj Aryal, an official at the department that issues climbing permits, said there were 190 foreigners, 32 fee-paying Nepalis and 233 high-altitude climbing guides.  The government issued a record 375 climbing permits this season. An Everest climbing permit costs $11,000 for foreigners and Rs75,000 for Nepalis

At one point in her recent TEDx talk delivered in Jaipur, actor Manisha Koirala gives out this sagacious advice: “We have a choice—we can either be consumed by our problems, become a victim and be defined by that problem, or we can turn it around into a platform for our growth.  We can turn the worst situation into a narrative of triumph. The wisdom and courage is all within us already.” The TEDx talk, which garnered over 645,000 views in two months, marks the reinvention of Koirala—once one of Bollywood’s most beloved stars—as not just a resurgent actor but also a motivational speaker and an inspiring figure for cancer awareness. The 46-year-old actor was born into the prominent Koirala clan but chose to steer clear of politics and ventured into modeling and acting instead, making her Bollywood debut with the blockbuster Saudagar, in 1991. In the decade that followed, she would go on to star in many more critically-acclaimed roles including 1942: A Love Story, Akele Hum Akele Tu

Baburam Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti Nepal has said that the decision of Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government to award the contract to construct Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project to China’s Gezhouba Group Corporation was against the nation’s interest. Issuing a statement on Thursday, the party criticised the government arguing that the decision to hand over the contract to construct 1200 MW project to the Chinese company was condemnable. Bhattarai, who is also a former Prime Minister, said that the government awarded the project to the Chinese company like a blank cheque. The party has also demanded that the government immediately scrap the agreement signed with the Chinese company. The government on June 4 had signed a contract agreement of the project with the Chinese company. Energy Minister Janardan Sharma and a representative from the Chinese company had signed the agreement paper for the construction of 1200MW project. A Cabinet meeting on May 23 had approved the Energy Mi

Fresh tension erupted in Darjeeling, India, after cadres of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) tried to disrupt the Cabinet meeting of Darjeeling state government on Thursday.  Police fired a few dozen rounds of teargas shells to contain the situation after the agitating cadres of GJM chanted slogans when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee was holding a Cabinet meeting at Bhanu Bhawan in Darjeeling, local journalist Bimal Rai informed. There was no report of any untoward incident though the situation was tense. Minister Banerjee decided to hold the Cabinet meeting in Darjeeling at a time when the entire Darjeeling has been agitating against the state government's decision to make Bengali language compulsory in secondary level education across the state. The security personnel dispersed the agitating protesters. Meanwhile, the locals of Mirik, Kalimpong, and Kurseong have shut down their businesses and vehicular movements in protest against “police excesses.” The proteste