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20-member football team announced 23 May, Kathmandu: A 20-member Nepali national football team has been announced to play a friendship match with Laos. The athletes were selected out of 33 players who were picked in the preliminary stage, according to the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). They are Kiran Chemjong, Bikesh Kuthu, Rabin Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Aditya Chaudhary, Devendra Tamang, …

Buddha Jayanti special ceremony at UN Headquarters 21 May, Kathmandu: A special commemorative event was organized on the occasion of the ‘Day of Vesak’ (Buddha Jayanti) at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters, today. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Acting President of the General Assembly, and representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian …

Nepalese living in Japan to distribute cards extending invitation on Nepal 20 May, Tokyo, Japan: Nepalese currently living in Japan have decided to distribute about 30,000 postcards with ‘Thank You Japan and Invitation to Visit Nepal’ written on them at different 50 places. Such cards are to be distributed in honour of Government of Japan and Japanese who generously supported …

Freights by Chinese Joint rail-road transport entering Nepal Friday 20 May, Dhunche: The freights targeting Nepali market and being ferried by the Chinese rail from Lanzhou of China are finally entering Nepal. The rail had left Lanzhou for Sigatse, from where the Chinese containers brought these to Kyirong, the northern border point between Nepal and China. The Chinese Company Musa …

Nepal will need 10,000 megawatt electricity after 25 years: WB study 20 May, Kathmandu: The World Bank (WB) study has revealed that Nepal will be in need for 10,000 megawatts of electricity by 2040. The three-year study held under the title ‘The Benefits of Expanding Cross – Border Electricity Cooperation and Trade in South Asia’ has shown that electricity demand …

FIFA hires Norwegian as Infantino’s strategic director 18 May, ZURICH: FIFA says it has hired Norwegian soccer federation official Kjetil Siem as President Gianni Infantino’s director of strategic matters. FIFA says the role is a new one overseeing the soccer body’s structure in Zurich. For the past four years, Siem was secretary general at the Norwegian federation while Infantino had …

Shotokan Karate National Championship from Saturday 11 May, Kathmandu: The 2nd Anantalingeshwor National Shotokan Karate Championship will be held from May 14. Around 214 players from 22 districts including Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhupalchowk, Tanahun, Kaski, Jhapa and Sunsari will take part in the event, a press statement reads. The athletes will compete for 20 gold medals, 20 silvers and …

Footballer Magar leaving for Belgium for treatment today 12 May, Kathmandu: National football team member Bimal Gharti Magar is leaving for Belgium for his treatment. Magar, who plays as a forward, has sustained a knee injury in the course of a match against the Maldives in the 12th South Asian Games in India recently. He will leave for Belgium at …

Narayanhiti Durbar Museum collects over Rs 174 m revenue 11 May, Kathmandu: Since its gates were thrown open to general people and foreigners some seven years ago, the flow of people to the Narayanhiti Durbar Museum continues. Since the date when it was open to general people, the total 20,79,760 people including foreigners visited the former royal palace, according to …

Exploration of petroleum products to reduce fuel dependency 9 May, Kathmandu: In order to reduce dependency on petroleum products and cooking gas, exploration of and drilling for petroleum products and cooking gas within the country would be carried forward with priority, according to the government’s policies and programmes. Likewise, storage capacity would be increased. Supply management would be made more …