Author: Himalaya Post

Saptakoshi- A truck has veered off the road and plunged into the Koshi Barrage along the East-West Highway today. The truck with registration no Me 1 Kha 3007 fell into Gate No 10 of the Barrage after it collided with the bus (Me 1 Kha 1865) coming from the East, according to the District Police Office (DPO), Saptari. DSP Naresh Singh at the DPO, Saptari, shared that the driver and other travelers in the truck were rescued to safety after the incident while search for the missing truck is underway. More details of the incident are awaited, police...

Kathmandu- The monsoon wind has its impact in the country at present while the low-pressure trough is towards the south in the western part and towards the north in the eastern part (near Nepal) than its average position. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Meteorological Forecasting Division said it is partly to generally cloudy across the country at present due to the influence of this weather system and light to moderate rainfall is taking place at some places of all provinces. Heavy rain along with thunder and lightning is occurring at one or two places of Koshi and Gandaki...

kathmandu- United States’ Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, is arriving Nepal today for a one-day visit. Lu is scheduled to meet the senior leaders of the government of Nepal as well as the staffs at the US Embassy in Nepal, said the US Embassy in Nepal. Similarly, the visiting American diplomat will hold meeting with a member organization of the American Chamber of Commerce and take stock of their efforts to transfer unique skills to Nepalis to enable them in competing globally. Lu was in Nepal in an official visit in...

Kathmandu – The Budhanilkanth Dharamshala (Guest House) built in Budhanilkanth Municipality-3 of Kathmandu, built with the help of India, has been inaugurated. Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav inaugurated the Dharamshala on Wednesday. The Dharamshala has been built with the help of a grant of about 50 million Nepalese rupees from the Government of India. This project has been built under the post-earthquake reconstruction grant in Nepal’s cultural heritage area. According to the Indian Embassy to Nepal, the Budhanilkanth temple has been reconstructed according to the basic guidelines prepared by the Department of Archeology for the preservation and reconstruction of...

Kathmandu – The Indian Embassy, Kathmandu has completed a program related to Buddhism. On the occasion of ‘Ashadha Purnima’, the Embassy jointly completed a program at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center at the embassy in collaboration with the International Buddhist Federation. After attaining enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, the first sermon given by Lord Buddha to his first five ascetic disciples at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh is specially remembered on the day of Ashad Purnima. It is known as the first funk of Dharma Chakra. In that sermon, Lord Buddha spoke about the ‘Four Arya Truths’ and the ‘Arya...