Kathmandu: More than 91 thousand tourists have come to Nepal in the month of September.



According to the Nepal Tourism Board, 91,012 tourists have visited Nepal in September.



According to NTB, highest number of 28,694 tourists came from India in September.



Similarly, 8,117 people from China, 7,364 people from America, 3,716 people from Bangladesh, 3,685 people from Australia, 3,640 people from Britain and 3,011 people from Sri Lanka have come to Nepal.



As per the NTB's statistics, in the last nine months, from January to September, 692,372 tourists have visited Nepal.

More than 91k tourists visit Nepal in September

Kathmandu: More than 12,000 people have died in road accidents in last five years.



In the last five years, 12,800 people have died in road accidents across the country, and more than a thousand people have died in the valley alone, according to traffic police statistics.



Meanwhile, about 80,000 people have been injured in road accidents during the review period.



Traffic management in Kathmandu Valley is becoming complex and challenging due to population growth due to valley-centered migration, urbanization, traffic congestion, lack of use of technology in vehicle management, footpath encroachment, lack of knowledge about vehicle rules and traffic rules.



Even now, traffic management in the Kathmandu valley is being carried out under the supervision of the traffic police.



In coordination with Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, 'Road Safety and Traffic Awareness Week-2080' has started from Sunday with the aim of making stakeholders and citizens aware of their role and responsibilities in traffic management and accident reduction.

More than 12k people died in road accidents in last 5 years

Kathmandu: Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa has proposed to recall Congress ministers from the cabinet and let the Samajwadi Morcha lead the government for two years. GS Thapa put forward such a proposal in the conference held on the occasion of 14th general convention of Congress in Kathmandu on Sunday. He said that Samajwadi Morcha has brought forward the issue of uniting the party and it has been agreed that Madhav Kumar Nepal will lead the government after Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. After two years the Congress alone will run the government and the Congress ministers should be recalled from the current cabinet to support the government, he added.

Congress GS Gagan Thapa proposes to recall congress minister from cabinet

Kathmandu: Cultural and historical festival 'Indra Jatra' celebrated today in Kathmandu valley.



Today is the major day of 'Indra Jatra' which was started on the day of Bhadra Shukla Dwadashi at the palace area of ​​Hanumandhoka on Tuesday morning.



President Ramchandra Paudel, Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina and other ministers, parliamentarians, members of the state assembly and local people's representatives witnessed the Indrajatra from Hanumandhoka palace.



Indra Jatra is believed to have started during the reign of Pratap Malla. King Gunakamadeva started the tradition of chariot procession in Indrajatra.



On this day, world's only living goddess 'Kumari' along with Ganesh and Bhairav was worshipped. 



On the occasion of Jatra, people performed cultural dances including Lakhe dance, Dashavatar dance, Mahakali dance, Ramchandra dance, Pulukisi dance and others.

Nepal celebrates 'Indra Jatra' welcoming festive season

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a circular asking its employees to practice yog-meditation for 15 minutes before starting their office work in the morning.



By issuing a circular on Wednesday, the ministry has instructed all the authorized level employees within the departments to compulsorily practice meditation for 15 minutes every day by 10:15 am.



The ministry said that a one-day meditation science program has been conducted for ministries, departments and offices around the valley and such a program is going to be conducted for other employees as well.



Ministry believes the meditation will help on enhancing their services.

Home Ministry directs govt employees to meditate 15 minutes before starting work

Kathmandu: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has increased the gold import quota to 20 kg per day.



Earlier, only 10 kg of gold was allowed to be imported per day, but Nepal Rastra Bank issued a circular to the banks to allow them to import 20 kg of gold per day.



According to the new rule, businessmen who buy gold from the bank must submit the details of the gold they have sold and used, to the respective bank within seven days of the end of each month.



Gold dealers have been demanding to increase the quota saying that the import permit is less compared to the demand in the country.

NRB increases quota for gold import to 20 kg per day

Kathmandu: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has started monitoring juvenile detention homes across the country after problems were found in such child correctional homes.



The commission has written to all the state and provincial branch offices of the commission to monitor the condition of all eight children's correctional homes in Morang, Parsa, Makwanpur, Bhaktapur, Kaski, Rupandehi, Banke and Doti districts and submit a report as soon as possible.



The commission said that it has drawn serious attention to the incidents of vandalism and clashes that took place recently in children's correctional homes in the districts of Bhaktapur, Banke, Parsa and other areas.



A team from the central office has been deployed today to carry out an on-site investigation regarding the incident at Madhyapur, Bhaktapur.



Likewise, the team of Lumbini Province Branch Office Nepalgunj is continuously monitoring the incident at the Children's Correctional Home in Duduwa Rural Municipality of Banke.

Human Rights Commission monitoring Juvenile detention center across the country

Kathmandu: 20 foreign guests are coming to Kathmandu to attend the Indrajatra festival celebrated in the valley. According to Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), 20 foreign guests are going to come from countries including America and China.



The guests will come from Fredericksburg City of America and China's Nanjing, Chendu and Zhanzhou Municipalities and Xi'an City to participate in Indra Jatra.



With the aim of promoting the dignity of Jatra at the international level, the metropolis had started inviting guests from municipalities.

KMC to welcome 20 foreign guest to attend Indra Jatra

Kathmandu: The police have arrested four people on the charge of raping a 13-year-old girl from West Surkhet.



According to the police, all four of them are from same place and three of them are minors. Only one Mahendra Sarki is 18 year old while other 3 are minors.



The police have named the girl as 'Birendranagar-28' for investigation purposes. According to the District Police Office Surkhet, the preliminary investigation has revealed that the girl was raped by different people at different times on the same night.



According to the police, all the arrested boys have stated that they do not know each other though.



The police said that the girl is physically and mentally disturbed and she is under treatment at the moment.

Police arrests 4 people on charge of raping 13-year girl

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Saturday.



Prime Minister Dahal, who arrived in China from America met Chinese President Xi in Hangzhou this morning.



As stated by the Chinese Embassy for Nepal, PM Dahal expressed Nepal's willing to work together with China to protect and promote the common interests of developing countries.



Similarly, Chinese President Xi stressed over great importance of China-Nepal relations.



Xi emphasized that he is willing to promote the continuous new progress of Nepal-China bilateral relations and to strengthen the development strategy with Nepal.

PM Dahal meets Chinese President Xi on Saturday

Kathmandu: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has requested not to fly kites, drones, balloons etc. in the vicinity of Tribhuvan International Airport.



The Airport Civil Aviation Office issued a notice today, requesting people to be aware that kites, drones, and balloons are often being flown during flights and landings, and this may have a serious impact on flight safety.



Everyone concerned has been informed through a notice that kites, drones, balloons, and laser lights pose a risk to flight safety and not to do such activities.



In addition, the authority has warned that strict action will be taken in accordance with the law if such acts are done indiscriminately.

CAAN requests not to fly kites, drains, and balloons across the airport

Kathmandu: The Nepali Congress has decided to take the initiative to revise and amend the School Education Bill.



The meeting of the central working committee held at the party office Sanepa has decided to take the initiative to revise the education bill.



Also, the Congress has said that the bill has not fully assimilated the essence of the constitution, including improving the quality of school education.



The Congress has also appealed to create an quality education friendly environment in schools.

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