International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Police in Chainpur, Sankhuwasaba district, destroy a cannabis plant on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Wednesday.
June 27, 2019
Chinese cultural performance
Child artists perform a traditional dance during a program organised by the China Cultural Centre Nepal in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
June 27, 2019
Meeting of Nepal’s Consul Generals
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali with Nepali Consul Generals from around the world at the first meeting of Nepal’s consulates in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
June 27, 2019
School in Rautahat
Shree Uma Primary School in Rautahat district has only one concrete room, and one more room made of mud. It serves 124 students, most of whom are from Muslim and Chamaar community.
June 22, 2019
Irrigation
For irrigation, a woman works in a terraced field in Thechu, Lalitpur, Nepal, Thursday, June 21, 2019.
June 22, 2019
Plastic pollution
An empty plot full of used plastic bottles in Rautahat, an example of increasing plastic pollution in rural areas.
June 22, 2019
Chinese Ambassador addresses BRI conference
China's Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi addresses the Fourth International Conference Belt and Road Initiative for Development and Prosperity of South Asia in Kathmandu on Thursday.
June 21, 2019
Refugee Day
Gaddi Baithak or throne room in Basantapur Durbar Square is lit up in blue on Thursday, to symbolise UNHCR and its work in solidarity with refugees around the world on the occasion of world refugee day 2019.
June 20, 2019
Guthi bill protest continues
Popular singer Yogeshwor Amatya distributes flowers to security forces mobilised at Maitighar Mandala on Wednesday as the protest calling for the Guthi Bill to be scrapped raged on.
June 19, 2019
Guthi bill protest
Thousands of people from Newar Community gather in Maithighar Mandala on Wednesday demanding the controversial Guthi Bill to be scrapped. The bill was withdrawn by the government amidst a press conference on Tuesday.
June 19, 2019
NC leaders protest at the parliament
Tuesday's meeting of the House of Representatives has been put off due to the protests from the main opposition party Nepali Congress. NC lawmakers argued that the opposition should have been given time to put forth their views on contemporary issue before prime minister's statement on the issues of public importance.
June 18, 2019
PM back to Nepal
Prime Minister KP Oli returns home after participating in the Centenary Session of International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, as part of his week-long Europe visit, including the UK and France.
June 18, 2019
PM at CERN
Prime Minister KP Oli visits CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire), an European research organisation that operates largest particle physics laboratory in the world in Geneva, Switzerland.
June 18, 2019
Yoga day
Locals and young children partake in yoga to mark International Yoga Day in Namo Buddha on Sunday.
June 16, 2019
Gadhimai festival protest
Animal rights activists wear animal masks in capital on Friday demanding the abolition of Gadhimai Festival. Mass slaughter of animals take place during the festival that takes place once in every five years in Bara district.
June 14, 2019
Protest against Guthi Bill
Thousands of people gathered in Mangal Baazar, Patan on Thursday evening for a protest against the government's Guthi Bill.
June 14, 2019
guthi protest
Demonstrators gather in New Road to protest the Guthi Bill pending in parliament, that seeks to change the way traditional trusts manage religious entities. Protesters claim the Bill aims to destroy heritage and culture.
June 12, 2019
pranesh protest
Protesters walked from Pulchowk to Maitighar on Wednesday to silently demonstrate against the arrest of Pranesh Gautam, who was jailed this week for reviewing the movie Bir Bikram 2.
June 12, 2019
PM with Theresa May
Prime Minister KP Oli and his British counterpart Theresa May meet at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
June 11, 2019
Prime Minister at the Brigade of Gurkhas
Prime Minister K P Oli who is on a visit to the UK, greets Nepali soldiers in the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas in Sandhurst Military Academy on Wednesday.
June 11, 2019
water treatment plant in Pokhara
Minister for Water Supply Bina Magar presides over an ceremony when the foundation stone was laid for the first water treatment plant to be constructed in Nepal with the financial assistance of JICA in Pokhara on Tuesday.
June 11, 2019
PM in Geneva
Prime Minister KP Oli addresses the High Level Centenary Session of the International Labour Organisation on Monday in Geneva.
June 11, 2019
A senior government official exhibits the bhoto during the Bhoto Jatra festival celebrated by the Newar community in Lalitpur on Sunday. A jewelled bhoto or waistcoat is exhibited as part of Machhindranath chariot ride.
June 9, 2019