International Yoga Day (IYD) is being observed across the country on Tuesday by organising various programmes.

The Government organised a yoga programme of IYD Main Organising Committee to mark the International Yoga Day at Durbar marg in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Speaking at the programme, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that yoga is an integral part of people’s daily activities for healthy body and sound thoughts.

The PM claimed that yoga originated in Nepal, referring to the traditional form of exercise practised by ancestors and scholars from time immemorial.

PM remarked yoga as asset of all and thanked to those who initiated for the recognition of yoga by the United Nations.