Kathmandu / May 12: Nepal and China on Friday signed a framework agreement on China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, days ahead of a summit in Beijing where an ambitious plan to build a modern-day Silk Road trade routes and lead a new era of globalisation would be unveiled. Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi […]
Kathmandu / May 12: The government is setting up an intraocular lens manufacturing facility for Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO) being run under the Nepal Eye Program. The Ministry of Industry (MoI) and the (TIO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the facility amid a function on Thursday. Purushottam Nepal, an under at […]
Bangkok / May 12: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka from May 13 to 16 , landed at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on her way on Friday, where she was received by Nepali Ambassador to Thailand Khagnath Adhikari. President Bhandari was welcomed at the airport by Thai […]
Butwal / May 10: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has observed that consciousness for peace has evolved in Nepal due to the Buddhist philosophy and its advancement. “That the Buddhist philosophy evolved and flowered in Nepal is a matter of pride for Nepal and the Nepalis,” the Vice President said while addressing to the main […]
Kathmandu / May 8:The Nepal government has decided to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of One Belt One Road (OBOR) project proposed by China. A Cabinet meeting held in Singha Durbar on Monday has decided to endorse the project that connects Nepal, India and Europe. The Cabinet has decided to send a delegation led […]
Kathmandu / May 8: The National Women Commission has set up a Local Level Election Gender Monitoring Committee in view of the local-level election scheduled to be held in two phases -May 14 and June 14. The body set up on the recommendation of the Election Commission will monitor whether the gender-based discrimination take place […]
Kathmandu / May 6: Former minister and Nepali Congress leader Marshall Julum Shakya, who suffered from brain haemorrhage and was admitted to the Tokha-based Grande International Hospital, passed away on Saturday morning. He was 77. Leader Shakya succumbed to aspiration pneumonia and septic shock at the final stage at around 9:00 am today, according to […]
Kathmandu / May 6: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chair of the main opposition CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, held a meeting at the former’s offical residence in Baluwatar on Saturday to discuss the country’s latest political developments. During the meeting, the duo talked about the latest political development following the Supreme Court’s interim order […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 29: The Election Commission on Saturday has drawn the attention of the government stating that bringing an annual policy, program and budget in-between the local poll will be against the election code of conduct. A meeting held under the chairmanship of the chief election commissioner Dr. Ayodhee Prasad Yadav decided that bringing […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 28: A Taiwan hiker rescued 47 days after disappearing in the foothills of the Himalayas and just days after his girlfriend died is recovering well in hospital in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, his doctor said on Friday. Liang Sheng-yueh, who turned 21 on Friday, went missing with girlfriend Liu Chen-chun, 19, […]