Kathmandu / Aug 13: Election to the post of President of 10 different thematic committees under the House of Representatives has been scheduled for August 21, Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara informed the HoR today. So far senior-most members of the committees concerned have been chairing the Committee meetings. The Federal Parliament Secretariat will announce the […]
Kathmandu / Aug 11: The Senior Officials Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) took place in the capital on Saturday. The meeting was part of preparations to hold the fourth BIMSTEC Summit in Kathmandu on August 30-31. Established two decades ago, the sub-regional body aims to enhance […]
Kathmandu / Aug 10: The Nepal Small and Cottage Industry Development Committee (NSCIDA) will construct a SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) level exhibition hall. The construction drive aims to promote products from the country’s small and cottage industries at international level, said a committee official. The hall project site is located in Battisputali […]
Kathmandu / Aug 9: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has started managing the cables that are haphazardly lying on the street sides to spruce up the city in preparation for the upcoming BIMSTEC Summit. The two-day summit meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is scheduled to commence in […]
KATHMANDU, August 8: Thamel, the tourist hub of Kathmandu, will have a new addition to its package offering to tourists—a cycle lane. The new addition is believed to boost the inflow of tourists as tourists relish cycling more. The initiative taken by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City responds to the clamour of environmentalists and cyclists for […]
Kathmandu, August 8: With the country implementing the new constitution and the federalism, the good governance and participatory democracy at local level have been the priority issues of late. In this regard, the significance of right to information (RTI) for transparency and good governance has been hailed at a program in the capital city today. […]
Kathmandu, Aug 7: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is to construct eight over-head bridges in eight different places in Kathmandu given the dense pedestrians. The construction of the modern and new types of overhead bridges is expected to ease the traffic management as well as contribute towards reduction of road accidents. The KMC is coordinating […]
Kathmandu / Aug 7: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said Nepal has taken the issues related to human trafficking and trans-national crime very seriously. Delivering a statement at the international conference on 7th Regional Ministerial International Conference on ‘People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime’ to be held in Bali of Indonesia […]
Ratnanagar, Aug 7: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) took control a tiger which attacked and killed a woman in west Chitwan. CNP Chief Conservation Officer Bed Kumar Dhakal informed that a team of animal doctors with eight tuskers deputed from the national park brought the wild cat under control on Monday evening. The tiger has […]
Kathmandu, Aug. 6: Different parts of the nation have witnessed medium-range to heavy rainfall for the past three days due to impact of low pressure monsoon. As the monsoon low pressure line was near to Nepal, particularly central and western region, rainfall has occurred across the country including the Kathmandu valley, according to weather expert […]