Kathmandu / Nov 23: The government has approved the resignation of Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Dinesh Kumar Ghimire. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar today approved Secretary Ghimire’s resignation. Secretary Ghimire resigned from […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 23: The Election Commission advised the government today to set the date for holding National Assembly polls for one-third of its lawmakers on January 25. The term of one-third of the NA members is set to expire on March 3. During a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, EC office-bearers made […]
Kathmandu / Nov 22: The west face of the main building of Singha Durbar which was damaged by the 2015 earthquake has been rebuilt. With the completion of the rebuilding works, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has officially moved to his new office. The inauguration ceremony took place on Wednesday. On the occasion, the prime […]
Kathmandu / Nov 22: The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office has requested the people to come out with their vehicles on roads only for urgent work tomorrow. The office issued a public notice today, saying, “As it seems that various groups are going to hold protest demonstrations in various parts of the Kathmandu Valley on […]
Kathmandu / Nov 22: The responsibility of operating the Chobhar Dry Port in Kathmandu has been entrusted to a private company, Trans Nepal Freight Services. The Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board, which is managing the port, has given the permission to operate the port to Trans Nepal Freight Services through an open competition. The said […]
Kathmandu / Nov 21: Ruksana Kapali from Nepal has earned a place on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) list of influential women. This year, Kapali is among the 100 women recognized by the BBC. Released on Tuesday, the list features inspiring and influential women from around the world. Kapali, a transgender human rights activist and […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 21: A meeting of the Judicial Council held on Tuesday decided to recommend six justices for the Supreme Court. The meeting of the council decided to recommend four judges of the high courts–Sanranga Subedi, Abdul Aziz Musalman, Mahesh Sharma Paudyal, and Tek Prasad Dhungana–as well as Sunil Pokharel and Bal Krishna Dhakal. […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 21: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal warned that failing to halt the global rise in temperature could have serious adverse effects on the prospects of climate-resilient development in developing countries like Nepal. Addressing the national conference on climate change, PM Dahal cautioned that an increase in climate change-induced disasters, food security crises, […]
Kathmandu / Nov 19: Chhath Festival, one of the major festivals celebrated mostly by Hindus in Nepal’s southern plains, was observed on Sunday all over the country. The festival spans four days, starting from the fourth day of the waxing moon to the seventh day in the month of Kartik, as per the lunar calendar. […]
Kaski / Nov 19: The Nepal-China International Mountain Cross-country Championship is set to take place in Pokhara on November 25. Ten teams each from Nepal and China will compete in the team events of the Championship with the theme, ‘Race for Common Prosperity’. The objective of the Championship is to establish Pokhara as a sports […]