Kathmandu / July 26 : Acting Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Purna Bahadur Khadka has directed the authorities concerned to put in place measures to prevent losses of lives and properties from landslides, floods and immediately resume the obstructed highway. At a meeting held at the Defense Ministry today, he asked the agencies concerned to […]
Prem Adhikari / Pashupatinagar, July 26: The Rong Municipality of Ilam is going to brand generations-old indigenous dish, sisno (nettle). The rural municipality has made the decision to brand the indigenous herb, which grows abundantly in hilly regions and is readily available everywhere. This decision follows the successful branding of gundruk and sinki (fermented leafy […]
Kathmandu / July 25: The Bir Hospital has brought VIP and VVIP wards into operation. A fully equipped three-bed ward in the surgical building has a guest and visitor’s hall, said the hospital director Dr Santosh Paudel. Two beds have been already allocated for VIP and VVIP persons on the first floor of the old […]
Kathmandu, July 25 : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has stressed the need to fight the battle against hunger and food insecurity more resolutely while achieving SDG 2 on zero hunger still looks uncertain. In his keynote address to the Plenary Session on Food Systems Transformation in Practice on the sidelines of the UN […]
Kathmandu / July 25: Nepali Congress former general secretary Dr Shashank Koirala today said there was no alternative to Nepali Congress in Nepali politics. Stating that the NC led all changes that took place so far in the country, he shared if unity is intact within the party, no force could defeat it. The NC […]
Kathmandu / July 24: The government owes public debt over Rs 2 trillion 221 billion. As per the data unveiled by the Public Debt Management Office, till the end of the fiscal 2079/80 BS (2022-23), Nepal owes an internal loan equivalent to over Rs 1,100 billion and an external loan worth Rs 1093 billion. Last […]
Kathmandu, July 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ today addressed the United Nations Food Systems 2023 Stocktaking Moment in Italy, Rome. Addressing the Moment Prime Minister Prachanda highlighted the School Meal Programme of Nepal saying that School meals programs play a critical role in promoting students’ health, academic performance, and overall well-being. “They go […]
Kathmandu / July 24: The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) today unveiled the match schedule of the U-16 Men’s SAFF Championship football tournament. The tournament will be held in Bhutan from September 1 to10. Nepal will take on Bangladesh in its first match of the Championship. This match will take place on September 3. Six […]
Kathmandu / July 23: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has made public the monetary policy for the current fiscal year, 2023/24. The central bank through the policy has dropped the policy rate and kept intact the mandatory cash ratio and the statutory liquidity ratio of banks and financial institutions. Similarly, the bank rate has remained unchanged, […]
Kathmandu / July 23: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has made it clear that it has not planned to merge the community schools in the city at the moment. There are currently 89 community schools in the KMC. Among them, 59 are secondary schools while the number of institutional schools stands at 504. The KMC […]