Kathmandu / April 15: The Ministry of Health and Population will observe a nationwide immunization week from April 24-30. This is part of the ministry’s observation of Baisekh throughout as the month of ensuring full vaccination and certification, said the ministry. It aims to administer full vaccination to the left out children in the context […]
Kathmandu / April 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that arrangements will be made to allow Nepalis abroad to cast their votes from abroad. Addressing the virtual program of the CPN (Maoist Center) Migration Coordination Committee on Friday night, he said that millions of migrant Nepalis will benefit from this. He also said […]
Kathmandu / April 13: Anjan Shrestha has been elected as the senior vice-president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). Shrestha, along with two other candidates– Ram Chandra Sanghai, Umesh Lal Shrestha—were vying for the position. Following the defeat of Sanghai in the first-round election that held on Wednesday, Shrestha secured […]
Kathmandu / April 13: The Government of Nepal has opened the Jugal mountain range, so far known as the Virgin Mountain, for climbing. A recent Cabinet meeting decided to open the peaks of the range to domestic and foreign climbers. Reportedly, there are over 20 peaks at an altitude below 7,000 meters in the range […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 13: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has urged the Investment Board (IB) of Nepal to centre the investments on mega infrastructure projects. Addressing a meeting of the IB today, the PM said we need a huge investment to graduate into the middle-income country by achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 12: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has dismissed Dhaka Kumar Shrestha from party’s general membership and Shrestha’s position of a member of the House of Representatives (HoR). A meeting of the central committee of the party held on Wednesday evening to a decision to this effect. At a press meet after the meeting, […]
Kathmandu / April 12: The Foreign Employment Board has initiated a reintegration program coordinating efforts with the local governments for the returnee Nepali migrant workers. The Board is implementing this project for the first time for which it placed a separate directive to launch the project. The Board said that the program has been implemented […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 12: Nepal has received over 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Governments of Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy through the COVAX Facility. Nona Deprez, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of European Union to Nepal handed over the vaccines to Dr Roshan Pokharel, Secretary, […]
Kathmandu, April 11: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the government has sought more activeness and contribution from the private sector. Speaking at the inauguration of the 57th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) at Kathmandu, PM viewed that the nation can not achieve […]
Kathmandu / April 11: A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today approved a proposal received from the infrastructure committee of the Council of Ministers on testing the maximum level of pesticides in all imported goods for consumption. Emerging from the meeting, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma, who is also the […]