Kathmandu / March 10: The government has recommended five Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIG) for promotion to Additional Inspectors General of Police (AIG). The promotion committee meeting held on Friday recommended the promotion. Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, Tek Prasad Rai, Deepak Thapa, Shyama Lal Gyawali and Kiran Bajracharya are among those recommended for the promotion.
Kathmandu / March 8: The Election Commission (EC) has said that the preparations for the presidential election have been completed. Ram Chandra Poudel of the Nepali Congress and Subash Chandra Nembang of the CPN-UML are the two candidates for the presidency. According to the commission, voting will take place from 10AM to 3PM tomorrow. Two […]
Kathmandu / March 8: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has reiterated that the government has a policy of empowering women and their capacity building. Addressing a programme organised by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens marking the 113th International Women’s Day today, he said the State would accord priority to women’s empowerment […]
Kathmandu / March 8: The Confederation of Banks and Financial Institutions Nepal (CBFIN) has demanded that action be taken against those engaging in anarchic activities against the banks and financial institutions (BFIs). The CBFIN said that planned incidents like attacks and robberies on bank employees have left the banking sector in shock and turmoil. The […]
Kathmandu / March 7: A writ against CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been registered at the Supreme Court today. Fourteen persons including Gyanendra Raj Aran of Ramechhap have filed the writ naming the Maoist Centre Chair Prachanda as the defendant. It is said the writ has been filed taking over the […]
Kathmandu / March 7: The Information Highway project to lay optical fiber in 77 district headquarters along with the Mid Hill Highway, launched by the government with an ambitious goal, finds itself in a difficult situation of not being able to spend the budget. Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is not in a position to spend […]
Kathmandu / March 7: The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has started a full audit of 105 big firms, on suspicion of manipulating the filed tax amounts in relation to their financial turnover. The IRD has started an investigation against these large taxpayers based on the financial reports as of mid-January that they submitted to the […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 6: Nepal registered a 42 runs win over the UAE (United Arab Emirates) in the 32nd match of ICC World Cup Cricket League-2 on Monday. Nepal was set a target of 230 runs batting first whereas UAE become all out in 45 overs by scoring just 187 runs. From the Nepal side, […]
Myagdi / March 6: Qatar’s princess Asma Al-Thani arrived in Myagdi in course of her expedition to the Annapurna I. The 8,091 metres tall peak is the world’s tenth highest mountain and it lies at the Annapurna rural municipality-1 in the district. Her expedition is managed by the Elite Trekking Company. Al-Thani’s team landed at […]
Damauli / March 6: The rural electrification campaign is taking place in different areas of Tanahun district where substations for power supply are being constructed. The substations are being built with support from the Tanahun hydropower project for the electrification drive. Managing Director of Tanahun hydropower project Kiran Kumar Shrestha said that the substations are […]