Kathmandu / Feb 18: The latest health report of the Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives, Dr Chandrakant Bhandari, says that all parameters are normal. Dr Bhandari who is undergoing treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India, underwent successful surgery on Friday. Congress leader Yograj Kandel, who is in […]
Kathmandu / Feb 17: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has expressed confidence that cooperation from all sectors would be forthcoming in fulfilling the government’s commitment to developing the government hospital as a medical science hub. “Affordable, accessible, quality and effective health services cannot be provided and the research works cannot be made systematic and […]
Kathmandu / Feb. 17: Nepal defeated Scotland by three wickets under the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal scored 275 runs target which was given by Scotland by losing seven wickets with 18 balls remaining on Friday at TU International Cricket ground Kirtipur. From the Nepal side, Dipendra Singh Airee and Kushal Malla […]
Kathmandu / Feb 17: The United Nations in Nepal on Friday organised a panel discussion to seek ways to ensure the rights of migrant youths, who according to a UN study are the most vulnerable in foreign countries. Other partners involved in organising the panel discussion includ the IOM, UNESCO, UNV and Directorate General for […]
Keshav Chandra Mahara / Dipayal, Feb 17: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has focused on expediting completion of projects that are delayed and lagging behind the deadline. The DPM warned of stringent action against those contractors that have hoarded the projects delaying completion and incurring losses for the state and hassle to […]
Kathmandu / Feb 16: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has said that a law should be put in place that allows voters to cast their ballot from where they live, irrespective of their permanent address. Speaking at a program in Kathmandu on Thursday, CEC Thapaliya said that a law should be made so […]
Kathmandu / Feb 16: The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection has confiscated the date-expired beer worth Rs 8.2 million. The Department seized around 2,757 cartons of date-expired beer in course of market monitoring carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Director General of the Department, Mahesh Bhattarai, said beer of different brands including Bahrasinghe, […]
Kathmandu / Feb 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) would be made institutionally and structurally stronger. The PM said this during a meeting with the NHRC office-bearers at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar today. He said his efforts […]
Kathmandu / Feb 15: Germany has just handed over more than 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal through the COVAX Facility. German Ambassador to Nepal, Dr Thomas Prinz, handed over the vaccines to Minister for Health and Population Padam Giri at the ministry on Wednesday in the presence of UNICEF Representative […]
Deukhuri / Feb 15: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has said though domestic production has increased it has not yet got its full market. Inaugurating Lumbini Province-level Cottage and Small Industries, Tourism and Agriculture Exhibition organised by Federation of Cottage and Small Industries, Dang, at Ghorahi on Wednesday, Minister Sharma said that […]