Kathmandu / Jan 21: Once a care giver of inmates’ children, Indira Ranamangar has become the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives. A resident of Salbadi from Arjundhara-11 in Jhapa, Ranamagar, has two schools and 10 child care centres under her guardianship. In the centres, as many as 2,000 children of inmates from Jhapa to […]
Kathmandu / Jan 21: With an improvement in the weather, all domestic and international flights have resumed from and to the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. Most of the flights were affected on Friday due to poor visibility and some international flights were diverted. Some of the domestic flights were also affected and diverted […]
Kathmandu / Jan 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said he would dedicate his third term as the head of the government to deliver something noticeable for the interests of the nation. Inaugurating the 29th AGM of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies -NAFEA here today, the Prime Minister pledged to give priority […]
Kathmandu / Jan 20: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has made preparations for distributing the National Identity Cards to the citizens from its ward offices beginning this January 29. KMC said it would be distributing the National ID cards from its ward offices after public complaints that they could not get the cards on time […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19: Devraj Ghimire of the CPN-UML has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR). Lawmaker Devraj Ghimire of the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Ishwari Neupane had filed their candidacies for the post of Speaker. In the HoR meeting on Thursday, 167 votes were cast in favor […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19: The government has forwarded different plans to minimize current expenditure while unveiling a “Guideline to Reduce Current Expenditure, 2022”. As per the guidelines released by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Poudel, the administrative and current expenses in the government agencies would be cut by 15 per cent as […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18: The cabinet meeting has directed the concerned ministries to submit a plan of action to implement the government’s primary policy and common minimum program to the cabinet within a week. Similarly, newly appointed Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has been designated as a governments’ spokesperson. Deputy Prime Minister […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18: A globally recognized Nepali ophthalmologist Dr Sanduk Ruit has won the Isa Award for Service to Humanity, a top civilian award of Bahrain. The award carries a cash prize of USD 1 million, a certificate of merit and a gold medal. Dr Ruit was announced as a winner amidst a press […]
Kathmandu / January 17: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister, ministers and ministers of state took an oath of office and secrecy amidst a ceremony at the Office of President, Sheetal Niwas today. New Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Rajendra Lingden, took oath before the Head- of- the- State. The […]
Jhapa / Jan 17 : Dambar Chaudhari from Arjundhara began plantation of medicinal herbs in five bighas of land. He grew the medicinal plant named patchouli. He has been selling the patchouli grass since three months of cultivation. The green grass is sold at Rs 20 while the dry at Rs 100 per kg, he […]