
Kathmandu / Feb. 11: The Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSP-Nepal) has announced it will not support the government’s land-related ordinance in either house of Parliament. JSP Nepal’s parliamentary party meeting held in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Tuesday decided to oppose the ordinance in both the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, the party’s vice […]

Kathmandu / Feb 10: A contempt of court petition has been filed against the non-implementation of the Supreme Court’s verdict regarding the Giri Bandhu Tea Estate land grab case. The SC had ruled that land belonging to Giri Bandhu Tea Estate Pvt Ltd, which exceeds the land limit and is not being used for tea […]

Kathmandu / Feb 10: Japan is set to recruit 20,000 Nepali workers as caregivers in the health sector. At a press conference held on Monday, Nepali and Japanese companies announced the signing of the Nepal-Japan Service Exchange Program, facilitating the recruitment of 20,000 Nepali caregivers. On the occasion, representatives from Japan’s Genkou Research Institute, Kozai […]

Kathmandu / Feb 10: The construction modality of the cross-border transmission line between Nepal, India, and Bangladesh is set to be finalized. A secretary-level meeting between Nepal and India, scheduled to take place in New Delhi, will determine the framework for building the transmission infrastructure required to export 15,000 megawatts of electricity from Nepal to […]

Kathmandu / Feb 9: The preparatory meeting of the Sagarmatha Sambaad was held today at the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. The Government of Nepal is scheduled to host the Sagarmath Sambaad, Nepal’s flagship dialogue forum on contemporary issues of global significance, in Kathmandu on May 16-18. During the meeting held at the […]

Kathmandu / Feb. 09: Nepal Samajbadi Party (Naya Shakti), led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, commenced its first national convention at the Nepal Academy, Kathmandu on Sunday. The convention, attended by 1,500 representatives, will elect an 11-member leadership team and a 99-member central committee. Bhattarai, a key figure in Nepal’s Maoist insurgency, left the […]

Kathmandu / Feb 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, has said that the results of the half-yearly progress of the budget for the fiscal year are mixed. Presenting the ‘Half-Yearly Assessment Report of Budget Implementation for the Fiscal Year 2081/82’ at today’s meeting of the National Assembly, he mentioned that geopolitical […]

Kathmandu / Feb 8: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has prepared a draft of ‘National Artificial Intelligence Policy, 2081’ with an objective of systematic development of the artificial intelligence and encouraging its use in the country. The ministry has asked suggestion on the draft of the policy. The policy has set a goal […]

Kathmandu / Feb 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has instructed the Nepal Police to conduct fair investigations based on evidence and facts. While inaugurating ‘The Blue Pavilion’ in the Nepal Police Club premises at Bhrikutimandap in the capital on Saturday, Prime Minister Oli directed them to work with determination in maintaining the rule of […]

Nawalparasi / Feb 8: A mushroom industry has been established as a joint venture of local youth entrepreneurs in Parasi, Nawalparasi. Established with a capital of Rs 80 million, the industry is expected to produce 20 tonnes of oyster mushroom products monthly. Youth entrepreneurs Kamal Kasaudhan, Lavkush Verma and Sunil Verma initiated the factory at […]