Kathmandu / Oct 15: Nepal’s realization of foreign direct investment (FDI) is only one-third of the total amount committed by the investors. According to the records with Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), foreign investors pledged to invest Rs 357 billion, out of which the country received investment of only Rs 130 billion as of 2020/21. Since […]
Mahima Devkota / Kathmandu, Oct.15: Seven out of ten deaths in Nepal are caused by non-communicable diseases in Nepal. In a government’s accountability to promote tobacco control in Nepal programme on Saturday, Dr Lonim Dixit, World Health Organization (WHO), said that around 71 per cent of the total disease-induced deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases(NCD) […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun formally inaugurated the Ninth National Games this evening at the Pokhara Stadium in Pokhara. Addressing the nation’s largest sporting event, VP Pun extended his best wishes for the successful completion of the Games. “I am very excited to be present in the inaugural ceremony of the ninth […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: The government has decided to issue an order to unlock difficulties to extend the tenure of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on the Enforced Disappeared Persons until July 17, 2023. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday took this decision, according to the Government […]
Kathmandu / Oct 14: Melamchi Drinking Water Development Committee (MDWDC) is making necessary preparations to bring water from Melamchi to Kathmandu Valley from mid-November. Before the start of the rainy season, the MDWSP had stopped the water diversion work in Melamchi tunnel since mid-week of May to protect the structures and tunnels in the headwork […]
Kathmandu / Oct 13: The Election Commission has said the violation of election code of conduct issued for candidates of House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly warrants punishment. During a meeting of the central monitoring committee of the EC on Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya directed the monitoring committees at the central […]
Bhishma Raj Ojha, Kathmandu, Oct 13: Nepal is preparing to attend the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UNFCCC on November 7-18. During the session, Nepal being one of the countries highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change due to its sensitive geography prepares to raise issues concerning the […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 13: Tihar festival is just around the corner, so flower traders are planning to import 300,000 marigold garlands from India targeting the festival. Flowers and lights hold special importance during the Tihar festival. Flowers, especially marigold, makhamali and chrysanthemum are used in the festival and marigold flower is imported from India to […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 12: Electricity export to India has exceeded 1 billion units. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) started selling excess monsoon electricity in the country through competition in the day-ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) from June 2. Since then till Tuesday i.e. till 11th of October, 1.3 billion units of electricity […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 12: 57 political parties have filed nominations towards the first-past-the-post system under the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA). The voting for the twin elections is taking place on coming November 20 in a single phase. Earlier 86 political parties registered at the Election Commission for […]
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