Kathmandu / June 27: Kathmandu District Court judge Raj Kumar Koirala has been suspended. Koirala got suspended automatically with the notice published today in the Nepal Gazette regarding the initiation of the investigation into the telephone conversation between him and advocate Rudra Pokhrel. The Judicial Council meeting had formed an investigation committee to investigate the […]
Kathmandu / June 27: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said the government has been taking the initiative to forward the citizenship bill with consensus among the political parties. The bill is currently under consideration in the parliament. Responding to queries raised over the Appropriation Bill in today’s meeting of the National Assembly, Home Minister […]
Kathmandu / June 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has reshuffled the Council of Ministers and work division as per the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. According to the press statement issued today by the spokesperson for the Office of the President, Sagar Acharya, there are 20 ministers and 3 ministers of state in […]
Kathmandu / June 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said science and technology-related conferences to be organised in the country would provide constructive support for the development of the nation. Inaugurating a three-day event ‘Ninth national science and technology conference’ organised by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) here today, he acknowledged […]
Kathmandu / June 26: Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Paudel has said the government has accorded first priorities to carry out reforms in public schools. “Now, the education sector is in short of 10.95 per cent budget. The government is committed to strengthening public education. Policies, programmes and budgets have been prepared based […]
CB Adhikari / Kathmandu, June 25: The government has decided to slash the price of petroleum products. A cabinet meeting on Saturday decided to reduce Rs 20 per litre in petrol and Rs 29 in diesel, shared Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu at a press conference. According to him, with the […]
Kathmandu / June 25: The newly-appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday to take up his new diplomatic assignment. Indian government had proposed Additional Secretary Srivastav as its new envoy to Kathmandu in early May. He was officially appointed as new ambasador of India to Nepal on May 17. The […]
Mahima Devkota / Kathmandu, June 25: Cholera-inducing bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and fecal Coliforms have been found in three areas of the Kathmandu Valley. The water samples were taken from the nine places in the valley following the detection of the first cholera case inside the valley. According to Basanta Adhikari, Chief of the […]
Kathmandu / June 23: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has argued that the government switched to the policy to encourage farmers instead of providing them with the grant for the upcoming fiscal year. During a meeting with the World Bank’s Managing Director Mari Elka Pangestu on Thursday, the Finance Minister said the government’s new move was […]
Bishnu Pandey / Kathmandu, June 23: The number of students flying aboard for studies has shot up by 14 folds in the first two months of this year when compared to the same period last year. Hari Niraula, Chief of the Abroad Study Permission Section under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said that […]