Kathmandu / June 13: Blood Donors Association, Nepal (BLODAN) has been running a week-long blood donation campaign targeting World Donors Day, which is celebrated on June 14 every year. On the sixth day of the campaign, BLODAN held today a blood donation programme at the premises of Basantapur Durbar Square in order to collect blood […]
Kathmandu / May 30: A five-member probe panel has been formed to investigate the causes of the Tara Air plane that crashed in Mustang en route to Jomsom from Pokhara the other day. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on Monday formed the probe commission under the chairmanship of Ratishchandra Lal Suman, a […]
Kathmandu / May 30: The government has claimed that the goals set in the budget estimates for the financial year 2022/23 will be implemented as intended. At a press conference held at the Ministry of Finance today, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma urged all sides not to worry about the implementation of the programmes presented in […]
Kathmandu / May 30: The newly-elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Balen Shah has decided to broadcast all municipal meetings live. Shah, who assumed his office after taking the oath of office and secrecy earlier today, made the decision in accordance with the commitment he had made earlier. The first meeting of the municipal […]
Kathmandu / May 29: The government has presented a total of Rs. 1793.83 billion for the upcoming fiscal year of 2022/023. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma presented the annual budget at the joint session of the federal parliament today. Compared to the last year’s annual budget, this year’s budget is up by 8.87 per cent. Expenses: […]
Kathmandu / May 29: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed the government’s firm commitment to further consolidating the pro-people republican system in the country by successfully completing the elections to the members of House of Representatives (HoR) and National Assembly (NA) this year. Prime Minister Deuba said this in his address to a main […]
Kathmandu / May 28: Altogether 385 independent candidates sealed victory in the May 13 local election so far, according to the Election Commission of Nepal. A total of 24 political parties had participated in the poll and of the 385 elected independent candidates, 266 were male and 119 female. Also, seven of them were elected […]
Kathmandu / May 28Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has taken stock of budget to be presented by the government for the next fiscal year, 2022/23. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma briefed the Speaker on the budget and its priorities at the Office of Speaker in Singha Durbar today morning. On the occasion, Speaker Sapkota reminded the Finance […]
Kathmandu / May 28: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has said it will tighten the money supply further if the soaring consumer inflation and existing pressure on foreign currency reserves are not eased. Through the third quarterly review of monetary policy unveiled on Friday, NRB has said that the flexible policy adopted during the impacts of […]
Kathmandu / May 27: National Assembly has approved the policy and program of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 with a clear majority on Friday. Chairman of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina had tabled the programme and policy of the government in the national assembly for discussion. Before the approval by the assembly the Minister […]