Kathmandu / May 23: The final results of the May 13 local level election remain to be announced only in 26 local units now. The results of 26 local units with high numbers of voters including Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Pokhara, Bharatpur and Birgunj metropolises remain to be announced. The final results of the vote counting of […]
Kathmandu / May 23 : A session of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, approved eight various ordinances today. The ordinances approved include the Social Security (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2022; Acid and Other Harmful Chemical Substances (Regulation) Ordinance,2022; the Nepal Police and Province Police (Operation, Supervision and Coordination) First Amendment Ordinance, […]
Kathmandu / May 23: This year’s Darnal Award for Social Justice (DASJ) 2022 will be awarded to Karnali Arts Centre (KAC), a community-based arts organization from Nepal and Equality Labs (EL), a U.S.-based Dalit civil rights organization. The co-awardees will be presented with the award along with NPR 250,000 each at the third biennial international […]
Kathmandu / May 13: The Election Commission has estimated that around 64 percent of the voters used their voting rights in the election of local government held today. Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya informed that the estimate did not meet his expectation. Nepal voted for most of the 753 local governments as a part […]
Bhairahawa / May 13: Jazeera Airways will operate regular flights to the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) of Bhairahawa from June 12. Jazeera, which has taken approval from GBIA, will operate the opening flight on May 16 (day of Buddha Jayanati). Nepal government has assigned May 16 as the flight opening day for the airways […]
Laxman Kafle / Kathmandu, May 13: Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has been preparing policy, programmes and budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2022/23 focusing on import substitution and food security by increasing productivity and production of agricultural produces. “We, the ministry, is preparing programmes to minimise the import of major agricultural produce, including […]
Kathmandu / May 12: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has urged all to exercise their franchise fearlessly. Terming the local level election the greatest ceremony of democracy, the President, in her video message today, said that it was the responsibility of all to ensure the conduction of the local poll slated for tomorrow, May 13, in […]
Kathmandu / May 12: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in prayer at the Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha in Nepal. During his official visit to Nepal, fifth as the Prime Minister of India, Modi will also attend the special ceremony on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Jayanti in Lumbini. […]
Kathmandu / May 12: Legal action is being taken against 64 industries on the charge of producing and selling various types of inedible foodstuff and contaminated water. This many industries are facing action in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Department of Food Technology and […]
Kathmandu / May 11: The consumer price inflation during the one-month period from mid-March to mid-April increased more than double this year compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, owing to a surge in the prices of overall food and non-food items and services. According to a nine-month report on ‘Current Macroeconomic […]