Kathmandu / May 11: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has decided to slash the winter, summer and festival leaves. Dipak Sharma, spokesperson of the Ministry, informed that the decision was taken to ensure that class days in schools and universities do not get reduced in view of the government’s decision to grant two-day, […]
Bhairahawa / May 11: A convention center with an accommodating capacity of five thousand people is being inaugurated on the day of Buddha’s Birth Anniversary, May 16. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to inaugurate the convention center on the World Heritage site. Equipped with advanced facilities, the convention cum meditation center has been […]
Kathmandu / May 10: The silence period for the local level election commences from midnight today. The country is going to the local election on May 13. The Election Commission (EC) said that during this special period, election campaigns are prohibited in all forms. The EC has already asked the political parties and candidates to […]
Chhetu Sherpa / Kathmandu, May 10: Four people have lost their lives while climbing mountains this month. According to the expedition companies, four climbers succumbed while climbing Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga, Everest/Sagarmatha and Lhotse mountains. “Khudam Bir Tamang, guide of the South Korean climbing team, went missing from the first camp while climbing Lhotse Mountain,” said Mingma […]
Laxman Kafle/ Kathmandu, May 10: Consumption of petroleum products has increased significantly with the expansion in election activities across the country. According to Binitmani Upadhyay, spokesperson for Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), consumption of diesel and petrol has gone up by about 40 per cent for the last one week due to the increasing election campaigns […]
Kathmandu / May 9: The silence period of the local level election will start from Tuesday midnight. Speaking at a press meet on Monday, Shaligram Sharma Paudel, spokesperson of the Election Commission (EC), Nepal, said that the silence period would start from 12 at night on Tuesday, May 10. The voting for local level government […]
Kathmandu / May 9: UK’s ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt, today called on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal. During the meeting that took place at the latter’s office, the two discussed vivid aspects relating to the Nepal-UK relations and mutual cooperation. On the occasion, Minister Bhusal said Nepal-UK ties were not […]
Kathmandu / May 9: A new partnership agreement between Sastodeal, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is set to help 3,500 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nepal to digitize their operations, including at least 60 percent women-owned businesses. With the combined funding of $100,000 […]
Kathmandu / May 8: Outstanding credit of banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to consumable loans jumped by more than 4 folds in the meantime it fell by 47.7 per cent in the construction sector. According to the NRB’s current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation report, consumable loan sharply rose by 4 folds in the span of […]
Kathmandu / May 8: The number of foreign nationals entering Nepal for employment opportunities has started increasing again with the subsiding of the coronavirus crisis. According to the Department of Labour and Occupation Safety, 771 foreigners have got labour permits in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY). In the same period […]
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