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 […]
Kathmandu / June 23: An Indian train carrying pilgrims has reached Janakpurdham, the capital city of Madhesh Province. The train named ‘Bharat Gaurav AC Tourist’ arrived at the Janakpurdham railway station on Thursday afternoon. The train left New Delhi, the federal capital city of India, on Tuesday evening and reached the Janakpurdham railway station, after […]
Kathmandu / June 22: Around two lakh children aged 5-12 residing in the Kathmandu district will be administered a vaccine against COVID-19 from tomorrow. Basanta Adhikari, Health Chief at the District Health Office, Kathmandu, said that as many as one lakh ninety thousand children will be administered the Pfizer-BioNTech from tomorrow. The aim is to […]
Kathmandu / June 22: The construction of the Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project, a national pride project, will take three more years to complete. Begun in 2015, the project was to be complete within 8 years, in 2023. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is said to have hit the project forcing it to extend the construction deadline. […]
Kathmandu / June 22: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Dilendra Prasad Badu has said the price of petroleum products in Nepal has to be increased due to its rising prices in the international market. Informing the House of the reason behind the rise in the prices of petroleum products in a meeting of the […]
Kathmandu / June 21: Minister for Drinking Water Umakanta Chaudhari has said that the government will lift water from Kulekhani to distribute in the Kathmandu Valley. Some 150 million liters of water will be lifted daily for distribution by constructing a dam at the Kulekhani stream in the Makawanpur district. Minister Chaudhari was on an […]
Kathmandu / June 21: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said the country should present itself with reliable and trustworthy policies and behavior before the neighboring countries. At a dialogue with former ambassadors on Nepal’s foreign affairs organized by the Former Ambassadors’ Forum here today, former Prime Minister Oli laid emphasis on the need of […]
Kathmandu / June 21: The Airlines Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN) has threatened to halt all regular flights beginning Wednesday if their five-point demand is not addressed by the government. Organizing a press conference on Tuesday, the AOAN has announced plans to suspend regular operation of all flights including those of helicopters, demanding that the […]
Adarsha Subedi / Kathmandu: The invasion of Ukraine by Russia started on 24th February 2022 is not only affecting the countries involved in the war and their neighbors but also affecting the countries like Nepal, which are heavily reliant on the import of goods. Russia had occupied major cities like Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kherson Makarov, and […]
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