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 […]
Kathmandu / May 27: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said the government is committed to implementing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s recommendations. In his address to the 22nd anniversary of the NHRC here today, the Home Minister shared that a task force had been already formed to proceed towards that end. He pledged […]
Manang / May 27: The collection of yarsagumba known as Cordyceps Sinensis is affected after a snowfall in the Manang district. With the snowfall in the region, the collectors have returned for failing to collect yarsagumba. Milan Tamang, a collector from Dhading district, said they are now back towards the lowland after a snowfall in […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The Supreme Court has overturned the government’s decision to build an international airport in Nijgadh, Bara. A full bench of Justices Hari Krishna Karki, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Prakash Man Singh Raut and Manoj Kumar Sharma overturned the government’s decision. According to Bimal Poudel, Spokesperson at the Supreme Court, […]
Kathmandu / May 26: As many as 14,402 women have been elected to different positions at the local level across the country, according to the latest data from the Election Commission. The local level election was held on May 13 and results of the vote count of the poll in 749, out of 753, have […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The Department of Passport under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to provide services even on Sunday, a public holiday. The Department made this decision on Wednesday in line with the government’s policies and programmes of providing electronic passports in an easy manner. It is providing the passport to the service […]