Kathmandu / Aug 2: Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has urged Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to incorporate issues of private sector in laws and policy, taking the energy sector as the base of country’s prosperity. A delegation led by IPPAN President Ganesh Karki reached the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar […]
Kathmandu / Aug 1: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, has urged the World Bank to support in government’s plan of creating internal employment and to reduce forced foreign employment. During the meeting with World Bank’s Country Director for Nepal, David Sislen, at the Ministry today, Minister Bhandari mentioned that the […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 01: The three major political parties on Thursday reached an agreement on the long-awaited amendments to the transitional justice-related bill. The three-member panel tasked by chiefs of the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) reached the deal after weeks-long deliberations. “We have made an important achievement in this connection […]
Kathmandu / July 31: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over an incident in which 54 Nepali workers have been held hostage for over a month in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while seeking foreign employment. The NHRC has sent letters to the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) and the Ministry of […]
Kathmandu / July 31: President Ramchandra Paudel has said that the goals envisioned by our elders can be reached only if the country can be taken to the path of prosperity through political stability, development and good governance. Addressing a program organized by Dr Dilliraman Kalyani Regmi Library Development Committee at the Office of the […]
Kathmandu / July 31: The United Nations in Nepal and Dhulikhel Hospital have entered into a strategic partnership to transform healthcare delivery in Nepal and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. According to a press statement, the collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Joint Declaration of Intent. The UN Resident Coordinator’s […]
Kathmandu / July 31: The Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal has signed the final substation contract with Techno Electric and Engineering Company Ltd. (TEECL), India to construct a US$38.89 million 400 kV substations in Damauli, Tanahun concluding the task of awarding the contracts for all three 400kV stations to be implemented under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) […]
Kathmandu, July 30: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the ministers and secretaries of all the ministries to carry out works setting goals and becoming result-oriented for the sake of nation’s development and prosperity. In a meeting with the ministers and the secretaries held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of […]
Kathmandu / July 30: Lieutenant General Ashok Sigdel has been given the responsibility of acting chief of Nepali Army. Source within the Ministry of Defense said that a Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to appoint Sigdel as the acting Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) effective from August 8. The three-year term of the incumbent […]
Kathmandu / July 30: The United States Agency for International Development’s Hamro Samman II program, in partnership with the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MoWCSC) and various stakeholders, organized an event in Kathmandu today to observe the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The event brought together leaders from government agencies, USAID, civil […]