Sharachchandra Bhandary / Kathmandu, Nov. 27: The 40th plenary meeting of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday endorsing the graduation of Nepal from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category with the preparatory period of five years. With the unanimous adoption of the proposal, it has […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 27: With 197 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 820,724. In 4,907 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 197 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Mahima Devkota / Kathmandu, Nov. 26: The number of students who had taken no-objection letters to abroad study for graduate and undergraduate programs has reduced to 50 per cent in comparison to pre-pandemic following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the report of the Abroad Study Permission Section under the Ministry of Education, […]
Kathmandu / Nov 26: A two-day international virtual conference on “Understanding Nepal’s Foreign Policy” is being held on 27 and 28 November. Organized by Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NICE) in Kathmandu, the conference will hold 27 different sessions where more than 140 scholars, diplomats, policymakers, senior journalists, and experts will be sharing […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 26: With 242 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 820,527. In 7,829 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 242 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Kathmandu / Nov 24: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said the government will take stern measures to reduce imports to maintain the country’s foreign currency reserves. Speaking at a meeting of the Ministry Level Development Problem Solving Committee organized by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Wednesday, Sharma said the ballooning imports has led to the […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 24: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has said that cooperatives form the basis for socio-economic transformation. Speaking on the occasion of the 4th Lalitpur Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS) Summit organised by Lalitpur District Savings and Credit Cooperatives Union Wednesday, he said that cooperatives should be the foundation for a self-reliant […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 24: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed 305 new cases of COVID-19. According to Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant-spokesperson at the MoHP, a total of 305 people were found infected with the virus in 7,590 RT-PCR tests carried out in the last 24 hours. Similarly, the infection was […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 23: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has informed that discussions were underway to allow Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs) to open dollar accounts in Nepal. “We are mulling to allow NRNs to open dollar accounts to ease the balance of payment. It can be utilized in making the investment in Nepal and abroad,” he said […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 23: The 13th meeting of the Nepal-EU Joint Commission begins here on Wednesday. Deputy Managing Director of the European Union’s External Affairs for Asia and the Pacific, Paola Pampaloni has arrived here to take part in the meeting. Pampaloni will be co-chairing the meeting with Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudel. The meeting […]