Kathmandu / July 26: The new Monetary Policy for current fiscal year 2024/25 has some special arrangements to implement and facilitate various five provisions in the budget of the current fiscal year. Unveiling the new Monetary Policy here today, Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari said that new policy will ease off the […]
Kathmandu / July 26: The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) approved nine projects worth Rs 271.26 billion in the last fiscal year. Submitting its annual report to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday, the IBN unveiled the progress report of the big projects. Out of the nine projects that it approved in fiscal year 2023/24, […]
Kathmandu / July 26: Nepal has been elected as the Vice-President for the Asia-Pacific states of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Chief of the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, Lok Bahadur Thapa, will lead Nepal in the 54-member ECOSOC. Nepal will be the chair of the Asia-Pacific […]
Kathmandu / July 25: The government has appointed Acting Chief Secretary Liladevi Gadtaula as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today decided to appoint Gadtaula as the Chief Secretary, Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Government’s Spokesperson Prithvi Subba Gurung said. Likewise, the cabinet […]
Kathmandu / July 25: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division has alerted all agencies concerned to the risk of a Nipah virus outbreak in Nepal, as neighbouring India recently reported a death from the deadly disease. Officials said they have purchased reagents to test the virus and laboratory technicians have been trained to test samples […]
Jhapa / July 25: Herbs worth around Rs 81 million was exported from Kakadbhitta customs check point in the fiscal year 2023/24. According to Quarantine Office, Kakadbhitta, herbs including chiraito, rittha, majitho and satibayer were exported. A total of 160 metric tonnes of chiraito worth Rs 48 million was exported during the period. Farmers in […]
Kathmandu / July 24: A Saurya Airlines plane crash at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) this morning claimed the lives of 18 people. The Bombardier CRJ 200 aircraft, with the call sign 9N-AME, crashed shortly after taking off for Pokhara at around 11:11 AM. The plane veered right off runway 02 immediately after takeoff and crashed […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba said that discussion on the modality of the operation and implementation of the BRI project was still ongoing and no decision was made towards this end. Newly appointed Minister Rana clarified so while responding to the queries posed by the parliamentarians in the […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Three cholera patients admitted to Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital in Teku have escaped. Three patients from Thaiba, Lalitpur, were admitted to the hospital on Sunday. They ran away from the hospital on Tuesday night. The in-charge of the emergency room of the hospital, Bhaneshwor Yadav, said that the trio […]
Kathmandu / July 23: The officials of the Finance Ministry on Tuesday briefed Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel about the country’s economic challenges and the measures to resolve those issues. “Mainly, there are 46 challenges in Nepal’s economy in the observation of the Finance Ministry. Steps are required in 29 sectors to overcome those challenges,” […]
