Modnath Dhakal / Kathmandu, June 7: The Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) has executed a system to directly deposit the monthly pension of the retired government employees which is expected to save about Rs. 600 million of the government. Financial Comptroller General Madhu Kumar Marasini inaugurated the system, named as Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT), for […]
Kathmandu / June 7: A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday against the move of caretaker Prime Minister K P Oli to reshuffle his cabinet. The petitioners have maintained that the caretaker government cannot expand or reshuffle the cabinet and demanded scrapping the reshuffle of the cabinet by Prime […]
Kathmandu / June 6: With 3,024 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Sunday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 588,124. In 10,471 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 3,024 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of […]
Kathmandu, June 6: Protracted prohibitory order has hit hard the tourists’ vehicles entrepreneurs. The monthly business of Rs. 70 million has abruptly stopped, affecting badly some 7,000 staff including drivers and helpers. President of the Nepal Tourists Vehicles Association, Ram Hari Sharma, informed that more than 2,700 vehicles including buses, microbuses and cars to carry […]
Kathmandu / June 6: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today issued the Ordinance on Security of Health Workers and Health Institutions (First Amendment), 2078 BS today. President Bhandari issued the Ordinance on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers in accordance with the Article 114(1) of the Constitution of Nepal, according to a press statement released […]
Kathmandu / June 5: Saplings of various species have been planted in the United Nations (UN) Park area along the Bagmati River on the occasion of the World Environment Day. The saplings have been planted on the occasion of the 421st Bagmati Cleanup Mega Campaign which also coincidentally falls on the World Environment Day today. […]
Kathmandu / June 5: With 3,540 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 585,100. In 11,471 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 3,540 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily […]
Indira Aryal / Kathmandu, June 5: With the aim of spreading knowledge and awareness for the protection of the environment as well to take action against the degradation of ecosystem, the World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5. This year, the day is being celebrated with the theme “Ecosystem Restoration,” with […]
Kathmandu / June 4: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expanded the Council of Ministers. The oath-taking ceremony of new ministers is being held at 6:30 today at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas. Surya Thapa, press advisor to the Prime Minister informed that the cabinet was expanded by including the leaders of the Thakur-led […]
Kathmandu / June 4: With 4,624 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 581,560. In 14,182 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,624 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily […]