Kathmandu / June 1: Himalayan Reinsurance Company (HRC) has received approval from the Insurance Board (IB) to operate as the second reinsurer in the country. According to the IB, it issued a letter of intent to the HRC on Monday. “Now the company needs to start its operation by mid-November by the latest,” said Raju […]
Kathmandu / May 31: With 4,178 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 561,302. In 15,055 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,178 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily […]
Kathmandu, May 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal was an exemplary nation in the world to ensure gender equality by protecting women’s rights. Speaking at a programme organised in Baluwatar on the occasion of the third national women’s rights day, Prime Minister Oli mentioned that women of Nepal had participated in […]
Kathmandu / May 31: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded the government to protect life of the people and safeguard human rights during COVID-19 pandemic. Issuing a press statement on Monday, NHRC Spokesperson Dr Tikaram Pokharel has appealed to the government to address the issues and problems emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Chhetu Sherpa / Kathmandu, May 30: The government has informed that efforts are being made to procure vaccines against COVID-19 as soon as possible. According to Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, a procedure was underway to procure vaccines from four nations including China and India. “Similarly, we […]
Kathmandu / May 30: The government has tried to establish its rationale behind the presentation of a full budget as being constitutional and feasible for implementation, despite the budget facing widespread criticism for being a ‘populist and distributive’ one enforced by a caretaker government. Speaking at a press meet organized by the Ministry of Finance […]
Kathmandu / May 30: The hearing on the writ petitions filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution could not enter into the theoretical issue on Sunday as well but ended the hearing amid the disputes on formation of bench. The next date of hearing on HoR dissolution has been […]
Kathmandu / May 29: Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel on Saturday unveiled a budget of Rs 1.647 trillion (Rs 1,647,570,000,000) for the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22. Of the total amount of the budget, Rs 678.610 billion has been earmarked for recurrent expenditure while Rs 347 billion for capital expenditure by the federal government. Similarly, Rs 279.7 […]
Kathmandu / May 29: With 4,487 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 553,422. In 14,006 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,487 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update. […]
Narayan Dhungana, Kathmandu, May 29: The government has marked the 14th republic day today amidst a special function commemorating the occasion when Nepal was proclaimed a federal democratic republic country. The celebration was made at the Nepal Army Headquarters in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Also present on the occasion were Vice-President Nanda […]
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