Kathmandu / Aug 31: Taekwondo player Palesha Goverdhan, who won a historic bronze medal for Nepal at the Paris Paralympics, will receive an award of Rs 6.5 million from the Nepal government. The government has announced that Palesha will be awarded Rs 6.5 million for her victory as per the prize determined for winning in […]
Lumbini / Aug 31: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel has said all sides including people’s representatives, civil society and locals need to work together to make Butwal a financial capital. Finance Minister Paudel said it during a discussion on how the Lumbini Province Hospital’s services could be expanded and quality ensured. He […]
Kathmandu / Aug 30: The largest share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nepal is found in the industrial sector, according to the FDI Survey Report 2022/23 released by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Friday. The report reveals that 59.7 percent of the total foreign investment is in the industrial sector. Within this sector, 30 […]
Kathmandu / Aug 30: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government has initiated process to run special online classes for school students so that the pass percentage reaches at least 70 in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE). Addressing the 29th Convocation ceremony of Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel today, Prime Minister Oli, also […]
Kathmandu / Aug 30: The Government of Japan handed over advanced ophthalmological medical equipment to Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar Metropolitan City in Morang district on Friday. Takahiro Tamura, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Japanese Embassy in Nepal, joined the ceremony. According to a press release issued by the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu, […]
Kathmandu / Aug 29: President Ramchandra Paudel on Thursday authenticated the Bill to amend the Commission of the Investigation on the Enforced Disappeared Persons and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act (TRC Bill). The Office of the President stated about this. The President assented to the Bill in accordance with Article 113 (2) of the […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 29: Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center, Bhaktapur, has successfully conducted renal transplant to 1300 individuals and liver transplant to 28 individuals in a period of 12 years. The success has been considered as a milestone in the health sector of the country. The Center marked its success by organising a programme on […]
Kathmandu / Aug 29: Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, has opined that the freedom of the press and of expression in Nepal is open and liberal as compared to other countries. Talking to the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) on Thursday, Minister Gurung said the state of press freedom was robust in […]
Kathmandu / Aug 28: The Central Revenue Leakage Control Committee has introduced a comprehensive plan to boost revenue collection in the current fiscal year by taking measures such curbing revenue leakages and expanding tax-friendly services. In the meeting presided by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel in Singha Durbar today, Heads […]
Kathmandu / Aug 28: Japan has decided to grant a scholarship of Japanese yen 454 million (estimated Nepali Rupees 422.3 million) to civil servants of Nepal for their higher studies at the universities of Japan. Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Kikuta Yutaka, ambassador of Japan to Nepal, […]