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Equal wage encourages women to participate in Development Works

Nabin Shishir BK / Baglung, Jan. 22: Buddhikala BK’s life in Bareng Rural Municipality-2 in Baglung is not only limited to the household chores. She has been employed as labour in the construction of a road in her neighbourhood. After the Prime Minister Self-Employment programme was introduced in the village, BK’s lifestyle, which was confined […]


NIC appeals for effective implementation of RTI

Kathmandu / Jan 22: The National Information Commission (NIC) has appealed to all public agencies to ensure effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. For the effective implementation of constitutionally-guaranteed citizens’ right to information, the NIC has decided to request federal level public agencies through the Chief Secretary of Nepal government. Likewise, Chief […]


COVID-19 update: 302 new cases, 480 recoveries and seven deaths in 24 hours

Kathmandu / Jan. 22: With 302 new cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed on Friday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 268,948. “In 3,545 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 302 persons, 133 females and 169 males were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) […]


India hands over Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal; 336 new cases of COVID-19

Kathmandu / Jan 21: The government of India has officially handed over Covid-19 vaccines to the Nepali government. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on behalf of the Indian government, handed over the vaccines to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who received the same on behalf of the Nepali government. Amid a programme organised […]


Door opened to send Nepali Youths to Israel for employment

Kathmandu / Jan 21: ‘Implementation Protocol’ has been signed between Nepal and Israel today for the implementation of ‘Agreement related to temporary employment of Nepali workers in labour market of Israel’. The latter agreement was signed on September 30, 2020. At a programme organised at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security today, Director […]


FM Gyawali addresses 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue

Kathmandu / Jan 21: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali addressed the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) held virtually on Thursday. Delivering his statement, Minister Gyawali stressed the close cooperation among the member states and partnership with private business for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic to bring all aspects of lives, livelihoods, […]


India to provide one million dosages of COVID-19 Vaccine; 318 new cases of COVID-19

Keshab Raj Paudel, Kathmandu, Jan. 20: The government of India will provide one million dosages of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal. Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi, in a joint press conference held on Wednesday, informed that India would provide one million doses of vaccines. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to Nepal, was also […]


Professor Bhola Thapa appointed new Vice-Chancellor of KU

Kathmandu / Jan 20: Professor Dr Bhola Thapa has been appointed new Vice-Chancellor of Kathmandu University (KU). Professor Thapa, former registrar of Kathmandu University and former dean at School of Engineering, was appointed VC on Wednesday. Appointments of VC in universities have been a political concern and have courted controversy time and again.


KMC completes construction of 69 infrastructure projects in six months of Current FY

Kathmandu / Jan 20 : Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has completed construction of 69 infrastructure projects in the six months of the current fiscal year, 2020/21, said the KMC. Blacktopping of 23 kilometres roads within the KMC and repair of 34,165 square metres roads has been completed. Likewise, construction of four ward buildings, two other […]


4,400 houses constructed under People’s Housing Scheme in Siraha and Saptari

Dhirendra Prasad Sah, Rajbiraj, Jan. 19: The National Planning Commission (NPC) held an interaction with local level people’s representatives and stakeholders of Saptari and Siraha districts in Rajbiraj on Tuesday for the internal evaluation of the People’s Housing (Janata Awash) programme. In the interaction, officials at the Urban Development and Building Office (Saptari-Siraha) Rajbiraj briefed […]




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