Kathmandu / July 28: Former Minister Govinda Raj Joshi was convicted of corruption by the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday. SC Justices Binod Sharma and Bala Krishna Dhakal announced the verdict convicting Joshi on corruption charges, SC’s Assistant Spokesperson Govinda Prasad Ghimire said. According to Ghimire, the SC has slapped Joshi with nine months in […]
Kathmandu / July 27: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli asserted that Nepal has an atmosphere conducive to fostering art and literature. Unveiling various books penned by writer Netra Prasad Gautam here on Saturday, PM Oli reiterated that our country is a productive place for literary creations and is a provenance of knowledge. PM Oli further […]
Kathmandu / July 27: The fruit gardens have been expanded across 2,000 ropanis of land in Tanahu district in the past one year. Three farmer groups, 28 agriculture firms and one cooperative are benefitted by the park establishment and expansion programme run by the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Tanahu. Chief of Centre, Gopal Sharma Lamichhane, […]
Kathmandu / July 27: At a time when the road accidents and fatalities occurred in different parts of the country have alarmed the people and policymakers alike of late, the Kathmandu Valley witnessed decline in the road incidents in the recent years. According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, the number of accidents has […]
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 […]