Kathmandu / May 28: Media expert Prof. Rama Krishna Regmee has said that media ethics is not now confined to basic ABC (Accuracy, Balance and Credibility) anymore and should be seen in a broader light. Speaking at a discussion programme among senior journalists, media educators and regulatory bodies organized by Department of Mass Communication and […]
Kathmandu / May 27: A writ petition has been registered in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking the removal of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane from his positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister. Advocate Anupam Bhattarai filed the petition on Monday with the Office of the Attorney General, naming Attorney General Dina […]
Kathmandu / May 27: Nepal has 45.31 percent of its total land area covered by forests. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 31 percent of the world’s land area is covered by forests. About 54 percent of the total forest area is in Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States. In South […]
Birgunj / May 27: Schools in Birgunj Metropolitan City will be closed for three days starting Tuesday due to sweltering heat. The city administration issued a notice, instructing community and private schools to close, citing concerns over the risk of students falling sick due to the heatwave. Arvind Lal Karn, head of the city’s education […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The government has forecast a 3.9 percent economic growth rate for the current fiscal year 2023/24. Amidst disruptions from the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun presented the Economic Survey for the fiscal year 2023/24 AD and the Annual Review of Public Enterprise 2081 BS, in a […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The government arrears have reached Rs 1.18 billion. This amount makes up the arrears from government offices, institutional corporations, and provincial and local governments and related bodies. The 61st annual report of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) stated that the last fiscal year, 2079/80 alone witnessed Rs 236 billion […]
Pokhara / May 26: Music Training Center Pokhara has honoured renowned Singer Mira Rana and music composer Prof Dr Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi with the Lal Bahadur Chandeshwari Dhevaju Memorial Music Award 2078 BS. Rana was honored for her significant contribution to the Nepali music industry, while Prof Dr Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi was honoured for his […]
Parbat / May 25: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Padam Giri, has said the agreement would be forged by Sunday on the mandate and jurisdiction of the parliamentary investigative committee formed on cooperative fund embezzlement. During a press meeting organized by the FNJ Parbat chapter here today, Minister Giri blamed the opposition parties […]
Kathmandu / May 25: The country’s outstanding public debt has reached nearly Rs 2,400 billion. The public debt witnessed a rise of Rs 98 billion in the last 10 months of the current fiscal year alone, according to Public Debt Management Office (PDMO). In the beginning of the current fiscal year, the public debt stood […]
Kathmandu / May 25: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has directed all community and institutional schools within its jurisdiction to appoint information officers. The local body mandated that these appointments be completed by May 27. According to Govinda Prasad Sharma, the chief of the Education Department at the metropolis, this is not the first time such […]