Kathmandu / Jan. 11: Finance Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada has said the overall economic indicators of the country were healthy and the economy was moving ahead on the right trajectory. Stating that implementation of federalism was on a successful course, he asserted that the confusions seen regarding the fiscal federalism have been ‘cleared’ within […]
Kathmandu / Jan 11: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided to seek resignation of Deputy Speaker of the House of the Representatives Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe. A secretariat meeting of the party on Saturday afternoon made a decision to this effect, according to the party’s spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha. However, the meeting failed to […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 11: Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, has said time has come to stop intellectual human resource. The capital flight is also worrying concern, he stressed. At a programme organized on 14th anniversary of the Education Consultancy Association Nepal here today, Minister Bhattarai said it was upsetting that […]
Hetauda / Jan 10: Chief Minister at State-3 Dormani Poudel has said the State would get permanent name and capital in two days. At a programme organized here Friday, CM Poudel shared that Hetauda would be declared the permanent capital of State-3 within two days. He said that the State government was working to develop […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 10: The one-month long Shree Swasthani fasting began on Friday, with the Hindus, particularly women, in different parts of the country worshipping goddess Swasthani and listening to a story about her in the evening for a month. The month-long fasting also started at Sankhu, a town on the north-eastern part and some […]
Kathmandu / Jan 10: Buddhist monks today prayed at Bouddhanath temple for the ‘moksha’ or emancipation and liberation of people and millions of living beings which met painful death in the huge bush fire in Australia. The Bhikkhus (monks) expressed condolences to the casualties resulting from the disaster and recited the Arya Triskandhasutra, the Bhadracharya […]
Kathmandu / Jan 9: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota said on Thursday that the government would welcome any recommendation to be given to the government regarding the security printing press purchasing process. “The government (Ministry of Communication and Information Technology) will forward over 1,000 pages of proposals sent by the French […]
Kathmandu / Jan 9: Today’s National Assembly meeting has passed two bills unanimously. The meeting passed ‘Policy Research Foundation Bill-2076’ and ‘Revenue Leakage (Investigation and Control) First Amendment Bill’, presented by Finance Minister Dr Yubraj Khatiwada on the behalf of the Prime Minister. Similarly, the meeting also decided to send Nepal Special Service Bill-2076 at […]
Kathmandu / Jan 9: Berlin-based Embassy of Nepal hosted a colourful inauguration programme of the Visit Nepal Year -2020 on Tuesday in Berlin, Germany. Markus Potzel, Commissioner for South Asia of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Ramesh Prasad Khanal, Ambassador of Nepal to Germany, President of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Kumar Pant and […]
Kathmandu / Jan 8: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen Parbat Gurung on Wednesday announced to make Nepal a ‘Chaaupadhi-free country’ soon. Addressing an interaction program on ‘Chhaugoth’ (menstrual sheds in far western hills of the country), Minister Gurung informed that the government is planning to formulate a policy on dignified menstruation in a […]