Kathmandu / Jan 19: A secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held on Sunday decided to field Agni Sapkota as a candidate for the vacant position of Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR). The NCP Secretariat meeting held today nominated Sapkota’s name for the position of speaker of HoR, said NCP leader […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19: Investment Board Nepal and the Chinese company Power China have signed a memorandum of understanding in regard with the implementation of Tamor Hydroelectric Project known as the ‘gem’ of the east. Board Chief Executive Officer Maha Prasad Adhikari, Hydro Electricity Investment and Development Company Limited’s chief executive officer Chhabi Raj Pokhrel […]
Kathmandu / Jan 19: Main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the government through district administration offices in all seventy-seven districts throughout the country as a part of its protest against Nepal Special Service Bill tabled in the parliament and Information Technology Bill endorsed by the Parliamentary Committee on Development […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai stressed the need to spread the message to the world that mountains of Nepal are safe and clean. Addressing an interaction program on Kanchenjunga mountain cleaning campaign on Saturday, Minister Bhattarai claimed that the mountains in Nepal are safe although some people […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18 Senior leaders of the top political parties have agreed to prepare bill on transitional justice mechanism. The meeting of the Prime Minister and ruling NCP Chairman KP Sharma Oli, NCP Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba have agreed for the amendment of the bill on […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chair Kamal Thapa said Nepal should receive economic cooperation under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact for infrastructural development. “It is wrong to make remarks that MCC compact is not in favour of Nepal”, he said. At a programme organized here today by Trade Union close to […]
Kathmandu / Jan 17: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, has said that there is positive impact of Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign across the world and it has further encouraged and increased the excitement. Inaugurating the 53rd annual general assembly of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) here […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 17: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nepal’s economy would grow by around 6 per cent in the current fiscal year 2019/20. The estimate is down by 2.5 per cent from the 8.5 per cent projection made by the government. “Economic growth is expected to remain healthy but moderate to […]
Kathmandu / Jan 17: Department of Labour has granted new work permit to 540 foreign nationals and renewed work permit of 537 in five months of the current fiscal year. The highest number of foreign nationals acquiring work permit is Chinese nationals. A large number of Chinese nationals are working in projects running with Chinese […]
Kathmandu, Jan 16: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has said that possible losses from disasters could be reduced through public awareness and appropriate legal arrangements for disaster management. Home Minister Thapa said so at a programme organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City in memory of those who lost their lives in the earthquake occurred […]
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