Kathmandu / May 11: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has commenced homework to draft the policy and programs and budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024/25. Deputy Mayor of KMC Sunita Dangol stated that they are prioritizing program selection requirements and preparing to select plans that can be promptly implemented. “The thematic committee, tasked with assessing […]
Barahathawa / May 11: Ninety per cent of construction activities under the East-West Electric Railway have been completed in Sarlahi district. The East-West Electric Railway is a national pride project. Information officer of the project, engineer Bhuwaneshwor Yadav, shared that 90 per cent of construction under the project was over in the Sarlahi section in […]
Kathmandu / May 10: The first meeting of the budget session of the House of Representatives has been adjourned until Tuesday following obstruction from the Nepali Congress lawmakers. Speaker Devraj Ghimire at first adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes after lawmakers from the main opposition party didn’t allow the Speaker to take ahead the House […]
Kathmandu / May 10: The European Union (EU) said it would help Nepal bring in investment. EU Ambassador to Nepal, Veronique Lorenzo, said that the ‘EU-Nepal Trade Forum’ is taking place in Kathmandu next week to bring European investment to Nepal. In her address to a reception organized in Kathmandu on Thursday to mark the […]
Salyan / May 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the small projects under the federal government will be directly handed over to provincial and local governments to strengthen federalism further. Addressing a newly built administrative building of Darma Rural Municipality inauguration programme in Salyan on Friday, the PM viewed that federalism […]
Biratnagar / May 9: Hikmat Kumar Karki has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Koshi Province. Province Chief Parshuram Khapung appointed UML’s Parliamentary Party Leader Karki as the chief minister of Koshi on Thursday. Province Chief appointed Karki as the CM as per Article 168 (5) of the constitution. Karki became CM of Koshi […]
Kathmandu / May 9: Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun has said that rather than strict policies, reformative and transformative plans and programmes would be brought in the upcoming fiscal year’s the budget. Addressing the pre-budget discussion programme organised by The Society of Economic Journalists- Nepal (SEJON) here today, Finance Minister Pun said the government shall […]
Kathmandu / May 9: Arrest warrants have been issued against 20 individuals in connection with the ongoing Bal Mandir land dispute in Naxal. Superintendent of Police (SP) and spokesperson Hobindra Bogati of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police said that arrest warrants were issued against 20 individuals on Thursday, but he did not […]
Kathmandu / May 08: A breakthrough has been made in the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project tunnel. The final point of the 13.3-kilometre-long tunnel was completed in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal amid a function on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Dahal expressed his belief that the completion of the National Pride […]
Kathmandu / May 8: President Ramchandra Paudel has said it is needed to promote small and cottage entrepreneurship to take the country towards a phase of industrial development. Inaugurating the 17th International Industrial Trade Fair and Cottage Industry Festival, 2081 BS here today, the Head of the State wanted the government to be responsible for […]