Baridya / Oct 23: More than a 1,000 community forest users have taken to the street at Gulariya in Bardia district protesting the triple taxation imposed on the income of community forests. The Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN), which encourages for proper utilisation and equitable distribution of resources available from community forests to […]
Kathmandu / Oct 23: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Wednesday stressed the need to bring reforms in the international financial systems for the timely achievement of sustainable development goals. Addressing a two-day NAM Ministerial Meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan which began earlier today, Gyawali said “The reforms in the international financial systems are […]
Kathmandu / Oct 22: Jumla alone has supplied 6,500 metric tons of apples amounting around Rs 342 million, the highest yield so far in the past two years. Chief of District Agriculture Development Office, Balakram Devkota was quoted in Rastriya Samachar Samiti as saying that the income generated from the sales of apples in this […]
Kathmandu / Oct 22: The fourth meeting of Nepal-Bangladesh Technical Committee for promotion of trade between two countries has begun in the capital on Tuesday. The meeting will hold extensive discussions on the exploration of the prospect of trade between the two countries. According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, the main priority […]
Kathmandu / Oct 22: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against 13 government officials at the Special Court on Tuesday on the charge of abuse of authority. The officials include Immigration Officer at the Tribhuvan International Airport Kamal Prasad Parajuli. They have been charged of working with middlemen […]
Kathmandu / Oct 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has laid the foundation stone for Nagdhunga-Sisnekhola tunnel way on Monday. This is the first-ever tunnel project being constructed in Nepal. Amid a program at Chandragiri-1, Totepakha, the prime minister also unveiled the stone inscription at the site which reads about the much-awaited project. The project […]
Kathmandu / Oct 21: United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dr Natalia Kanem called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the latter’s official residence at Baluwatar on Monday. Kanem is also the Director General of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Dr Kanem arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day official visit on Sunday. She was appointed to […]
Kathmandu / Oct 21: Eighteen Nepali government officials joined a training program on ‘Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism’ at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) in Bengaluru, India on Monday. This is a special tailor-made course designed at the request of the Government of Nepal for a total of […]
Kathmandu / Oct 20: The Nepal Calendar Determination Committee has announced the auspicious time for receiving and offering ‘Bhai Tika’ on the occasion of the Tihar festival this year. Chairperson of the committee Prof Dr Ram Chandra Gautam was quoted in the Rastriya Samachar Samiti as saying, “11:55 am is the most auspicious time for […]
Kathmandu / Oct 20: The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has decided to conduct the pilot census for three months from coming January 15 as part of the preparation of the national census. The CBS under the National Planning Commission has planned to conduct the pilot census, representing the households from all seven States and […]
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