Kathmandu / Mar 09: Citing that the government has not explicitly addressed various issues pertaining to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in its proposed draft Foreign Investment Bill, the Nepal Policy Institute (NPI) has urged authorities to resolve differences and work for creating a conducive investment climate in Nepal. The NPI, an autonomous think-tank under the […]
Kathmandu / Mar 09: Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amrit Bahadur Rai presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at a special ceremony held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on Saturday. During the meeting, following the presentation of credentials, Secretary-General Guterres expressed his condolences on the demise of […]
Kathmandu / Mar 8: The government and CK Raut-led Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM) has signed an 11-point agreement, thereby ending the latter’s secessionist movement over the past few years. The agreement was signed by Home Minister, Ram Bahadur Thapa and AIM’s CK Raut at Rastriya Sabha Griha. The agreements state that the state would […]
Kathmandu / Mar 8: Foreign policy experts have stressed the need to articulate a clear foreign policy taking into account the national interests. They have also outlined the need for Nepal to adopt a more pro-active approach to diplomacy and far-sighted foreign policy. Experts said so at a programme organized by the Center for Diplomacy […]
Kathmandu / Mar 8: The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has welcomed the CK Raut-led Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM)’s move to renounce the secessionist movement, on Friday. “The RPP—which has been firmly advocating for the sake of country’s territorial integrity for long—cautiously welcomes the AIM’s announcement to renounce its secessionist movement,” the Publicity Department Chief […]
Kathmandu / Mar 7:The Women and Social Committee of the Federal Parliament has issued a five-point directive to the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens for minimizing ill practices and harmful traditions. The committee issued this directive in its today’s meeting in the presence of Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Thama Maya […]
Kathmandu / Mar 7: Lawmakers have voiced for forming an agro-product price determination commission. Speaking in the meeting of the House of Representatives today, they called for forming such commission allowing the farmers themselves to fix the price of agro-products that they produce. They also stressed that the farmers should be involved in the pricing. […]
Kathmandu / Mar 7:Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has paid a tribute to late Tourism Minister Adhikari by hailing him as an exemplary leader he ever found in the political course of his life. Speaking at a condolence assembly organized to commemorate Adhikari duo late Rabindra and Bharat Mohan at Bhrikuti Mandap on Thursday, Prime […]
Kathmandu / Mar 6: The National Planning Commission has made public the draft of the 15th plan with a vision of producing healthy, productive, responsible and happy citizens. The plan adopts a strategy to ensure basic, specialised and quality health services — including preventive and curative services — to all citizens. The plan for the […]
Bhaktapur / Mar 6: Madhyapur Thimi Municipality is going to construct a view-tower at Natyashwari road that leads to local Sanothimi from Lokanthali. First of its kind in the district, the visitors will be able to get a panoramic view of Kathmandu valley, Manohara river, SOS school, the settlements around Divyashwari, Tribhuvan International Airport, as […]