Kathmandu / April 17: Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun last night held separate meetings with World Bank (WB) Group Vice Presidents Akihiko Nishio (Development Finance) and Guangzhe Chen (Infrastructure) at the Washington DC-based WB Headquarters. According to the Minister’s Secretariat, the Minister thanked Akihiko Nishio for entertaining Nepal’s proposal to organise a meeting of the […]
Kathmandu / April 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has stressed that establishing good governance in the country could be ensured only through a successful implementation of laws. In his address to a program on “Challenges for good governance and government’s future roadmap” organized by the Institute for Strategic and Socio-Economic Research (ISSR) here […]
Kathmandu / April 16: Kathmandu Municipal Corporation (KMC) is going to conduct cancer screening camp starting tomorrow. In the camps, the KMC is going to conduct free screening for breast and cervical cancer and fertility-related ailments. The camp will run throughout the month of Baisakh (until mid-May) at the urban health promotion center of the […]
Surkhet / April 16: The Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives has implemented the ‘crops and livestock special production zone program’ from the current fiscal year. The program has been implemented in 10 districts of Karnali Province. The program identifies special zones for various productions based on geographical clusters. For the implementation of the […]
Kathmandu / April 15: The breakthrough of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Passage has been made today. The Nagdhunga Tunnel Passage is considered a significant project to take Nepal towards an era of tunnel roads. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ today switched on the electric control for the breakthrough of the tunnel from both the Dhading […]
Kathmandu / April 15: Nepal is for the first time going to host an international dialogue on mountains and climate change. The vent will be convened in May. The Ministry of Forests and Environment has said that they are going to hold a dialogue in Kathmandu on May 22 and 23 to forge a common […]
Kathmandu / April 15: The two-day schedule of the Third Investment Summit going to be organized in the federal capital, Kathmandu, on April 28 and 29 has been made public. As per the information shared by the Investment Board, two special sessions along with the inaugural session would be held on the first day. The […]
Kathmandu / April 14: The Ministry of Finance has pursued a policy of budget transfers, programme amendments, and scaling up expenditures from the budget allocated under the ‘miscellaneous’ heading. According to the Secretariat of Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, in the last month alone, Rs 1.63 billion has been disbursed through government agencies following budget […]
Kathmandu / Apr 14: The Health Insurance Board has informed that those insured under the health insurance programme are made responsible to bear 20 percent cost on their own while receiving treatment at private and community hospitals. Executive Director at Board, Dr Damodar Basaula, informed that those insured under the scheme would bear 20 percent […]
Kathmandu / April 14: Nepal Telecom has launched the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network service in Dolpa. The service supported by a high-speed internet facility, was launched in Dolpa under the government campaign to expand the high-speed internet across the country. Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, today inaugurated the service for the district in […]
