Kathmandu / Jan 27: Lawmakers have stressed the need for expanding Nepal Telecom service. At today’s meeting of the Finance Committee under the House of Representatives today called for effective expansion of NTC’s 4G service. They also complained that the cost of an NTC project to develop 4G service is high. A Chinese company has […]
Kathmandu / Jan 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said his visit to Switzerland has been successful in informing the international community about Nepal’s development priorities, the goal of socio-economic transformation of the Nepali society and the policies adopted by the incumbent government to attract foreign investment. PM Oli stated this while talking to […]
Kathmandu / Jan 26: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), the national flag- carrier, has come up with a promotional offer scheme in Kathmandu-Bangkok-Kathmandu route. Under the ‘one free ticket for a group of five’ scheme, one ticket is available free in a group of five passengers. The three-month scheme will come into effect from the beginning […]
Kathmandu / Jan 26: With the rainfall taking place across the country this week, the hilly belts in different districts have witnessed snowfall. Five years after, snowfall has occurred today in Dahapani and the adjoining areas in Kathekhola Rural Municipality-4 in Baglung district. With the continuous rainfall from Friday afternoon, snowfall took place during the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 25: The government on Friday bulldozed the controversial National Medical Education Bill through House of Representatives (HoR) amid furore and obstructions by the opposition. The meeting scheduled for 1:00PM today started late following discussions between ruling and opposition leaders. Although both Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Nepali Congress leaders had not budged […]
Kathmandu / Jan 25: The age-old Nepal-India relations should be further deepened and strengthened as per the need of the new developments. Speakers speaking at a program organized by Reporters Club Nepal here Friday on the eve of the Republic Day of India, expressed this view. Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Rghuveer Mahaseth said […]
Kathmandu / Jan 25: Japan has agreed to enter into cooperation on developing Nepal’s agricultural sector for the first time. Japan has been supporting Nepal in various sectors including education, infrastructure, civil aviation and hydropower. A high-level delegation led by Takami Nakada, deputy director-general for International Affairs at the Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has claimed that the parliament will endorse the Medical Education Bill at any cost on Friday. Talking to journalists during a press briefing organized in Singha Durbar on Thursday, Minister Baskota asserted that the Medical Education Bill has addressed the demands of […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun, has urged the Japanese government to increase investment in energy and hydropower sector. During the meeting with a delegation led by Deputy-Director looking after international affairs of the Agriculture and Forests Ministry of Japan, Takami Nakada, at the Ministry, Singha Durbar today, […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: The United Nations in Nepal together with nine foreign embassies on Thursday welcomed Nepal’s efforts to bring the peace process to a conclusion by moving forward with a comprehensive and credible transitional justice process. A joint statement signed by Embassy of Australia, Embassy of Germany, Delegation of the European Union, Embassy […]