Kathmandu / Dec 6: The government has decided to relocate the ministerial quarters from Harihar Bhawan, Pulchok, to 149 ropani land acquired in Sainbu Bhainsepati, Lalitpur, for building official residences for Members of Parliament (MPs). A Cabinet meeting on Thursday decided to build 10 State Guest Houses in the compound of current ministerial quarters in […]
Kathmandu / Dec 6: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has asserted that action will be taken against those organizations not giving the basic salary to their employees as determined by the government. Inaugurating the 5th national conference of the UNI APRO Nepal Liaison Council Conference here today, Minister Bista pledged that […]
Nepalgunj / Dec 6: Majority of girl students in community schools of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City were found not attending school during their monthly period. Absenteeism was therefore found rife among menstruating students due to lack of adequate menstrual hygiene management (MHM) facilities in schools. They have cited the lack of gender-friendly toilets and unavailability of […]
Hetauda / Dec 5: Chief Minister of Province No. 3 Dormani Poudel has said that the provincial government was collaborating with Sajha Yatayat to run battery-operated buses in the province. In a meeting with Kathmandu Metropolis and Sajha Yatayat officials today, he announced that the provincial government would purchase shares worth 3 million rupees of […]
Surkhet / Dec 5: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali has expressed his confidence that the misunderstanding between Federal government and provincial ones would be resolved through the meeting of the Inter- Provincial Coordination Council. In a meeting held among the Chief Minister of Karnali Province, departmental ministers and secretaries today at the office of […]
Kathmandu / Dec 5: The government has offered a grade hike or promotion for civil servants volunteering for adjustment at the provincial or local levels under the new civil servants adjustment plan for the federal setup. The cabinet meeting on Monday endorsed the Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance 2018 and forwarded it for authentication by the […]
Kathmandu / Dec 4: Nepal and China have agreed to take appropriate measures to ensure smooth and timely implementation of the bilateral programs and projects through joint efforts. The understanding was reached during the first ‘Meeting of Mechanism for Facilitation on the Implementation of China-Nepal Cooperation Programs and Projects in Nepal’ held at the Ministry […]
Kathmandu / Dec 4: A tourism festival is to be organised in Ilam with the objective of overall promotion of tourism in Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung districts of Province 1. The event, called Mechi Area Tourism Festival Ilam-2018, is going to be organised from December 20 to 31. It is being organised with the […]
Kathmandu / Dec 4: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said it could handover the responsibility of reconstruction, management and conservation of the historic Kamal Pokhari (pond) to locals. During an interaction programme with locals regarding reconstruction issues of the pond organised Monday by the Urban Planning Commission, KMC, Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya announced the possibility […]
Kathmandu / Dec 3: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday has revised downward prices of petroleum products effective from Monday midnight. Birendra Goit, the spokesperson of NOC, said the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene has come down by Rs 2 per liter. Now consumers can buy petrol at Rs 112 per liter, whereas diesel […]