Kathmandu / Jan 5: Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary Dr Shashank Koirala has asserted that people have sought change in party leadership. At a party cadres’ meet and picnic programme organized by NC Ratnanagar Municipal Committee at Ratnanagar today, Koirala stressed the need for change within NC leadership to make it a strong and unified […]
Kathmandu / Jan 4: The government has classified the 753 local levels in the country. According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the classification of local levels was made on the basis of infrastructure and social development status. The local levels have been categorized into four grades: far remote which is signified […]
Dhankuta / Jan 4: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country has been moving a step forward each day. PM Oli said so while addressing to a ceremony of laying down the foundation stone for construction of the Bhedetar-Rabi-Ranke road and the inaugural programme of the Central Electricity Transmission Line at Miklajung […]
Bhaktapur / Jan 4: CPN Chairperson and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the medical grant being provided by the government to the disadvantaged people for treatment will be increased to Rs 500,000. Inaugruating the 28th national assembly of the Nepal Cancer Relief Organization in Bhaktapur today, Chairperson Dahal claimed that none would […]
Lalitpur / Jan 3: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has laid the foundation stone for a sewage treatment plant at Balkumari of Lalitpur today. The plant is to be constructed by the Ministry of Water Supply and Sanitation. It is targeted to be completed within the coming five years. Such sewage treatment plants are located […]
Kathmandu / Jan 3: National cricket players will get their salary that had been halted following an International Cricket Council ban on the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) over a dispute in electing its new leadership. The ICC has agreed to provide two years of salary (2017 and 2018) to the players on the initiatives […]
London / Jan 3: The Minister for Internal Affairs and Planning of Gandaki Province, Kiran Gurung has urged Nepali residents in the UK not to fragment the diaspora by being politically active outside of the country. For those who wanted to enter politics, Gurung requested them to come home and urged others to return home […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: Justice Cholendra Sumsher Rana has been sworn in as the 29th chief justice of the Supreme Court on Wednesday. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Rana at a special ceremony held at the President’s Office at 11 am. The function was attended by top […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: Senior orthopedic surgeon at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Dr Govinda KC has decided to put off his hunger-strike until Jan 9. There were speculations that he would announce a fresh hunger strike, his 16th, today, given that today marked the last day of his ultimatum to the government […]
Kathmandu / Jan 2: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has slashed the prices of petroleum products on Wednesday. The state-owned monopoly said that the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene have been slashed by Rs2 per litre. The new price will be effective from Wednesday midnight. Following the price cut, petrol will now cost Rs108 per […]