Lalitpur / May 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the government is to accord top priority to the agricultural sector in the budget for a new fiscal year in line with the government’s new policies and programmes. In his address to a programme organised by the Konjyosom rural municipality today, the Prime […]
Kathmandu / May 22 – The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered its administration to register the writ petition filed against Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane and Attorney General Dr. Din Mani Pokharel. A single bench of Justice Tek Prasad Dhungana quashed the earlier order refusing to register the writ petition submitted by […]
Kathmandu / May 22: Stakeholders have expressed their concerns over the burgeoning adverse effects of climate change on the Himalayas and called for urgent steps to minimize the same. Calling attention of the international community to the effects of climate change on the Himalayas, they have stressed on reducing the effects of climate change on […]
Chitwan / May 22: The Bharatpur Metropolitan City of Chitwan, Nepal and Chongqing city of the People’s Republic of China have established sister city relations. The sister city ties have been forged during the International Friendship Cities Cooperation Conference organized by Chongqing Municipal Government in Chongqing city today. Bharatpur Metropolitan City mayor Renu Dahal and […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Chairman of Kantipur Media Group (KMG) Kailash Sirohiya has been arrested on charge of misusing his citizenship certificates. A team of Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested Chairman Sirohiya from KMG’s headquarters in Thapathali on Tuesday. The police team led by SSP Sanuram Bhattarai and SP Rabindra Regmi of the Valley […]
Kathmandu / May 21: A discussion will be held on the government’s policies and programmes for the coming fiscal year in the House of Representatives on May 24. In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Speaker Devraj Ghimire shared that May 24 has been determined to hold a discussion on the government’s policies and […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Finland has pledged to support Nepal’s local climate adaptation program through a substantial grant. The grant agreement was officially signed at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. Representing Nepal, the agreement was signed by Sri Krishna Nepal, joint secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Head of […]
Kathmandu / May 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has secured the vote of confidence from the House of Representatives (HoR) for the fourth time. A total of 157 out of 158 HoR members presented in the meeting voted for the proposal on the vote of confidence to the government presented today at the […]
Kathmandu / May 20: The stolen statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, taken from Gakar Monastery in Dolpa, Karnali Province, has reportedly surfaced in the possession of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of China. According to sources within the Department of Archeology in Kathmandu, Chinese smugglers transported the statue to the China Guardian International Auction (CGIA) […]
Kathmandu / May 20: As of the end of the month of Basaikh (mid-May) of the current financial year, the country has suffered a trade deficit worth Rs 1177 billion. Goods worth Rs. 1303 billion were imported while the export was limited to just Rs 126 billion, according to the Department of Customs. In the […]