Surkhet / Sept 29: If all goes well, Karnali Province will start its own fleet of airlines, Karnali, according to Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, the province’s chief minister. Shahi said so at Birendranagar after returning from his visit to China. “We’ve discussed the prospects with the Government of China and its businessmen to buy two mid-size […]
Janakpur / Sept 29: Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, has said the Motihari-Amlekhgunj petrol pipeline project’s performance is good. Talking to journalists in Janakpurdham on Saturday, he said, “Looking at the performance of the project indicates that the pipeline extension work is going to be completed within the deadline.” He said […]
Kathmandu / Sept 27: The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $130 million to improve access to community-managed water supply and sanitation in 20 urban municipalities of Nepal. “Unmanaged rapid urban growth and lack of improved water supply and sanitation have led to environmental degradation, public health […]
Kathmandu / Sept 27: The local consumer committees formed to facilitate people’s access to drinking water are found indulged in irregular activities and challenging the Government’s decisions. Following reports of irregularities by such committees the Government decided to scrap such committees and issued directives to the Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) to connect the water […]
Kathmandu / Sept 27: The long wait of Kathmandu Valley folks of getting drinking water from the Melamchi Drinking Water Project will be over within the next two months. The Kathmandu Valley folks will get drinking water of Melamchi Drinking Water Project, the project of national pride, at their door steps within two months. Project […]
Kathmandu / Sept 27: Nepal has registered its third win in the 46th Asian U-18 School Championship underway in India. In today’s match held at Agra of India, Nepal defeated Sri Lanka by 1-0 to record three wins in five games so far. Jaya Gurung scored the only goal of the match in the 35th […]
Kathmandu / Sept 26: Nepal’s economy is anticipated to grow by 5.5% (at basic prices) in fiscal year (FY) 2019, down from 5.9% a year earlier says the latest Asian Development Bank (ADB) Nepal Macroeconomic Update. “The growth forecast represents a continued trend reversal but is substantially higher than the average rate of 4.3% in […]
Kathmandu / Sept 26: Lawmakers on Wednesday urged the government to be serious about the report submitted by a probe Committee formed to investigate into Nirmala Panta’s murder case. Nirmala Panta, 13, of Kanchanpur district was raped and killed around two months ago. During special hour in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Lawmaker […]
New York / Sept 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said Nepal has always avoided caveats as it has detrimental impact on mandate implementation and performance because it compromises much needed operational autonomy. In his address to a high-level event on Action for Peacekeeping held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on […]
Kathmandu / Sept 23: Nepal has ranked 102nd out of 162 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2018 Annual Report. Last year, Nepal ranked 107th. According to research in top peer-reviewed academic journals, people living in countries with high levels of economic freedom enjoy greater prosperity, more political and civil […]
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