Kathmandu / Sept 4: Minister for Federation Affairs and General Administration, Lal Babu Pandit, has said the government was working untiringly to make civil administration more competent and accountable to the public. At a meeting of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Parliament today, Minister Pandit, however, admitted that the civil service […]
Saptari / Sept 3: Minister for Finance Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has reaffirmed that the taxation in multi points would be ended very soon. Inaugurating the office of the Tax Payers Service at Rajbiraj in the district today, Minister Dr Khatiwada said that the federal government would coordinate with the provincial and local government to end […]
Jhapa / Sept 3:Tea estate workers in Jhapa have been deprived of the minimum pay determined by the government. They warned of a protest if their demand for minimum wage were not met. The government has increased a minimum daily wage of the workers to Rs 385 each from Rs 278. “We have been deprived […]
Kathmandu / Sept 3: The House of Representatives, the lower house of the federal parliament, today approved the proposal seeking consideration on the ‘Racial Discrimination and Practice of Untouchability (Caste-based Discrimination) Crime and Punishment First Amendment Bill, 2075 BS. The meeting of the lower house unanimously approved the proposal presented by the Minister for Federal […]
Kathmandu / Sept 2: The Out Patient Department (OPD) services at hospitals did not operate today after the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) announced a protest over the newly enforced Criminal Code. Except for the emergency services, all other services were halted said Dr. Lochan Karki, General Secretary, NMA. The association staged demonstrations at Maitighar Mandala […]
Kathmandu / Sept 2: Nepal crushed Singapore by 4-wicket and 131 balls to spare to secure the second consecutive win of Asia Cup Qualifiers played at Bangi, in Selangor of Malaysia today. Nepal’s spinner duo Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Sandeep Lamichanne took three wickets each and spearhead Sompal Kami scalped two wickets to restrict Singapore to […]
Kathmandu / Sept 2: Supreme Court has ordered the government to arrange the voting system for those Nepalis who are currently residing in abroad for work, education and business purpose to ensure their fundamental democratic rights. The joint session bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Purushottam Bhandari had issued an order to the government […]
Kathmandu / Sept 1: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has come into operation for 22 hours a day from today as it extends its opening hour by an hour. The working hours have been set from 5:00 am to 3:00 am of the next day. Earlier, the government had run the TIA for 21 hours daily […]
Kathmandu / Sept 1: Nepal registered their first victory in the Asia Cup Qualifiers defeating hosts Malaysia by 19 runs on Saturday. In the match played at the Bayuemas Oval stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Malaysia finished on 169/9 chasing 189-run target. Basanta Regmi took three wickets for Nepal while Sandeep Lamichhane and Sompal […]
Kathmandu / Sept 1: Desh ra Parivesh is a poetic collection by Dr. Surendra Sitaula. The collection has 52 poems on various contemporary themes ranging from the state, society, history, politics, education and philosophy. It addresses different issues of Nepal from history to till date. At the heart of all the poems lie Nepal and […]