Kathmandu / Mar 14: The Disaster Management Department of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is going to formulate a five-year strategic plan. Preparedness for urban disaster risk reduction, management work to be done during disaster and post-disaster rehabilitation, ward and community level capacity development for recovery, and coordination between internal and partners will be included in […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 13: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has secured the vote of confidence with 157 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) in favour and 110 members against. This is the third time that PM Prachanda got a confidence vote from the parliament since he got it on January 10 and then […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 13: In a meeting with the ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates and Mongolia, Chandra Prasad Dhakal, President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, requested the respective ambassadors for support in promoting investment in Nepal. Dhakal met with UAE Ambassador Abdulla Al Shamsi and Mongolian Ambassador to India […]
Kathmandu / Mar 13: Foreign policy experts highlighted the need to critically examine the necessity and approach to redefining Nepal’s foreign policy priorities in a pragmatic manner to capitalize on strategic benefits while upholding strategic autonomy. Addressing a national seminar, “Contextualizing Nepal’s Foreign Policy and Infrastructure Diplomacy in Changing Context,” organized by the Centre for […]
Kathmandu / Mar 12: Narayan Prasad Dahal, the candidate of the ruling coalition, has been elected to the post of National Assembly Chairperson. Announcing the results of the voting held through the ‘voice vote’ method in the meeting of the National Assembly today, Vice-Chairperson Urmila Aryal, who chaired the meeting, declared that the proposal seeking […]
Kathmandu / March 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has asserted that disciplined youths dedicated towards the nation are the first need of every nation in a changing world context. Addressing the convocation ceremony of the 18th Batch Senior Division Training run by the National Cadet Corps (NCC) here today, Prime Minister Prachanda shared […]
Kathmandu / Mar 12: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) have reached an agreement on the tariff for the electricity to be exported from Nepal. Recently, during a World Bank program in Singapore in the presence of energy secretaries of the two countries, NElA Managing Director Kulman Ghising and BPDB […]
Kathmandu / March 11: The government has decided to replace the Chief of Province in Gandaki, Madhes and Sudurpaschim Provinces. Accordingly, the existing Chiefs have been removed and new appointments have been made. The meeting today of the Council of Ministers decided to recommend Sumitra Bhandari as the Chief in Madhes, Dilliraj Bhatt in Gandaki […]
Kathmandu / March 11: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun on Monday held a meeting with Faris Hadad-Zervos, the Country Director of the World Bank for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, at the Ministry of Finance and urged to increase the World Bank’s economic and technical assistance to Nepal. According to Minister Pun’s secretariat, he urged […]
Kathmandu / Mar 11: The government of Japan has handed over 12 recycled fire engines amid a ceremony held at the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu today. According to a press release released by the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu, Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, signed two grants under the Grant Assistance for […]