Kathmandu / Apr 24: The government has appointed office-bearers of the National Planning Commission (NPC). Today’s meeting of Council of Ministers appointed Dr Pushpa Kandel to the post of Vice-Chairperson of the NPC, said Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Gokul Banskota. Similarly, Dr Krishna Prasad Oli, Prof Usha Thakur, Dil Bahadur Gurung, […]
Kathmandu / Apr 24: A joint student unions’ meeting has announced programmes of fresh protests against the decision of private schools to increase fees in the academic session. A meeting of the union held at the Bagbazar-based office of All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU) accused private schools of rising fees, in violation of […]
Kathmandu / Apr 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the highest peak of the world, Mt Everest, should not be made polluted under any reason. Addressing the silver jubilee function of Pasang Lhamu Mountaineering Foundation, Prime Minister Oli expressed concern over increasing impact of climate change on the mountain peaks of Nepal […]
Kathmandu / Apr 23: Per capita debt of Nepalis has increased by Rs 2,114 in the fiscal year 2016/17. Now it has reached to Rs 24,276 against Rs 22,129. A report submitted by the Financial Comptroller General’s Office stated that the total debt of the government was Rs 696.69 billion till 2016/17. Of the total […]
Kathmandu / Apr 23: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has performed special worship along with the panchamrit snan rituals at Pashupatinath and Basuki temples today, after her election to the high post for the second time. The President had a receipt made by paying Rs 5,100 as the special worship fee at Pashupatinath temple on a […]
Chitwan / Apr 22: In view of the rising deaths of rhinoceros, the Department of National Park has launched study and investigation. Since 1998, the Chitwan National Park alone witnessed the untimely death of as many as 269 rhinoceros. The rate of the death has increased in the recent years. As per the data maintained […]
Chitwan / Apr 22: Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Bina Magar has vowed to work by making short term and long term plans to ensure supply of clean drinking water. After an inspection visit of Drinking Water and Sanitation Division Office today, Minister Magar said that long term plans were needed to resolve the […]
Kathmandu / Apr : A special team formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to probe the 33 kg gold smuggling case on Sunday arrested former Deputy Inspector General of Police Govinda Niraula. According to a source, former DIG Niraula was taken into custody after the special probe team recorded his statement and has been […]
Kathmandu / Apr 21: Nepal has prioritized the transport connectivity, inter-state electricity transmission line, modernization of agriculture, tourism promotion and development of people to people relations under the Belt and Road Initiative. Talking to media persons at TIA upon his arrival from China today, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said he informed the […]
Kathmandu / Apr 21: On the occasion of the establishment day of Nepal Communist Party, the top leaders of CPN-UML and CPN Maoist Centre would be giving a message of early unification between the two parties, on Sunday. Although the two parties had made efforts to be unified on April 22, it could not materialise, […]