Itahari / July 27: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Regional Office, Itahari, on Thursday raided the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences and seized some documents. The CIAA, which has been carrying out investigation over reports of financial irregularities at the BPKIHS since long, seized the documents suspecting millions of […]
Kathmandu / July 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded the cabinet on Wednesday. The newly appointed ministers have been sworn in today itself. As many as 10 ministers have been inducted from Nepali Congress, 6 from CPN Maoist Centre, 2 from Gachhadar-led Nepal Loktantrik Forum and 1 from CPN-United. From the Nepali Congress, […]
Kathmandu / July 26: The Bibeksheel Nepali Party and Sajha Party have announced their unification. Following the unification, the parties will now be known as Bibeksheel Sajha Party. Ujjwal Thapa who led the Bibeksheel Party and Rabindra Mishra, who founded the Sajha Party are now the joint-convenors of the new party. Speaking at a press […]
Kathmandu / July 26: Members of Parliament and legal experts have called for extensive reforms in the bill designed to provide for election to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, 2074. The reforms, they said, have to be made in view of gender and social inclusion. Speaking at an interaction organised by Nepal Law […]
Kathmandu / July 25: A separate Act is mooted for the effective implementation of the action plan of High-Powered Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee. Representatives of concerned stakeholders have pointed out the need of introducing a separate law, noting that it has been difficult with the existing legal provisions to overcome the challenges seen in […]
Kathmandu / July 25: A total of 12,108 examinees have passed the Korean Language Test (KLT) administered as a part of the Employment Permission System (EPS) to South Korea. The EPS Korea Branch of Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) said that 12,108 examinees have passed the KLT given by the Human Resource Department of South […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Senior orthopaedic surgeon at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Dr Govinda KC has begun his fast-unto-death on Monday for the eleventh time stating that the government failed to address his demands as promised earlier. Organising a press meet at TUTH, Dr KC said that the 11th hunger strike was launched after […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Nepal has become the topmost country in the entire South Asia region in terms of the number of expectant mothers choosing delivery in health facilities. Nepal, which has been member to the Global White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood since 2009, made a significant stride in the mother and child […]
Kathmandu / July 24: Nepal Women’s Association (NWA), a sister wing of the Nepali Congress, has demanded that 33 per cent women representation be insured in the cabinet. At a news conference organised by the NWA here today, NWA Chairperson Uma Regmi urged the government to ensure 33 per cent representation of women in the […]
Kathmandu / July 23: The Department of Passport under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has become the first government agency to be accredited with the ISO standards. The International Organization for Standarization has accredited the Department with the ISO 9001: 2015 certificate for being able to maintain international standards in the preparation, certification and distribution […]