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Indian External Affairs Minister calls on Prez Bhandari, PM Deuba

Kathmandu / Aug. 10: Visiting External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday. During the meeting held at Sheetal Niwas, matters regarding the strengthening of historical and friendly relations between the two countries were discussed, reads a press release issued by Spokesperson of the Office […]


Stronger partnership, deeper collaboration to combat BIMSTEC challenges: PM Deuba

Kathmandu / Aug. 10: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has underscored the need for stronger partnership and deeper collaboration among the BIMSTEC member states in order to combat the challenges facing the BIMSTEC region. In his inaugural address to the 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting in the capital city Thursday evening, the Prime Minister said, “Poverty […]


Criminal code passed, Chhaupadi criminalized

Kathmandu / Aug. 09: The Legislature Parliament passed the Criminal Code 2074 on Wednesday. The Parliament brought the new code in order to update the criminal law which was earlier based on the amendment of Civil Code-2021. After the Code is certified by the President, it would come into effect from coming Bhadra 1 (August […]


Electricity from India to cost Rs 10 per unit; Additional electricity to be imported from India 

Kathmandu / Aug. 09: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has determined the new tariff for the electricity that is being imported from India. The meeting of the Nepal-India Electricity Exchange Committee held on Tuesday in New Delhi of India has fixed the tariff to be Rs 8.88 in minimum to Rs 10.32 in maximum per unit. […]


CCTV installed along biological corridor in Chitwan

Chitwan / Aug. 09: In a bid to monitor and conserve the wildlife, as many as 32 CCTV cameras have been installed along the biological corridor inside the Tikauli forest in Chitwan. “Camera-trapping method is being used to monitor the movements and human activities against wild animals,: said Dr Chiranjibi Pokharel , Chief of the […]


Nepali IT firm bags Award in South Asian Region

Kathmandu / Aug. 09: Source Code, an IT firm working on capital market technologies, bags 8th mBillionth award held in New Delhi, India on 4th of August, 2017 for its project – Nepali Paisa mobile application for android platform. Amongst the 294 entries from across South Asia, 65 finalists were shortlisted from 10 different categories […]


GDAN to bring medical service to a grinding halt over KC’s unfulfilled demands; NSU urges govt to address demands of Dr KC 

Kathmandu / Aug. 08: Government Doctors Association of Nepal (GDAN) has warned that it would bring medical service to a grinding halt except emergency ward saying that the government paid no heed to Dr Govinda KC’s long-standing demands. GDAN is an umbrella organization of medical doctors associated with government hospitals. GDAN has made its protest […]


Department of Mines scraps license of 39 mining industries

Kathmandu / Aug. 08: Department of Mines and Geology has scrapped the license of 39 mining industries in the fiscal year 2016/17, under Mineral Exploration and Development Project. The Department scrapped the license of mining industries for not carrying out activities in this regard even after acquiring the license. Spokesperson of the Department, Krishna Dev […]


170 million units electricity wasted from NEA’s 8 distribution centers alone

Kathmandu / Aug. 08: As many as 171.92 million units of electricity is wasted from the eight distribution centers under the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)’s Hetauda distribution center alone. The distribution centre supplied 1 billion 172 million 3 thousand and 96 units of power in the fiscal year 2016/17. The NEA has expressed its serious […]


PM Deuba to visit India from Aug 23

Kathmandu / Aug. 07: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is all set to embark on an official five-day visit to India from August 23-27. PM Deuba would be making a first foreign visit to India after being elected to the executive head of the nation. The agenda of the visit is under discussion, according to […]




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