Kathmandu / Jan 24: The government has decided to lower the age from 70 to 65 years for senior citizen allowance Prior to this, people aged 70 and above were receiving Rs 2,000 a month as social security allowance. According to Irrigation Minister Sanjaya Gautam, the government has decided to provide an additional Rs 100,000 […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: Various leaders have suggested discouraging political influence in development of local-levels. At an inauguration of National Council meeting organised by the Federation of District Coordination Committees, CPN (UML) leader and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said that all political parties should stand together to make the local-levels strong as there […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development has prepared 30 model laws with the objective of helping operate the local-levels. Under-Secretary at the Federal Affairs Division of the Ministry, Chhabi Rijal said that 30 laws were prepared for the operation of 753 local-level across the nation. He said the model […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The CPN Maoist Centre and the Nepali Congress today have finalised the names of candidates for the National Assembly election. As many as 13 seats have been finalised by CPN MC for the NA election while remaining one seat from province-2 is yet to be decided upon. The CPN MC candidates […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The National Reconstruction Authority, the government body formed to carry out post earthquake rebuilding efforts, has instructed authorities concerned to implement only those projects included in the post disaster recovery framework (PDRF) which are in actual need of reconstruction. At a meeting held on Monday to discuss progress details so far […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: The meeting of the High-Level Security Committee has decided to adopt all kinds of security strategy to guarantee peace and security for upcoming national assembly election (NA) slated for February 7. According to Election Commission (EC) spokesperson, Navraj Dhakal, the meeting chaired by the EC commissioner Sudhir Kumar Shah today, […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended the Basanta Shrawan ritual at the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square premises this morning. On the occasion, the President listened to a special melody, Basanta, at the auspicious hour of 11:17 am and received tika and prasad. The President was offered with the tika, garland and auspicious offerings […]
Rishi Ram Baral / Pokhara: A statistic report shows that 1,060,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal last year in the aftermath of 2015 earthquake. Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Deepak Raj Joshi unveiled the statistics in an interaction programme organised by NTB Pokhara today. According to Joshi, NTB is moving ahead with the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 21: The constituent parties of Left Alliance—CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre)—have formed a seven-member taskforce on Sunday to conduct necessary homework for the new government to ensure prosperity and good governance in the country. The taskforce was formed at a meeting of Unity Coordination Committee that was constituted to facilitate the merger […]
Kathmandu / Jan 21: The Press Council Nepal has begun online complaints registration system from Sunday. Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli marked the beginning of the complaint hearing system by mouse-clicking on a computer at Media Village. Prior to this, the dissatisfied person or party with the news content had to visit the Council’s Office physically […]
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