Manoj Karki (Kathmandu) / Feb 8: Nepal at present is gearing up for three major elections that would change the face of leadership in the new federal set up of the country. Notwithstanding the ongoing tussle between amendment to the new constitution and elections, the latter is inevitable as it is a constitutional requirement that […]
Kathmandu / Feb 8: Tribute was paid to former party President of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala who had a significant role in promulgating the constitution from the Constituent Assembly amidst a programme organised today at the NC central party office, Sanepa. At the programme organised to mark the first death anniversary of Koirala, party senior […]
Kathmandu / Feb 8: The Subcommittee under the Impeachment Recommendation Committee of Legislature-Parliament has verified most of the accusations labeled against former Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Lokman Singh Karki. The committee had spent 15 days to investigate impeachment proposals charged against Karki and substantiated most of […]
Kathmandu / Feb 7: The government has announced prize and honours to the returnee migrant workers who exhibit outstanding enterprising business at home. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has declared to provide Rs 100,000 to the best entrepreneur who applies skills and invests the money earned abroad. Likewise, six other best entrepreneurs would be […]
Kathmandu / Feb 7: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has insisted on the need of connecting Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) zone by transport connectivity. During his meeting today with foreign secretaries of BIMSTEC member states who are presently in the capital in course of participating […]
Bajura / Feb 7: Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Bajura has extended financial assistance to Mamata Bohara, wife of journalist Karna Bahadur Bohara, for treatment of kidney failure. The FNJ Chapter handed over Rs 10,000 fundraised by FNJ Far-western Coordination Committee, FNJ Bajura President, Madan Raj Joshi said. Mamata is suffering from both kidney failures […]
Kathmandu / Feb 6: The Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has issued a directive in the name of the government to carry out the contract bidding of the remaining programmes of the current fiscal year within February. A meeting of the PAC held Monday in regard to budget implementation, spending of the reserved treasury […]
Kathmandu / Feb 6: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has unveiled its ambitious plan to add at least an airbus every year. At a press conference organized here on Monday to address queries raised in connection with the procurement of Airbus Wide Body A 330-200, General Manager Sugat Ratna Kansakar said that the NAC has […]
Kathmandu / Feb 6: The anti-elephantiasis drug administration campaign is taking place in 30 districts in the country from coming March 4. Under a three-day campaign to be coordinated by the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Department of Health Services under the Health Ministry, the government plans to administer anti-filarial drugs to 10.5 million […]
Ramesh Lamsal / Kathmandu, Feb 5: The District Administration Offices, Dhading, and Gorkha are preparing to distribute compensation amounting to Rs 5.5 billion to the landowners whose land will be acquired by the government to build Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project. Compensation distribution is in the last stage since the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project Development Committee […]