Nepalgunj / Aug. 17: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has arrived Thursday in Banke to take stock of flood-hit areas in the Tarai districts of mid-western Nepal. He inspected the flood- affected areas and provided cash assistance to the bereaved father Kamilal Tharu of Lalpur, Rapti-Sonari Rural Municipality-4 who had lost his three daughters to […]
Kathmandi / Aug. 17: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has been able to reduce its losses significantly by Rs 7 billion in the last fiscal year (2073/074 BS) and its loss now stands at Rs 970 million only. The NEA, that had been suffering loss since 2002, could reduce its losses by controlling power leakage, […]
Biratnagar / Aug. 17: Nepal Army personnel have been mobilised to clear the runway of Biratnagar Airport as it is completely covered by mud and sand due to inundation caused by incessant rainfall. The Biratnagar Airport has shut down its all air services since the runway was submerged. As many as 200 NA personnel have […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Three major political parties have agreed to hold the federal and provincial elections on the same day. At a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, on Wednesday, the three parties – Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) – have decided to urge the Election Commission for holding election […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar Wednesday afternoon. On the occasion, the two leaders discussed on matters related to Nepal-China bilateral relations, mutual interests and cooperation, shared PM’s Foreign Affairs advisor Dinesh Bhattarai. Bhattarai further informed that […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: A meeting of the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund Committee has decided to release Rs 1 billion balance left in the fund to the flood and landslide victims hit hard across the nation. The meeting chaired by the National Planning Commission Vice-Chariman Dr. Swarnim Wagle made the decision today, as stated […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging indefinite hunger strike for the past 23 days at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, has suspended his fast on the 23rd day on Tuesday. He warned that he would stage another hunger strike if the government did not address his demands at the earliest. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Nepal and China have sealed three important agreements with long term impact on Nepal’s socio-economic development. Following on the heels of a high-level dialogue among the top government officials from both the neighbours, agreements were held on three different topics – Economic and Technological Cooperation, China -Aid Oil and Gas Resources […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: The death toll from floods and landslides across the country over the past four days has reached 120 and at least 35 people have been missing, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of Legislatrue-Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, Home Minister Janardhan Sharma said around 80 percent of […]
Biratnagar / Aug. 14: Half a dozen ministers including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have arrived at Biratnagar to take stock of flood-hit areas in the eastern Tarai region on Monday. The team inspected the flood-hit districts including Saptari, Sunsari, Morang and Jhapa by chopper. According to DIG Ramesh Kumar Bhattarai, in-charge of East Regional […]
