Kathmandu / July 15: Rohan Gurung has been elected as the Chairperson of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA) in the election held on Friday. Gurung secured 434 votes against his closest contender Bimal Dhakal who received 341 votes. Gurung had filed his nomination with the backing of the foreign employment agents close to […]
Kathmandu / July 13 : Chief Secretary Rajendra Kishor Chhetri assumed office on Thursday. After taking charge of the office at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singhadurbar, he directed the government secretaries and officials to fulfill the responsibilities of their respective ministries sincerely. A meeting of the Council of […]
Kathmandu / July 13: The Public Account Committee under the Legislature Parliament has directed the Finance Ministry to obtain capital gains tax from Ncell, a privately owned mobile network operator in Nepal, at the earliest. Today’s PAC meeting took a decision to this effect, asking the Ministry to collect Rs 60.71 billion that Ncell has […]
Kathmandu / July 13: The Institute for Strategic Socio-Economic Research (ISSR) has expressed its doubt whether the monetary policy unveiled by the Nepal Rastra Bank last Sunday for the upcoming fiscal year would be a help in building investment-friendly atmosphere in the country. It seemed that the government would not be able to achieve the […]
Kathmandu / July 12: Most of the political parties had strongly mentioned in their election manifestos that various rights and authorities exercised by the Singha Durbar would be taken to the local levels, suiting the changed context. But, after the election, the lawmakers from different parties have voiced that the bills being presented in the […]
Kathmandu / July 12: He dresses himself in Daura Suruwal, with Patuka around his waist and a shawl across the shoulder. Slipping into the guises of Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta, he carries a Rayaman scripture in his hand and dashes off one litterateur’s place to another as well as literary institutions in the same guise for […]
Kathmandu / July 12: The Election Commission (EC) has urged the political parties representing the Legislature-Parliament in collecting voters’ roll for coming provincial and parliamentary elections. The EC has already made public its programme to register voters’ name lists in all districts for the provincial and parliamentary assembly election from coming July 16-30. On the […]
Kathmandu / July 11: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court ( SC) Tuesday, demanding the release of Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma, who is presently in the custody of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on corruption charge. Sharma’s spouse Ms Kalpana Upreti Sharma moved […]
Kathmandu / July 11: Nepal U-23 team romped to 1-0 victory against Bangladesh U-23 in a cagey affair in one-off international friendly match played at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur on Tuesday. Skipper Bimal Gharti Magar slotted home after a cut back from impressive Anjan Bista against run a play in the 19th minutes. Nepal’s […]
Kathmandu / July 11: In view of the mounting traffic congestion during the rush hours in the Kathmandu Valley, the government has planned to ban tippers, trucks and mini trucks along the ring road from 9:00am to 11:00pm and from 4:00pm to 7:00pm from Wednesday. The joint meeting of the Department of Transport Management, Metropolitan […]