Kathmandu / May 21: The government has granted approval to the Employees Provident Fund for the construction of 680-MW Karnali Hydropower Project on its funding. The Energy Ministry granted approval to the EBF today to take ahead the construction of the project. Energy Ministry Secretary Anup Kumar Upadhyay handed over a permission letter to Fund […]
Kathmandu / May 21: A writ petition has been filed at Supreme Court against government’s decision to withdraw the cases of those accused of involving in the notorious Tikapur incident. Advocate Kapildev Dhakal, former secretary of Nepal government Dwarika Nath Dhungel and Dr Jagdish Chandra Baral jointly filed the writ petition, making defendants to the […]
Kathmandu / May 20: As vote-counting for the first round of local elections is about to be completed the main opposition CPN-UML has emerged as the largest party in terms of winning the posts of chiefs and other positions in the 283 local units that voted. The Election Commission (EC) conducted the first round […]
Solukhumbu / May 20: A total of 52 mountaineers reached atop Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) successfully so far this climbing season, according to Arun Trek Expedition. With this, the expeditions had taken place three times, including on May 16, May 20 and May 16. Forty-five mountaineers including British Gurkha had become the first expedition team to […]
Kathmandu / May 20: As high as 42 metric tonnes of garbage was collected and managed from various rivers and ring road areas in Kathmandu Valley on Saturday. Around 15 metric tonnes of garbage was managed while cleaning the Bagmati River near Lalitpur area next to the Thapathali Bridge as a part of the 210th […]
Chitwan / May 19: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Nepal as a nation and its people have won the local level elections, and urged all to celebrate the victory. Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of the Agriculture and Forestry University’s central office building in Rampur of the district on Friday, PM Dahal […]
Kathmandu / May 19: Election Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Shah has said that the first phase of local level elections has cemented the foundation of democracy and republicanism. EC Shah said that after completion of the provincial and federal elections, the constitution implementation process will complete its cycle. He added that the commission was satisfied and happy […]
Kathmandu / May 19: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said its serious attention has been drawn towards the government decision regarding the August 2015 Tikapur incident and October 2015 Madhes protests. The government on Thursday decided to accept the Tharuhat and Madhes protests as political movements and withdraw all the cases filed against […]
Kathmandu / May 18: The government has brought the National Ophthalmic Health Policy, 2017 for enhancing the quality of and expanding ophthalmic health services in the country. Today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers passed the policy which was presented by the Ministry of Health. It is stated that ophthalmic health services would be accessible […]
Kathmandu / May 18: The Election Commission on Thursday informed that 4,888 representatives in 115 local bodies have been elected in 34 districts of Province number 3, 4 and 6. EC Spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma informed that 115 candidates were elected as mayors, 115 candidates as deputy mayors, 1126 candidates as ward chiefs and 1792 […]
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