Kathmandu / Apr. 17: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has called on political parties to reach the people’s doorsteps and help create an atmosphere conducive to holding the election. Talking to journalists at his office today, the CEC said political parties were not seen at the local-level with election-related programmes on a […]
Bhaktapur / Apr. 17: Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa has said the government is working on a plan to provide financial assistance of Rs 500,000 to cancer patients in the country. Speaking at a programme organised at the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital in Bhaktapur, on Monday, Health Minister Thapa said the government was preparing to increase […]
India / Apr. 17: President Bidya Devi Bhandari landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport of India a while ago. The President arrived here on a five-day official visit at the friendly invitation of her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. India’s Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj was at the airport to receive […]
Kathmandu/ Apr. 16: The five-day state visit by President Bidya Devi Bhandari to India starting on Monday is expected to further strengthen the age-old mutual relations between the two countries. President Bhandari, who assumed the post of the Head-of-the-State following the promulgation of the new constitution in Nepal, is visiting India at the official invitation […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 16: Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi and Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav, today briefed the parliamentary committee about the preparations and progress being made regarding the May 14 local-level election. Speaking in the meeting of the State Affairs Committee under the Legislature-Parliament, Minister Nidhi said that the government was […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 17: A joint military drill of the special forces of Nepal Army and Chinese People’s Liberation Army kicked off here in Kathmandu on Sunday. Focusing on tactics of counter insurgency and counter terrorism, the 10-day military drill, named Sagarmatha Friendship 2017, is first of its kind between the armies of Nepal and […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 11: The government has registered a new constitution amendment bill at the Parliament Secretariat on Tuesday. After withdrawing the earlier bill tabled in Parliament, the government registered the new bill at the Parliament Secretariat today. According to the new amendment bill, the government can form a federal commission to recommend the number of […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 11: Ending long speculation about the future president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the umbrella organization of the Nepali entrepreneurs, industrialist Shekhar Golchha became the new senior vice-president of the organisation. As per the new statute of FNCCI, which has a provision to automatically appoint the […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 11: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today directed the newly appointed Inspector General of Nepal Police, Prakash Aryal, to maintain law and order in the country. In a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, the Prime Minister stressed on the Nepal Police’s role in maintaining law and order […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 10: Ending a long standing row over the appointment of Inspector General of Nepal Police (IGP), the government on Monday appointed DIG Prakash Aryal as the 25th IGP. A Cabinet meeting earlier in the day had decided to pick the new IGP only after the committee formed to take a call on […]
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