Kathmandu / Oct 18 : Only 12.37 per cent or Rs 129.72 billion of the total budget of Rs 1,048.9 billion was spent in the first quarter (mid-July to mid-October) of current fiscal 2016-17, as the capital expenditure remained low like in the previous years. The government has been failing to increase capital expenditure — […]
Kathmandu / Oct 17: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said his informal meet together with the Chinese President and the Indian Prime Minister in course of the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit was a pleasant happenstance. During a press briefing at Tribhuvan International Airport following his return from India after participating in the outreach summit, Prime […]
Kathmandu / Oct 17: UN Under-Secretary-General and Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon’s Special Advisor on Innovative Financing for Development, Prof Dr Philippe Douste-Blazy, paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at latter’s office on Monday afternoon. On the occasion, matters concerning Nepal-UN relations and the UN role on Nepal’s socio-economic development efforts were discussed, according […]
Kathmandu / Oct 17: The US State Department is banning visa and passports applicants from wearing any kind of eyeglasses in their photos for the documents. The press statement issued by the American Embassy in Kathmandu on Monday urged the applicants to avoid eyeglasses in the photos for their documents in order to avoid delay […]
Kathmandu: Enrolling seniors in elderly care homes is often taken as a negative act and can be considered as negligence from family members in Nepal. However, Siddhi Shaligram Senior Citizen Home of Bhaktapur has been challenging the stereotype and providing good care to the needy elderly people. Due to lack of awareness among the public […]
Pokhara / Oct 17: The ongoing riverside cleanup campaign in the scenic city of Pokhara has transformed into an Extensive Pokhara Cleanup Campaign. The Phirke – Bulaundi river cleanup campaign concluded on the 18th week at the Dam site in Fewa Lake following which it was decided that the campaign must be given continuity and […]
Krishna Adhikari / Goa (India), Oct 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Sunday evening and discussed the bilateral issues. PM Dahal who arrived here to attend the BRICS Summit on Saturday held the sideline meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi at Leela Hotel, Goa. Minister […]
Kathmandu / Oct 16: A meeting of the government officials coordinated by Chief Secretary Dr Somlal Subedi on Sunday directed the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) to provide the data relating to the population in municipality (ward levels) and VDCs to the Local Body Restructuring Commission within three days. The government made […]
Krishna Adhikari / Goa (India), Oct 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the BIMSTEC, a region with over 1.5 billion of population and combined GDP of US $2.5 trillion, can be a dynamic engine of growth and development. Delivering a statement at the BIMSTEC Leaders’ Retreat in Goa, India, on 16 October, Prime […]
Ratnanagar (Chitwan), Oct 15: Tulasa Gyawali of Chitwan has won the WWSF Prize for Women’s creativity in rural life. Registrar of the Tribhuvab University Prof (Dr) Sudha Sharma presented the international award to Gyawali at a function held in Kirtipur in the capital today coinciding with the International Day of Rural Women. The Women’s World […]
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