Kathmandu / Aug 02: One day before the election of the new Prime Minister, the Nepal Oil Corporation has decided to slash prices of petroleum products. The decision be effective from Tuesday midnight. Revising the fuel prices today, the state-run fuel monopoly decided to sell petrol at Rs 97 per litre, and kerosene and diesel […]
Kathmandu / Aug 02: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee on Wednesday began hearing on the proposed ambassadors. The government had recommended 22 names for appointment as Nepali ambassadors to various countries including Pakistan, Brazil, and the UK. Of them, eight are from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and remaining 14 are from political backgrounds. The […]
Kathmandu / Aug 02: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs), from now onwards, cannot collect annual fine exceeding two per cent of the outstanding loan instalment amount from borrowers. The provision was introduced after BFIs started extracting exorbitant sum in the name of penal interest from borrowers who have failed to pay the credit instalment on […]
Kathmandu / Aug 1: The Legislature-Parliament Secretariat has published the schedule for the election of a new Prime Minister. As per the schedule published Monday, the time for filing the candidacy has been fixed from 11:00 am to 16:00 pm Tuesday or August 2. The final list of the candidate(s) will be published by 16:30 […]
Kathmandu / Aug 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today has appointed 11 justices to the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Sushila Karki administered the oath of office and secrecy to them amid a function in the presence of the President Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas. Also present on the occasion were Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime […]
Kathmandu / Aug 1: The Home Ministry has said that a total of 102 people lost their life to water-induced disasters that occurred in different parts of the country since July 25. Home Minister Bhim Bahadur Rawal informed the second meeting of the Legislature-Parliament Monday that 102 people were killed in the recent incidents of […]
Kathmandu: The President of Tanzania John Magufuli cancelled a lavish independence-day celebration program and diverted the budget of $1.9 m to expanding a congested road and street cleaning, replacing the Independence Day celebrations with a National Day of Cleanliness during which he collected rubbish himself. Magufuli scaled down the inauguration of the new parliament, channelling […]
Kathmandu / Aug 1: The traffic congestion in major roads within the Kathmandu Valley cannot only be blamed on the growing number of vehicles while the crucial roles played by torrential rains and sporadic rallies laced with mostly political sloganeering cannot be shunned. The number of vehicles is increasing in addition to the narrow streets […]
Mustang / Aug 1: A total of 17 snow leopards have been found at the trans-Himalayan district of Mustang. An NGO, ‘Green Forest’, revealed the findings after a research carried out in collaboration with the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). For the past three years ACAP has been running a campaign to protect wildlife and […]
Kathmandu / July 31: Kamal Sapkota has been unanimously elected President of the Village Tourism Promotion Forum (VTOF) Nepal. With this, the 20th General Meeting of the VTOF that concluded today also picked a new working committee for the next two years. Ram Ghale was elected first Vice President while Dipak Dahal as second Vice […]
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