Doti / May 29: Cataract was found in more than 70 percent of the people who came for eye checkup at a health camp held at Latamandau in Doti on Saturday. As many as 550 people availed of the free eye checkup service at the health camp organised by the Geta Eye Hospital, Kailali with […]
Baglung / May 29: A martyrs memorial and a peace park is to be constructed at Malma-6 in Baglung district. The local chiefs of the different political parties jointly laid the foundation stone of the memorial and the park on Saturday, coinciding with the Ninth Republic Day. The park known as ‘Ghumte Sahid Smarak tatha […]
Kathmandu / May 28: The government has presented the total budget of one trillion 48 billion 921 million 324 thousand rupees for the fiscal year 2073-74 BS (2016-2017). In a meeting of the Legislature-Parliament today, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel stated that of the allocated budget, Rs 617 billion 164 million 129 thousand (58.9 percent) […]
Kathmandu / May 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari graced a special function organized at the Army Pavilion (tundikhel) to mark the Republic Day 2016 this morning. Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Onsari Gharti, Acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki and other distinguished personalities also attended the function. In his address on […]
Kathmandu, May 28: On the occasion of Republic Day today, the State has honoured various individuals with honorary titles, decorations and medals. According to the Home Ministry, popular leader Madan Kumar Bhandari has been honoured posthumously with the ‘Nepal Ratna’ title. Likewise, former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has been awarded posthumously and former Chair of […]
Kathmandu, May 28: Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepali Congress (NC), is likely to hold its 11th general convention by mid-July. The NSU’s general convention has not been held for the past eight years due to various reasons. NSU spokesperson UP Lamichhane said that preparations were underway to propose to hold […]
Kathmandu / May 27: The ninth Republic Day is being celebrated in the country and abroad today. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly formed after the election held on the basis of People’s Movement 2062/63 BS announced Nepal as the Federal Democratic Republic country on Jesth 15, 2065 (May 28, 2008). Since then, Nepal started […]
Kathmandu / May 28: Freed kamaiyas, who were rehabilitated from 2058 BS to last date of Ashad of 2072 BS, have demanded the government to provide Rs 155,000 in a lump sum instead of 35 cubic feet timber for the construction of houses. At a programme organised by the Freed Kamaiyas Integrated Struggle Committee here […]
Kathmandu / May 27: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kamal Thapa, has stressed the need of effective, full and timely implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPOA) in coherence and synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other landmark achievements made last year. DPM Thapa was expressing this while […]
Janakpurdham / May 27: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has underscored the need for a stable constitution for doing away with political complexities. Speaking in a conversation with the students of the Baghchaura Higher Secondary School in Dhanusha district today, the former President said that that stability should be given to the constitution by […]