Kavrepalanchowk / Nov 26: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to assist in the reconstruction of the Kavre Valley Integrated Water Supply Scheme (KVIWSS) after it was damaged during floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains on September 27 and 28. The scheme is under construction for improving the water supply to three old cities […]
Lamjung / Sept 21: The Department of Agriculture of the United States has announced a 33 million dollar donation to support school meals in Nepal. According to the US Embassy in Nepal, the donation will be utilised in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to […]
Kathmandu / Aug 28: Japan has decided to grant a scholarship of Japanese yen 454 million (estimated Nepali Rupees 422.3 million) to civil servants of Nepal for their higher studies at the universities of Japan. Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Kikuta Yutaka, ambassador of Japan to Nepal, […]
Kathmandu / Aug 10: The Chinese government has pledged to support Nepal in setting up a fertilizer plant. The project is slated to be completed within the next year, pending approval for the necessary investment. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, said the Chinese side discussed the initiative with a group of editors from different […]
Kathmandu / July 31: The United Nations in Nepal and Dhulikhel Hospital have entered into a strategic partnership to transform healthcare delivery in Nepal and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. According to a press statement, the collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Joint Declaration of Intent. The UN Resident Coordinator’s […]
Washington DC / July 21: Katie Donohoe has been appointed the USAID Mission Director for Nepal. Donohoe was sworn in by USAID Administrator Samantha Power amidst a program at the USAID Headquarters in Washington DC on Friday. On behalf of the Nepali Embassy in Washington DC, Chargé d’affaires Kumar Kharel attended the ceremony. Kharel, applauding […]
Kathmandu / July 11: Japan handed over medical equipment to eight advanced public hospital in Kathmandu valley. According to a press release of Embassy of Japan on July 11, the handover ceremony of the Project for the Improvement of Medical Equipment in Advanced Public Hospitals was held at Ministry of Health and Population, and KIKUTA […]
Jaleshwar / July 12: Save the Children, as part of the Global Fund Program, handed over a Health Desk building located at Malibara, Bhittamod, the point of entry (PoE) along the Nepal-India border in Mahottari, to Jaleshwor Municipality in Madhesh Province. The container-based health facility was built at the cost of NPR 21,54,000, with the […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Finland has pledged to support Nepal’s local climate adaptation program through a substantial grant. The grant agreement was officially signed at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. Representing Nepal, the agreement was signed by Sri Krishna Nepal, joint secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Head of […]
Kathmandu / Mar 22: The handover ceremony of the sanitary napkin-making machine to the Centre for Health and Environment Conservation (CHEC) Nepal was held in Birgunj Municipality, Parsa District on Friday. The installed machine was provided through the Project for the Installation of Sanitary Napkin Making Machine in Parsa District with the assistance of $ […]