New York / Sept 24: Finland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have pledged to assist Nepal in its socio-economic development. The commitments were made by the ministers of Finland and the UAE during their separate meetings with Minster for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is in New York to attend the 74th session […]
Kathmandu, Sept 23: Genese Solution – a company in the cloud computing ecosystem and web/software development – started a collaboration with UKaidSkills for Employment Program from August 2019. Niranjan Udas, Director of Genese Solution, and Baljit Vohra, Team Leader of UkaidSkills signed the collaboration agreement amidst a special signing ceremony organized in Janakpur. Chief Minister […]
Kathmandu / Sept 20: A special program was held to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Kathmandu on Thursday. Addressing the event, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said that Nepal is seeking support from trusted partners like Russia in its efforts to achieve prosperity. […]
Kathmandu / Sept 8: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri inaugurated campus building of Koteshwor Multiple Campus in Kathmandu on Saturday. Chairperson of College Management Committee Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, former Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai and Chairman of District Coordination Committee Shiva Sundar Raj Vaidya, and among others attended the inaugural ceremony. The new infrastructure […]
Kathmandu / August 26: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in partnership with Global Affairs Canada and the Government of Nepal, on Sunday held a national consultation in line with a new project to support the growth of women entrepreneurs as a strategy for poverty reduction, social well-being […]
Kathmandu / July 12: The World Bank (WB) has renewed its support to the Government of Nepal to strengthen the country’s efforts towards fiscal federalism and improving public financial management. The assistance is announced under the Second Programmatic Fiscal and Public Financial Management Development Policy Credit Project. The $100 million (equivalent to Rs 11 billion) […]
Kathmandu / June 21: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism between Foreign Ministries of Nepal and Finland was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu today. Joint Secretary and Head of Europe America Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Ghanshyam Bhandari and Ambassador of Finland to Nepal, […]
Kathmandu / June 7: Nepal is one of the top 10 countries worldwide that has a prevalence of child marriage among boys, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Friday. In its first-ever in-depth analysis of child grooms, one in 10 men aged between 20 and 24 were married as children in Nepal, according to […]
Kathmandu / May 23: Hyun Lee, a Korean Overseas Volunteer (KOV), has helped Bharatpur-based School of Health Science, a vocational training institute, in upgrading its infrastructure under the project “Improvement of Educational Environment for School of Health Science (SOHS) – Make SOHS Great Again”. The USD 42,387 project supported in constructing a basketball court at […]
Kathmandu / May 8: Nepal has been elected member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), one of the functional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Nepal was elected from the Asia-Pacific region for the term 2020-2023 in an election held at the United Nations Headquarters earlier today, according to a […]