Kathmandu, June 26: The government is accepting an annual of Rs 24.63 billion ($225.87 million) annually in technical and other assistance from various bilateral and multilateral agencies that is not reflected in the annual budget. According to a data of the Ministry of Finance, 18 government ministries and commissions are running 135 multi-year technical assistance […]
Kathmandu, June 23/ With an agreement between Nepal and China for reconstruction of Miteri Bridge to revive trade through the Tatopani border point, the industrialists, entrepreneurs and stakeholders have expressed their pleasure, cheering the decision. Moreover, locals are pleased to learn about the possible reopening of the Tatopani border which was shut after the ‘Gorkha […]
Kathmandu, June 19 (Xinhua) — China contributed to around 87 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments received by Nepal during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year that began in mid-July 2017, Nepal’s Department of Industry (DoI) said. According to DoI Statistics, Nepal received FDI pledge of 43.22 billion Nepali rupees (396 […]
Kathmandu, June 12: Indian government has provided NRs 99.2 million for the installation of 2,700 shallow tube-well irrigation system in Nepal. According to a press statement issued by the Indian embassy in Kathmandu on Monday, Indian ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri handed over a check worth the amount to the secretary at the Ministry […]
Kathmandu, June 10/ The US government’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, which undertook reconstruction of Gaddhi Baithak at Basantapur that suffered damage in 2015 earthquakes, has decided to hand over the building to the government on June 27. The AFCP had announced a fund of $ 700,000 for the reconstruction of the iconic Rana-era building […]
South Korea President Moon Jae-in recently donated his own money to a secondary school in Nepal he visited two years ago as part of an earthquake relief effort. Moon and his aides who accompanied him on the June 2016 trek to the region recently donated 13.5 million won ($12,600) to Arukharka Secondary School in Nuwakot, […]
Kathmandu, May 31/ The Indian government on Tuesday handed over a cheque amounting Rs 33 crore to the Nepal Government for construction of a Postal Highway. The amount was handed over to Secretary of Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Madhusudan Adhikari at Singha Durbar by Indian Mission to Nepal’s Deputy Chief of Mission Dr Ajay […]
Nepal will be able to utilise $500 million grant pledged by a US government agency beginning September 2019 if it is able to lay the necessary groundwork for release of the fund, a senior US official said today. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent US government agency working to reduce global poverty through economic […]
KATHMANDU: Read Nepal, a non-government organisation, has built a community library with disability-friendly and multi-disaster resistant infrastructure. The NGO built Janajagaran Community Library at Belkot Municipality-2 in Nuwakot district with nine rooms including children’s room, information and technology room and disaster risk reduction room along with four accessible toilets. The library building was constructed at […]
Kathmandu / May 23: Pregnancy and childbirth should be among the happiest of occasions in a woman’s life, but this is not the case for many of the poorest and most marginalised women, said the United Nations Population Fund. Issuing a statement today on the occasion of International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, UNFPA Executive […]
