Kathmandu / May 18: Japanese Government has agreed to provide approximately Rs 683.2 million (Japanese Yen 700 million) in grant to Nepal. The grant assistance is under ‘the Japan’s Grant Aid for the Economic and Social Development Programme’. An agreement to this effect has been signed and exchanged between Masashi Ogawa, Ambassador of Japan to […]
Kathmandu / May 11: U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Alaina B. Teplitz; National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Chief Executive Officer, Yuba Raj Bhusal, and other Nepal government officials too part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of Kanya Mandir Secondary School – the first all-girls’ school in Kathmandu. During the event, Ambassador Teplitz said, “The US […]
Kathmandu / May 10: The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide concessional loan of 200 million US dollar under the First Programmatic Fiscal and Public Financial Management Development Policy Credit (DPC) in budgetary support and 66 million US dollar for Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Scheme. At a programme organised at Finance Ministry on Thursday, […]
Kathmandu / May 1: Plan International Nepal has said that it targets to help one million girls over the next five years to receive proper education and tackle contemporary issues. Issuing a press statement on the occasion of its 40th anniversary in Nepal on Tuesday, Plan Nepal said that it was launching its five year […]
Kathmandu / Apr 28:The SOS Children’s Village has pledged to extend necessary support to the government in promoting youth employment. The organisation expressed this commitment if the government came up with new plan of youth employment within the country. A team of SOS Children’s Villages International including its president Siddhartha Kaul is currently on a […]
Kathmandu / Apr 18: Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is currently on an official visit to China, called on Vice-President of China, Wang Qishan at Zhongnanhai Wednesday morning. A press release issued by Nepali Embassy in Beijing mentioned that Foreign Minister Gyawali conveyed the greetings and best wishes of Prime Minister KP […]
Kathmandu / Mar 21: The World Bank today signaled strong support for Nepal’s ambitious transition to federalism when its Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million credit to improve public financial management. The Fiscal and Public Financial Management Development Policy Credit is the first in a two-part program to support the Government of Nepal […]
Charikot / Mar 8: Minister of International Development of Norway, Nikolai Astrup, has said that Norway government wanted to partner with Nepal for its educational development. The Norwegian minister said so while inaugurating the Devitar Basic School at Loting, Chilankha of Bigu Rural Municipality on Wednesday. The school building was constructed with the support of […]
New York / Mar 6: The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said today. Overall, the proportion of women who were married as children decreased by 15 percent in the last decade, from 1 in 4 to approximately 1 in 5. According to the […]
Kathmandu / Feb 28: Women, the poor, and excluded groups face various structural barriers, preventing them from benefiting from Nepal’s energy sector, said a report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The issue of poverty in Nepal has a strong gender, caste, regional, and geographic dimension that is also reflected in the energy access, […]