Kathmandu / May 29: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the budget for the coming fiscal year has presented a new concept to accelerate the development task of Nepal. Addressing the programme organised on the occasion of the 9th International Mt Everest Day here today, Prime Minister Oli said that the budget has […]
Kathmandu / May 29: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has signed an agreement with 36,287 affected households of 10 districts hit by the April 25, 2015 earthquake to distribute them the relief amounts announced by the government. “Every family who signed agreement to receive the reliefs will be provided with the first installment of Rs […]
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: 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 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reaffirmed the government’s commitment towards safeguarding human rights in the country. Speaking at the 17th anniversary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) here Thursday, PM Oli reiterated, “The government will always be dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights.” Prime Minister Oli however admitted that […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: Two thousand five-hundred sixty years is a very long time to even think of, forget calculation of the time-period that has passed by in between. But the birth of a person so many years ago continues to hold significance and relevance today not only in and around the place where he […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Laxmi Pokhrel and Sweta Singh have against all odds including visually impairment successfully attained Ph.D degree to become the first blind women students to hold this degree from their Tribhuvan University (TU) and Jawaharlal Nehru Students (JNU), India respectively. They have proven that a strong will and hard labour are more […]
Kathmandu / May 19: Different ten Maoist splinter parties have been unified under a new name- CPN (Maoist-Centre)- on Thursday. The new name was endorsed by the dissolved UCPN (Maoist), CPN (Maoist-Revolutionary), CPN (Maoist), Revolutionary Communist Party, CPN (Maoist) Rebel faction, Naya Shakti Nepal and others. At the unification announcement gathering, Ram Bahadur Thapa of […]
Kathmandu / May 18: Preparations for the International Conference on Buddhist Philosophy beginning from Thursday as part of the 2560th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations have been completed. Organizing a press conference here Tuesday, the celebrations main function committee shared the information that all necessary preparations for the same were complete. The International Conference on Buddhism is […]