Kathmandu, June 1: The Federal Socialist Forum Nepal will be joining the KP Sharma Oli led government today. According to a source, Upendra Yadav and Mohamed Istiyak Rai will be administered the oath of office and secrecy at 3 PM today. The duo will become minister of Health and Urban Development respectively. Earlier, the FSFN […]
Bajhang , June 1/ Locals of Talkot Rural Municipality-5 in Bajhang district have constructed a six kilometer long road in their village by selling ornaments and keeping their land as collateral to raise the required fund. Residents of Khaila, Bhetkala, Bhandari Gaun and Kota of Khaila Talkot Rural Municipality-5 united for the purpose. The men […]
Chitwan, May 30: Province 3 Governor Anuradha Koirala on Wednesday urged all to unite against trafficking of women and children. Speaking at a programme on the occasion of silver jubilee of Aadarshanari Bikas Kendra, Chitwan, Koirala said it was necessary to join hands against women and children trafficking to free the country of crime. On […]
Kathmandu May 29/ Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada has launched the first ever federal budget of Rs 1.315 trillion for the fiscal year 2018/19, today. Out of the total budget, government aims to utilise Rs845.5 billion as recurrent expenditure. Likewise, Rs314.28 billion and Rs155.18 billion have been earmarked for capital expenditure and financing provision, respectively. Moreover, […]
CHITWAN, May 25: Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Deepak Raj Joshi has said both sides of a disputed win if the dispute is resolved through mediation, arguing that this is so because both sides themselves decide on their respective issues. Addressing a program of interaction entitled ‘Usefulness of Mediation: Peace and Goodwill’ organized […]
Kathmandu, May 24/ The World Health Organisation has validated Nepal for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem – a milestone, as the country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. “Nepal’s achievement is commendable and results from strong political commitment, intense community engagement […]
Kathmandu / May 21: The government has set a target of graduating the country to the status of middle income within 10 years. The policies and programmes presented during the joint meet of the federal parliament by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday, mentioned that the government aims to achieve a double figure economic growth […]
Kathmandu / May 18: Three Nepali recently completed a bicycle tour of 20 countries in the world with the message ‘Nepal is safe after earthquake’. Anish Dhakal and Dilip Chhetri, of Kathmandu, both 22 and Nirmal Baral, 42, of Pokhara completed their bicycle tour of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, […]
Kathmandu / May 17: The formal announcement of unification between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been made amid a press conference in the capital on Thursday. The press conference was organised at City Hall in Kathmandu. Leaders of the party, including chairpersons KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal […]
Kathmandu / May 16: Ending long speculation about merger of two largest left parties, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist center) have decided to finalize the merger deal on Thursday. As per the agreement, CPN-UML and CPN Maoist (Centre) will have 55 and 45 per cent representation respectively in the unified party’s central committee consisting of 441 […]