Kathmandu / Aug. 20: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded the Cabinet, inducting eight Ministers of State today. With this, the Cabinet has grown to 31 members altogether (three Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 ministers and eight state ministers). The newly appointed State Ministers include Mohammad Jakir Hussein (Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare), […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 20: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the media sector has played a significant role for the consolidation of democratic republic in the country. Inaugurating the 25th general convention of the Federation of Nepali Journalists here today, he said the journalism sector has had a very important contribution to the […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 19: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has drawn the attention of senior leaders of major three parties— Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN Maoist Centre on various contemporary issues including flooding, inundation and landslide witnessed in various parts of the country and the constitution amendment bill registered in the parliament and foreign policy. At […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 18: The rare one-horned rhino which was swept by a swollen river to India has been rescued unharmed. The female rhino of estimated two and a half years was rescued yesterday and brought back to its habitat in Chitwan Naitonal Park (CNP) on a truck today, Information Official and Assistant Conservation Official […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Three major political parties have agreed to hold the federal and provincial elections on the same day. At a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, on Wednesday, the three parties – Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) – have decided to urge the Election Commission for holding election […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar Wednesday afternoon. On the occasion, the two leaders discussed on matters related to Nepal-China bilateral relations, mutual interests and cooperation, shared PM’s Foreign Affairs advisor Dinesh Bhattarai. Bhattarai further informed that […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging indefinite hunger strike for the past 23 days at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, has suspended his fast on the 23rd day on Tuesday. He warned that he would stage another hunger strike if the government did not address his demands at the earliest. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Nepal and China have sealed three important agreements with long term impact on Nepal’s socio-economic development. Following on the heels of a high-level dialogue among the top government officials from both the neighbours, agreements were held on three different topics – Economic and Technological Cooperation, China -Aid Oil and Gas Resources […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: The reconstruction work of the historic nine-storey palace at the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square has been launched after two years of the massive earthquake in 2015. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara and the visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 14: Vice Premier of State Council of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yang arrived here this afternoon on a four-day official visit to Nepal. Mr Wang was welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport VIP longue by Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jitendra Narayan Dev. Nepal’s Ambassador to the People’s […]