Dhulikhel / July 5: The 76th senate meeting of the Kathmandu University chaired by Prime Minister and its Chancellor Sher Bahadur Deuba today endorsed the audit report for fiscal year 2016/17 as well as passed the programmes and the budget for the next fiscal year 2017/18. The senate meeting passed a total budget of Rs […]
Kathmandu / July 5: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) is set to impart orientation on local development to newly-elected people’s representatives. MoFALD is organizing the event for mayors and deputy mayors of sub-metropolis and municipalities and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of rural municipalities in last week of July immediately after the vote […]
Kathmandu / July 4: As many as 6,100 women and children were reportedly trafficked from the country during the fiscal year 2072-73 BS, a report reveals. The ‘Trafficking in persons’ National Report released by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today showed that 98 % among the trafficked were women. The Report has projected that […]
Kathmandu/ July 3: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is set to install as many as 600 new zebra crossings across various roads in Kathmandu Valley within a fortnight. The meeting of the KMC officials and other stakeholders held in the Capital on Sunday identified that more than 600 new zebra crossing s in Kathmandu for road […]
Kathmandu / July 2: The government has slashed the prices of petroleum products on Sunday. The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), the state oil monopoly, has reduced the prices of petrol, kerosene and diesel by Rs 2. With the new price adjustment in the petroleum products, now the petrol is available for Rs 98 per liter […]
Kathmandu / July 2: Prime Minister and Tribhuvan University Chancellor Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the University should focus in building an efficient academic atmosphere in the country, by making timely changes to higher education. Addressing the 58th annual day of TU Assembly here today, Prime Minister Deuba emphasized on the need to make […]
Kathmandu / Jul 1: Around 1400 people have been fined for fly tipping over a four year period of cleanup campaign in the Kathmandu Valley. During the period, 1,381 including lawmakers faced action for throwing garbage into the rivers or on the river banks, said Spokesperson for the Bagmati Cleanup Mega Campaign Umesh Bohara. A […]
Kathmandu / Jun 30: Early vote counting points to a tight race between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in most of the local units that went to polls in the second phase local elections Wednesday. CPN (Maoist Center), as in the first phase polls, appears headed for a distant third position. The first day of vote […]
Kathmandu / Jun 30: The members of 32nd DailÉireann (Lower House of the Irish Parliament) and 25th Seanad (Upper House of the Irish Parliament) have constituted Ireland-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group on June 27, 2017. The historical launch ceremony of the Friendship Group was chaired by Mr. Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Ceann Comhairle (Speaker of DailEireann). […]
Kathmandu / Jun 29: The Constitutional Council (CC) on Thursday recommended Gopal Prasad Parajuli for the post of chief justice of the Supreme Court. A meeting of the CC held today unanimously recommended acting Chief Justice Parajuli for the highest post. Parajuli will take charge officially as the CJ of the Supreme Court following a […]