
Kathmandu, May 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal was an exemplary nation in the world to ensure gender equality by protecting women’s rights. Speaking at a programme organised in Baluwatar on the occasion of the third national women’s rights day, Prime Minister Oli mentioned that women of Nepal had participated in […]

Kathmandu / May 30: The hearing on the writ petitions filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution could not enter into the theoretical issue on Sunday as well but ended the hearing amid the disputes on formation of bench. The next date of hearing on HoR dissolution has been […]

Kathmandu, May 26 : The ‘Nepali Rastriya Mandap’ which was developed to impart information about Nepal’s art, culture, tourism and investment has come into operation in Chhantu of Sichuan Province of China. Immediately after the establishment of Consulate General Office of Nepal in Chengdu, Nepali Ambassador for China Mahendra Bahadur Pandey and Vice-chairperson of Chhantu […]

Kathmandu / May 24: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a telephone conversation with Wendy Sherman, the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America, this morning. Various matters concerning Nepal-US relations, cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and common international agendas figured during the talk. While expressing satisfaction […]

Kathmandu / May 21: The UN and its partners in Nepal have launched an emergency COVID-19 plan and called for international solidarity to protect the lives of vulnerable people and communities in Nepal in the wake of deepening crisis. In a press release issued today, they said the Nepal COVID-19 Response Plan was launched, calling […]

Kathmandu / May 19: The World Wildlife Fund-WWF Nepal has awarded the ‘WWF Nepal Conservation Award 2020 to the Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) for the latter’s efforts at biodiversity and environment conservation. The award was presented at a virtual award ceremony on Wednesday afternoon for CEPHED’s initiatives for eliminating POPs and […]

Kathmandu / May 16: Nepal’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada has said that discussions are underway with the US government to bring 3 to 5 million units of AstraZeneca vaccine to Nepal. At a time when the government is facing criticism for not taking any steps to bring COVID-19 vaccines through […]

Aasha Sah / Kathmandu, May. 12: The government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, which had been halted due to the second wave of the pandemic followed by prohibitory orders in various parts of the nation, is being resumed. Dr. Jhalak Sharma Gautam, chief of the national immunisation programme, said, “The vaccination of the second dose of Vero […]

Kathmandu / May 11 : The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has said that its serious attention was drawn towards the news disseminated by different media outlets regarding the high fare charged by the helicopter companies in the name of emergency flight. Issuing a press release, the CAAN made it clear that it has […]

Kathmandu / May 9 : The Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has decided to supply medical equipment worth approximately Rs 2 million to Nepal immediately as the country is struggling with the second wave of coronavirus. An emergency meeting of the NRNA held on Friday under the chairpersonship of its President Kumar Pant decided to […]