Kathmandu / Apr. 15: The government has appointed Sushil Ghimire, former tourism secretary, as the Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Corporation, the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday decided. Ghimire, who has also chaired the Board of Directors at NAC, was appointed to the post that was vacant for three months since […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 14: The International Monetary Fund has approved immediate debt relief (IDF) for 25 countries, including Nepal. IMF’s Executive Board had approved the facility under its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) for its poorest member countries to help them in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The board has approved IDF to the 25 […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 13: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha today announced that he will donate his one year’s salary to help people affected by Covid-19 pandemic. Shrestha made the announcement through his twitter handle. As per his tweet, his two months’ salary would go to the COVID-19 Infection Prevention, Control and Treatment […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 12: The Non-resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has launched a 24-hour helpline aiming at addressing the problems facing the NRNs from today. The helpline to be operated by the NRNA’s Kathmandu-based secretariat facilitates to solve the problems faced by any Nepali- student or worker abroad due to the COVID-19 global crisis. They can […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 11: The Ministry of Health and Population has stated that no positive case of COVID-19 was recorded in the last 24 hours. “897 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, where none of the suspects tested positive for COVID-19,” informed Dr. Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the Ministry today. In the daily […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 10 : Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Ghanashyam Bhusal has sought suggestions from local levels to find ways to protect agriculture sector from possible impact of coronavirus crisis. Local levels are asked to provide suggestions on the purchase of agriculture produces and use of barren lands and the role of state and […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 07: The World Bank has approved a fast-track $29 million COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help Nepal prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. The agreement was signed today between the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank, the bank said […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 6: The government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari as the 17th governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. A meeting of the cabinet on Monday decided to appoint Adhikari to the top central bank job. He is currently serving as the chief executive officer of Nepal Investment Board. His term was expiring in June […]
Kathmandu / Apr 05: Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba Sunday held talks with former prime ministers and called for joint action to save the country from the current crisis. Leader Deuba telephoned five former prime ministers and former chair of the Cabinet urging them to join hands in the fight against the COVID-19 to […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 04 : Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal has said the government was moving ahead following the suggestions of the experts to combat the possible outbreak of COVID-19. In an interaction with experts at the Ministry today, Minister Dhakal said the Ministry was carrying out its activities following the advice […]
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