
Kathmandu / July 22: A task force has been formed to enquire about the condition of Nepalis undergoing treatment at hospitals on being seriously injured or ill in course of overseas employment. According to the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security, the three-member task force was formed from the minister-level decision with the objective […]

Kathmandu / July 6: The Election Commission has recommended date of November 18 for the parliamentary and provincial elections in a single phase. At the meeting of the EC’s officials with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at Prime Minister’s residence Baluwatar today the date for the elections has been recommended. According to the commissioner at […]

Kathmandu / June 16: The Council of Ministers has decided to accept a grant of 376 million Japanese yen (equivalent to Rs 366.2 million) from the Japanese government for human resource development in Nepal, according to government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki. The government has also decided to ratify […]

Kathmandu / May 30: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has pledged to come up with a bill to amend the law regarding rape. As he said, a bill to withdraw the statute of limitation for registering a complaint against rape would be introduced. In his address to the main celebration programme organised on the occasion […]

Bhairahawa / May 11: A convention center with an accommodating capacity of five thousand people is being inaugurated on the day of Buddha’s Birth Anniversary, May 16. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to inaugurate the convention center on the World Heritage site. Equipped with advanced facilities, the convention cum meditation center has been […]

Kathmandu / May 9: UK’s ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt, today called on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal. During the meeting that took place at the latter’s office, the two discussed vivid aspects relating to the Nepal-UK relations and mutual cooperation. On the occasion, Minister Bhusal said Nepal-UK ties were not […]

Kathmandu / April 28: The Election Commission has got 17.7 million ballot papers printed to date. Of the total 19.4 ballot papers required, the remaining will be printed within a few days, according to the EC. Shaligram Sharma Paudel, EC spokesperson and joint secretary, said at a press meet on Thursday that the printed ballot […]

Kathmandu / April 23: The supply of drinking water from Melamchi River is being resumed from Sunday after the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) filled the reservoir in Sundarijal on Friday. This is the first time that the residents of the Kathmandu Vallée will be receiving water supply from the MWSP after the flood in Melamchi […]

Kathmandu / April 20: Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari has returned to his work from Wednesday. Governor Adhimari resumed his work after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government not to implement its decision to suspend Governor Adhikari. The governor was welcomed by the staff at the central office of NRB […]

Kathmandu / April 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected a 3.9 percent economic growth rate for Nepal in the current fiscal year – almost half of the government-forecast rate of seven percent. Unveiling the Asian Development Outlook 2022, the multilateral lending institution has come up with a new projected figure, which is higher […]