Kathmandu / Aug. 22: A bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed on sending medical human resources from Nepal to the United Kingdom. Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Ek Narayan Aryal and British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt signed the MoU amidst a programme held at the Ministry today. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 21: Final rites of the Nepali Congress leader Pradeep Giri have been performed today at the Aryaghat in Pashupati. Prime Minister and NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli, among leaders of other parties, reached Pashupati to pay tribute to leader Giri. Earlier, leader Giri’s body was […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 14 : Nepal’s national men’s cricket team head coach Manoj Prabhakar arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday evening to take the charge of men’s cricket team for the upcoming Kenya tour. Addressing the press at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Coach Prabhakar said that he was very excited to be a part of Nepal’s […]
Kathmandu / July 11: Liu Jianchao, Head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China (CCP), has said that the ‘South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund’ announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping would provide support to Nepal’s development. Inaugurating the Nepal Smiling Children Project held in Basantapur, Kathmandu on Monday, Foreign Minister Liu said […]
Kathmandu / July 4: President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the three newly appointed ministers at the Office of the President today. The three ministers sworn in were Mohammad Istiyak Rai as the minister for the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Mrigendra Singh as the Minister for the […]
Kathmandu / June 25: The newly-appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday to take up his new diplomatic assignment. Indian government had proposed Additional Secretary Srivastav as its new envoy to Kathmandu in early May. He was officially appointed as new ambasador of India to Nepal on May 17. The […]
Kathmandu / May 29: The government has presented a total of Rs. 1793.83 billion for the upcoming fiscal year of 2022/023. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma presented the annual budget at the joint session of the federal parliament today. Compared to the last year’s annual budget, this year’s budget is up by 8.87 per cent. Expenses: […]
Kathmandu / May 6: The 19th Asian Games also known as ASIAD, 2022 due to take place in China in upcoming September has been postponed, said the organizers. In a press statement, the Olympic Council of Asia said the regional event originally scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 25, 2022, […]
Kathmandu / May 4: Officer bearers of the Election Commission (EC), Nepal held a meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari today. At the meeting held at the Office of the President, the Head of the State had enquired the EC officials about the local level election slated for May 13. During the meeting, chief election […]
Pokhara / May 3: The world-renowned Turkish film actor Engin Altan Düzyatan has arrived in Pokhara today. Currently, on a visit to Nepal at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, he landed in Kathmandu on Monday. Pokhara Tourism Council and Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) officials, tourism […]