Former Finance Secretary Dr. Shant Raj Subedi spent almost 25 years in the civil service in different capacities like Finance Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Director General, Department of Inland Revenues, Chief Tax Administrator, Chief District Officer and Director General of Department of Information; among others. He is among a very few passionate civil service professionals […]
Kathmandu / Sep 10: The government has given a green signal to private schools to collect fees for online classes run at the time of global pandemic. Issuing a directive, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has allowed private schools to collect fees as per the amount set by the local governments. According to […]
Dr. Sushil Nath Pyakurel is the former Director General of the Health Directorate under the Ministry of Health and Population. He served as a public health expert in health offices of different districts and departments before retiring after 40 years long government service. An expert in the subject matter and a clear speaker, Mr. Pyakurel […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 12: The dead body of Assistant Editor of Kantipur, a national vernacular daily, Balaram Baniya, has been found in Makawanpur. He was out of contact since two days. The body was found stuck in the wire mesh of the filter of the Mandu hydroelectricity project at Sisneri, Bhimphedi rural municipality in Makawanpur […]
Kathmandu / July 17: Nepal Rastra Bank has unveiled the Monetary Policy (MP) for Fiscal Year 2020/21. Governor of NRB Maha Prasad Adhikari unveiled the policy. The policy is focused on economic stability and achieving economic growth of 7pc in 2020-21. As per new provision, the banks will now require to invest 15 per cent […]
Kathmandu / July 15: Auditor General Tanka Mani Sharma Dangal on Wednesday submitted the annual report of the Office of the Auditor General for the fiscal year, 2019/20 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari amid a function at President’s Office, Sheetal Niwas. The submission of the report is in line with Article 294 of the Constitution […]
Kathmandu / July 7: The government has decided to appoint Sailesh Thapa as the 28th Inspector General of Nepal Police (NP). The meeting of council of ministers held today at the Prime Minister’s residence decided to appoint Thapa as the new IGP, informed Padma Aryal, Minister for Land management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. Thapa is […]
Kathmandu / June 18: The National Assembly (NA) today unanimously passed the Constitution (2nd amendment) Bill 2077 to change Nepal’s coat of arms, according the newly published political and administrative map of Nepal. After the clause-wise deliberations on the proposed Constitution amendment Bill, the upper house of the Federal Parliament unanimously passed the Bill. All […]
Kathmandu / June 13: The House of Representatives (HoR) has unanimously passed the government’s Constitution (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2077. This bill seeks to amend Schedule 3 of the Constitution to update the national coat of arms by incorporating Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in Nepal’s map. A two-thirds majority was required to pass the bill. It […]
Kathmandu / June 07: Academicians and scholars from Nepal and abroad have underlined the need to give continuity to higher education, despite challenges of COVID-19, through a blended modality of virtual teaching and learning along with in-person campus-education particularly for technical subjects. Speaking at a webinar on Higher Education Governance after Pandemic organized by Kalpa […]
