Kathmandu / Feb 10: The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) is set to increase age limit to minimum 18 years to get a driving license. The draft of the Motor Vehicles and Transport Management Act-2076 will replace existing provisions of reaching 16 years of age to receive a driving license, said Director General of the […]
Kathmandu / Feb. 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said he hoped that SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) members would come up with consensus to organize the 19th SAARC Summit at an early date. In his brief speech following the visit to SAARC Secretariat today, the Prime Minister who is also the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 31: The enrollment rate of children who were out of school has increased significantly after the implementation of the Partnership for Equity and Access in Kapilbastu (PEAK) programme in two rural municipalities of Kapilbastu district. The PEAK Action is funded by the European Union and implemented by WeWorld-GVC in partnership with Siddhartha […]
Kathmandu / Jan 30: Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn has paid a courtesy call on Prime minister KP Sharma Oli at latter’s official residence at Baluwatar this afternoon. During the meeting discussions were held on enhancing economic cooperation, including trade, investments, tourism and transfer of technology […]
Kathmandu / Jan. 29: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed members of the NCP central committee to publicise the efforts and achievements of both- the government and the party. Inaugurating the second meeting of NCP central committee, Oli said the party was moving forward by assimilating the accomplishments […]
Kathmandu / Jan 27: The government has issued directives for adopting high alertness to check the spread of the coronavirus in Nepal. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has issued a 12-point directive today following instructions for the same from Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Ministry’s spokesperson Rudra Singh Tamang said the directive […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: The Martyrs’ Week began on Friday. A program was organized today in the capital in commemoration of Sukra Raj Shastri who was executed by the autocratic Rana regime at Pachali in Kathmandu on Jan 23, 1941. Another program will be organized at Siphal on January 27 to pay tribute to martyr […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The government has decided to retrieve the money amounting to Rs 3 billion from the Sajha Yatayat with interest. Unveiling decisions made by the council of ministers, the spokesperson of the government and the Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota on Thursday said that the amount which was […]
Kathmandu / Jan 20 : No sooner Ramesh Prasad Aryal arrived at the arrival lounge at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) last Thursday and had a cursory glance around, he said he instantly felt very much ‘at home’. “How/why,” asked a fellow passenger and Aryal replied, “The huge statue of Buddha and one-horned rhino outside […]
Kathmandu / Jan 18: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai stressed the need to spread the message to the world that mountains of Nepal are safe and clean. Addressing an interaction program on Kanchenjunga mountain cleaning campaign on Saturday, Minister Bhattarai claimed that the mountains in Nepal are safe although some people […]