Kathmandu / August 22: The government has decided to accept a grant assistance of USD 100 million pledged by various donor agencies. A recent cabinet meeting made the decision to this effect, Minister for Information and Communication Gokul Baskota said on Thursday. The minister stated that the government has appointed Joint Secretary Hari Sharan Pudasaini […]
Kathmandu / August 21: The fifth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission concluded in Kathmandu today evening. The 35-member Nepali delegation headed by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar leading his respective delegations co-chaired the meeting at the Hotel Yak and Yeti this evening. In the meeting, Minister Gyawali […]
Lamjung / August 21: The first cannoning festival 2076 BS is taking place in Besishahar municipality-1, Dalal for unleashing tourism potentials. It is to be held around Gaikhure fall along Dumre Besishahar road stretch on 23-24, August. Rishi Basnet, Chair of Environment Improvement Campaign, said the festival is being hosted to contribute to make the […]
Kathmandu / August 18: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has ruled out the possibility of restoration of the monarchy in the country. Addressing the House of Representatives, Oli asserted that the monarchy will not be revived even as some forces are attempting to restore the monarchy. “We abolished the monarchy when those forces were in […]
Kathmandu / August 15: A book titled ‘The Temperament of Nepal’ was released at the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing on Thursday. Addressing the program, Ambassador of Nepal to China Leela Mani Paudyal lauded the Chinese authors’ attempt to highlight Nepal’s rich cultural and natural heritage through the book. “I appreciate the authors’ efforts to […]
Kathmandu / August 13: Nepal Electricity Authority has earned more than Rs 7 billion in the last fiscal year. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun amid a press meet at Singha Durbar on Tuesday informed that the profit of the NEA has risen over Rs 7.2 billion in the last fiscal […]
Kathmandu / August 11: Three different bills– Police Adjustment Bill-2076, Bill related to Work Execution, Supervision and Coordination of to Nepal Police and Provincial Police -2076 and Environment Protection Bill-2076 have been passed. Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives passed the bills unanimously. Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, had tabled Police Adjustment […]
Kathmandu / August 9: Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started cleaning roads using two broomer machines. Speaking at a program organized in Lalitpur on Friday, the mayor of Lalitpur Municipality Chiribabu Maharjan informed that two broomers were brought into operation in a bid to make the municipals a dust-free zone. The Italian-made high-tech broomer that cost […]
Bhairahawa / August 8: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai, has said that the government has kept the construction of Gautam Buddha International Airport at top priority. Inspecting the under construction Gautam Buddha International Airport at Bhairahawa of Rupandehi today, Minister Bhattarai said that activities are underway with top priority as Prime […]
Makawanpur / August 3: Out of six, four pictures which were taken by the first Nepali satellite – ‘NepaliSat-1’ have been published. The pictures were published on the websites of Birds 3, a project under the UN. These pictures were sent to concerned departments through e-mail, said scientist Hari Ram Shrestha. According to him, before […]