Pokhara / Dec 17: Former King Gyanendra Shah and his spouse Komal Shah were welcomed by a mass of cadres affiliated to royalist political groups and Hindu right-wing party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, upon their arrival at Pokhara airport on Monday. The former king was feted with a 21-kg-garland and a traditional Panche Baja band. […]
Kathmandu / Dec 15: The Mahasamiti meeting of main opposition party Nepali Congress kicked off in Kathmandu on Saturday. Party President Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the meeting at Yagambar Party Palace near Singha Durbar. The jamboree will discuss dozens of issues related to the party’s diminished position, future course of action and reshaping the party […]
Kathmandu / Dec 8: Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon has won the coveted title of Miss World 2018. In the Miss World 2018 contest held in Sanya, China on Saturday, Miss Vanessa has crowned the Miss World title. Miss Thailand became 1st Runner Up. A total of 118 countries across the world had taken […]
Kathmandu / Dec 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that there would be no compromise on national sovereignty, democratic system, social justice, national integrity and maintenance of peace. He argued that the development projects should address and strengthen these agenda. Addressing a preparatory meeting on ‘Nepal’s Sustainable Goal and 15th Periodic Plan’ in […]
Kathmandu / Dec 6: The government has decided to relocate the ministerial quarters from Harihar Bhawan, Pulchok, to 149 ropani land acquired in Sainbu Bhainsepati, Lalitpur, for building official residences for Members of Parliament (MPs). A Cabinet meeting on Thursday decided to build 10 State Guest Houses in the compound of current ministerial quarters in […]
Kathmandu / Dec 3: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday has revised downward prices of petroleum products effective from Monday midnight. Birendra Goit, the spokesperson of NOC, said the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene has come down by Rs 2 per liter. Now consumers can buy petrol at Rs 112 per liter, whereas diesel […]
Kathmandu / Dec 2: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that Nepal would facilitate the 19th SAARC Summit in Pakistan. During a meeting with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gillani, in Kathmandu, PM Oli said Nepal, as the current Chair of SAARC, would play a role to hold the coming SAARC Summit […]
Kathmandu / Dec 01: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged the Nepal Rastra Bank to regulate properly the microfinance because the microfinance in the far-flung areas was heard to have imposed 18 percent interest to the people. Addressing the 2nd national microfinance members conference here today, PM Oli also asked the finance and banks […]
Kathmandu / Nov 30: Nepal and Myanmar have signed an agreement on trade and investment today. This is the first time such agreement has been reached between the two countries. The agreement was signed following the one-on-one meeting and the bilateral talks between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung […]
Kathmandu / Nov 29: With the slogan “Addressing Critical Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values” Nepal is hosting the regional summit for Asia-Pacific nations, which is scheduled to be held on November 30-December 2. According to the organizer Universal Peace Federation, Nepal chapter, this summit will be an event of high […]