Kathmandu / Aug 19: Construction of the Kerung-Kathmandu railway would be completed in nine years with State’s investment if the government invests Rs 28.55 billion every year. According to the senior divisional engineer at the Department of Railways, Prakash Bhakta Upadhyaya, a total of Rs 257 billion should be invested for the same. The Department […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 18: Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli has today delivered a special address at the Provincial Assembly (Pradesh Sabha) of Province 2 in Janakpur. The Prime Minister had held discussions with the Chief Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other senior ministers of the province before addressing the assembly. PM Oli, in his speech, […]
Suresh Chaudhary / Kathmandu: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, Former Prime Minister and Convener of Naya Shakti Party Baburam Bhattarai, Former Minister and Nepali Congress leader Gagan Thapa attended a book discussion event today to review Biman Bidroha– a political and personal memoir penned down by democratic movement fighter Durga Subedi. The event was organised […]
Kathmandu / Aug 17: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has made it clear that government was committed to practically implement the Civil and Criminal codes. During a special programme organised by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in Kathmandu today, PM Oli reiterated that if there were any flaws, these could be corrected […]
Kathmandu / Aug 17: Nepal’s first 800-metre underpass at Kalanki was opened to traffic for trial run on Friday, bringing relief to the commuters facing traffic congestion at Kalanki area in Kathmandu for the past many years. The 800-metre underpass, which stretches between Khasi Bazar and BafalChowk, was opened traffic from 3pm today. The Kalanki […]
Kathmandu / Aug 14: The Finance Committee under the Legislature-Parliament on Tuesday directed the government to resolve the issue of double and unnatural taxation imposed by federal, provincial and local governments. The Finance Committee directed the government after holding a two-day discussion with the officials of Finance Ministry, National Natural Resource and Fiscal Commission (NNRFC), […]
Kathmandu / Aug 7: A total of 699,552 tourists visited national parks and conservation areas of the country in the last fiscal year 2017/18. Of them, 325,856 were foreign tourists while the remaining were domestic one, according to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Information Officer at the Department, Narayan Rupakheti, said that […]
Kathmandu / Aug 6: Nepal Media Society (NMS), the umbrella organisation of private publications and Television Broadcasters Nepal (TBN), has elected its new working committee on Monday. The second general assembly of the NMS that ended today elected ABC News Chairman and incumbent General Secretary Subha Shanker Kandel as the Chairman while Sagarmatha TV Chairman […]
Kathmandu, July 30: Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Benny Omer paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Singh Pun here today. During the meeting held at Minister Pun’s office, they discussed the issues relating to mutual cooperation between Nepal and Israel among others, according to Minister Pun’s Secretariat. Minister Pun, […]
Kathmandu / July 29: The KCC exhibit 2018 organized by Center for Software Research and Development (CSDR) at Kantipur City College (KCC), a pioneering college in information technology affiliated to Purbanchal University (PU) since 2000 has officially concluded today with a theme of Innovate, Integrate and Sustain. A vision for ‘smart’ city was discussed in […]