Kathmandu / May 16: President Bidya Devi Bhandari left Colombo for Kathmandu this afternoon upon the completion of her four-day official visit to Sri Lanka, according to the Embassy of Nepal, Colombo. She had a meeting with former President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in Colombo today itself. Views upon empowerment of women, women’s […]
Kathmandu / May 16: The Election Commission on Tuesday has decided to assign additional teams to expedite vote counting in various places. EC spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma said the additional teams would be mobilised to speed up the counting process. Sharma further said the concerned election officers would depute the additional counting teams as per […]
Kathmandu / May 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday held a meeting with the leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu. According to PM’s secretariat, the discussion was centred on passing the constitution amendment bill and holding second phase of local level elections by forging […]
Kathmandu / May 14: The voting of the first round of the much – awaited local level elections taking place for the first time after Nepal became a federal democratic republic commenced at 7 am. After a long wait, patience and excitement, the people are exercising their franchise to make a choice of their favorite […]
Kathmandu / May 12: Nepal and China on Friday signed a framework agreement on China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, days ahead of a summit in Beijing where an ambitious plan to build a modern-day Silk Road trade routes and lead a new era of globalisation would be unveiled. Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi […]
Kathmandu / May 12: The government is setting up an intraocular lens manufacturing facility for Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO) being run under the Nepal Eye Program. The Ministry of Industry (MoI) and the (TIO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the facility amid a function on Thursday. Purushottam Nepal, an under at […]
Bangkok / May 12: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka from May 13 to 16 , landed at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on her way on Friday, where she was received by Nepali Ambassador to Thailand Khagnath Adhikari. President Bhandari was welcomed at the airport by Thai […]
Butwal / May 10: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has observed that consciousness for peace has evolved in Nepal due to the Buddhist philosophy and its advancement. “That the Buddhist philosophy evolved and flowered in Nepal is a matter of pride for Nepal and the Nepalis,” the Vice President said while addressing to the main […]
Kathmandu / May 8:The Nepal government has decided to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of One Belt One Road (OBOR) project proposed by China. A Cabinet meeting held in Singha Durbar on Monday has decided to endorse the project that connects Nepal, India and Europe. The Cabinet has decided to send a delegation led […]
Kathmandu / May 8: The National Women Commission has set up a Local Level Election Gender Monitoring Committee in view of the local-level election scheduled to be held in two phases -May 14 and June 14. The body set up on the recommendation of the Election Commission will monitor whether the gender-based discrimination take place […]