Surkhet / Mar 25: Koireli village in Hima Rural Municipality-2 in Jumla district has been declared a model village free of violence against women (VAW). The village was declared as a model village free of any kind of violence against women through the efforts of Hima Rural Municipality and facilitation of the local VAW-free model […]
Chitwan / Mar 22: The deadline for the construction of Narayanghat-Mugling road section has been extended by three months more. The construction companies were lobbying for extension of the construction deadline citing they were not getting time to work for different reasons. Engineer of Narayanghat-Muglin Road Project Shiva Khanal said that the deadline for first […]
Kathmandu / Mar 22: Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has announced application forms for the Korean Language Test under the Employment Permit System (EPS) on Thursday. The date for applications will remain effective until April 11. Candidates aged between 18 to 39 years can take part in the langue test. Those meeting the criteria set […]
Monica Lohani and Sandeep Sen / Kathmandu: “Well, it is a little bit odd for me to be speaking to you, despite all the respect I have for you. But, I was wondering what happens if, like in the transformers movie, you go crazy or rogue? Is there a switch?” asked Nepal Coordinator for United […]
Kathmandu / Mar 21: The World Bank today signaled strong support for Nepal’s ambitious transition to federalism when its Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million credit to improve public financial management. The Fiscal and Public Financial Management Development Policy Credit is the first in a two-part program to support the Government of Nepal […]
Kathmandu / Mar 20: Nepali Congress Kageshori Mahahara City Committee has submitted a memorandum to Kagesori Manahara Municipality drawing its attention on ongoing development initiatives. The committee has drawn the attention of the Municipality towards failure of implementing its 17-point demands submitted earlier and requested to work as per the interest of public. The memorandum […]
Kathmandu / Mar 20: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a charge sheet against Chief of the Department of Transport Management Office in Sukedhara and two other officials at the Special Court today. Office Chief Under-Secretary Sundar Bhattarai, section officer Yam Lal Dhakal and Nayab Subba Yadav Poudel have been […]
Kathmandu / Mar 20: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has taken action against 84 people so far in the current fiscal year for littering and not disposing wastes at designated sites. KMC collected Rs 237,350 in penalty from the people who were fined. Chief of the operations section at KMC’s Environment Management Division, Meen Bahadur Thapa […]
Parbat / Mar 19: An aircraft of the Tara Air landed at Balewa Airport for the first time in 16 years. The private airline conducted the test flight from Pokhara with a Twin Otter aircraft having the call sign 9NKL. The airline is preparing to operate regular flights from Pokhara to Balewa from coming March […]
Kathmandu / Mar 19: Re-elected appointed Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun took oath of office and secrecy today. At a special ceremony organized at the Office of the President, Sheetal Niwas, President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered oath of office and secrecy to Vice-President Pun. Present on the occasion were the Prime Minister, the Speaker, the Chairperson […]