Pokhara / Aug 2: The construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport has started. Formally initiating the construction works, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Jitendra Narayan Dev said the Pokhara regional international airport would be an important basis for the development of tourism. He stressed on the expansion of air routes along with […]
Chitwan / Aug 2: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has directed authorities concerned to expedite the ongoing work in the Narayangadh-Muglin road section under the road expansion project and to complete it as soon as possible. He held discussions with project contractors and was apprised of progress so far in the project implementation. Minister for […]
Kathmandu / Aug 2: In a meeting of the Legislature-Parliament’s Public Account Committee on Wednesday, lawmakers demanded action as per the law against those indulged in ‘irregularities’ in the Nepal Oil Corporation’s land procurement process in four districts. They called for forming a committee to probe into the matter and bring the guilty to book. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 1: The government is preparing to bring the Act relating to the local level governance within 15 days. At a program organised by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development in the capital city on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar said […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 1: The Supreme Court has ordered judicial custody of suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department (IRD) Chudamani Sharma. A full bench of Justices Deepakraj Joshi, Deepak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Sharada Prasad Ghimire and Anila Kumar Sinha issued the order. DG Sharma was currently in the custody of Commission for […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 1: More than 17,000 people received medical treatment in the past one year under the government’s poor citizens’ medical treatment program (PCMTP), officials said. Altogether 17,218 new and old patients suffering from various diseases like cancer, kidney, heart and spinal cord complications among others received treatment from various 52 health institutions across […]
Kathmandu / July 31 : The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has directed the chief returning officer of Chitwan to fix date for re-polling at the earliest in all polling centres of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19, Chitwan. EC’s Spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma said that a meeting of the EC decided to direct the chief returning officer […]
Kathmandu / July 31 : Cooperation and collaboration among all the stakeholders has been stressed for addressing the traffic problem in the Kathmandu Valley. This was highlighted at a discussion programme organized at the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division by the Forum for Protection of Consumer Interest on Monday. The speakers at the programme also pointed […]
Kathmandu / July 31 : During the discussion today, seeking amendment in the bill, lawmaker Dhruba Wagle opined that the local level could be given the rights to decide on production of electricity up to 10 mega watt. Similarly, Bharat Kumar Saha said only the Office of the Auditor General could not handle the auditing […]
Kathmandu / July 30: The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the Election Commission’s decision to conduct re-polling in Ward 19 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City. A division bench of Justices Om Prakash Mishra and Purushottam Bhandari quashed the writ petition filed by CPN-UML ward member candidate for Bharatpur-19 Gunjaman BK, and advocate Tulsiram Pandey against the […]