Kathmandu / July 14: Chandra Prasad Dhakal, vice-president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the position of senior vice-president in the upcoming election of the federation. The umbrella organization of the country’s private sector has scheduled the election of its top position for August […]
Kathmandu / July 13: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has stated that India’s ‘intervention’ has paved way for natural disasters in Nepal’s southern parts. Minister Thapa, speaking at a parliamentary committee on Monday, said that India has built many structures along the bordering areas with Nepal due to which the country has been […]
Kathmandu / July 12: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has repatriated a total of 10,912 Nepalis from different countries as per the established guidelines of evacuation. The airlines in a statement on Sunday said they were brought to Nepal in the charter flights that were operated between the period of June 14 and July 12. The […]
Kathmandu, July 10: The Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a new US$ 50 million policy based lending agreement on Thursday to finance the Civil Aviation Sector Improvement Programme. Shreekrishna Nepal, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Mukhtor Khamudkhanov, Country Director, Nepal Resident Mission of ADB signed the agreement for loan […]
Kathmandu, July 8: The Government of Japan has extended grant assistance of Rs. 407 million to the Government of Nepal for implementing the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) Project. Saigo Masamichi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Sishir Kumar Dhungana, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, signed notes to this effect today Another set of […]
Kathmandu / July 6: Shree Saptmai Gurukul Sanskrit Vidyalaya in Barbote Rural Municipality in Ilam was formally inaugurated via video-conferencing by the representatives of the rural municipality, School Management Committee and Embassy of India, Kathmandu, on Monday. According to a press statement issued by the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, the school building was constructed […]
Kathmandu / July 5: The Rasuwagadhi border point that remains shut for about five months is set to resume its operation from tomorrow. Chief of Rasuwa Customs Office, Punya Bikram Khadka said four trucks will be allowed to operate in the beginning and the number will be continuously increased as the service improves. “The goods […]
Kathmandu / July 3: The tourism and aviation sector of Nepal has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 34 billion during the period of lockdown, according to a report produced by a committee formed by the government to study the loss incurred by the sector due to the enforcement of lockdown following COVID-19 outbreak in […]
Bharatpur / July 2 : A total of 65 small irrigation projects have completed in Chitwan district. Among 135 such projects, 65 are now completed, according to Prime Minister agriculture modernization implementation unit. The Unit had launched small projects like shallow tube well, boring, and drip irrigation for the current fiscal year. Information officer at […]
Kathmandu / June 30: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MPTPD) has impounded over 400 taxis for plying vehicles by defying lockdown on Tuesday morning. Over four hundred taxi drivers have come to the street of the Kathmandu Valley to protest against the government decision for not opening the public vehicles for more than three months […]
