
Kathmandu / April 20: Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari has returned to his work from Wednesday. Governor Adhimari resumed his work after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government not to implement its decision to suspend Governor Adhikari. The governor was welcomed by the staff at the central office of NRB […]

Kathmandu / April 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected a 3.9 percent economic growth rate for Nepal in the current fiscal year – almost half of the government-forecast rate of seven percent. Unveiling the Asian Development Outlook 2022, the multilateral lending institution has come up with a new projected figure, which is higher […]

Kathmandu / Apr. 4: Nepal’s work on tiger conservation has been discussed at the U.S. State Department. Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign and Environment Pem Narayan Kandel informed that during the Secretary-level visit from the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Nepal’s international commitments and work on broader conservation and climate change issues were discussed with […]

Kathmandu / Mar. 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the local level election would be held at the slated time. Inaugurating the reconstructed Bhimsen Temple at Patan in Lalitpur, PM Deuba shared that the government has started necessary preparations to hold the local polls on the slated time. He further said that […]

Kathmandu / Mar 19: Nepal has become the Happiest country in South Asia and 84th Happiest Country as per the World Happiness Report (WHR) 2022. The evaluation has been done from the year 2017 to 2021. As per the report, Nepal has scored 5.377 becoming the happiest country in South Asia followed by Bangladesh in […]

Kathmandu / Mar. 15: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is injecting US $ 932 million in 2022 in Nepal – around four-folds of the amount disbursed in 2021. According to the ADB, it disbursed USD 272.9 million in 2021. Of the amount, the multilateral donor organization provided USD 165 for vaccine loan to the landlocked […]

Kathmandu / Mar. 6: Nepali products including Pashmina shawls, tea and handicraft items have been promoted in Bahrain. The Nepali Embassy in Manama has recently promoted the products by, for the first time, participating in the International Embassy Bazaar organised by the Children and Mother’s Welfare Society of the Kingdom of Bahrain, according to the […]

Kathmandu / March 3: Nepal welcomed 19,766 tourists in the month of February this year. According to the data compiled by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a total of 19,766 tourists arrived in Nepal in February, 2022 as compared to 9,146 tourists in the corresponding period last year. The number increased by 116.1 percent this year. […]

Kathmandu / Feb 24: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has expressed concerns over the safety of Nepalis in Ukraine following the recent developments there. Issuing a press release today, NRNA said that 38 Nepalis living in Ukraine since long are in contact with Nepali National Coordination Council, Ukraine and all of them are to date safe. […]

Kathmandu / Feb. 17: British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt has paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal. During today’s meeting at the ministry, Minister Bhusal said that the Government of Nepal was committed to working closely in all areas of mutual interest. Stating that the Government of […]