Kathmandu / May 12: Media Nepal, a media organization close to Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, drew the attention of the Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai towards the effective implementation of the minimum wage the government fixed for the media workers. The government recently decided Rs 19,500 as the minimum wage for media persons […]
Kathmandu / May 12: The government is presently working on a plan to establish 365 integrated schools across the country for children with physical disabilities. The plan is aimed at ensuring inclusive education to them. At a press meet organised by the National Federation of the Disabled Nepal here Thursday, Under Secretary at the Ministry […]
Kathmandu / May 12: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today filed a corruption case at the special court against suspended UCPN (Maoist) lawmaker Lharkyal Lama. Lama has been accused of amassing around Rs 95 million illegally. CIAA spokesperson Krishna Hari Pushkar said that CIAA has concluded that Lama accumulated the […]
Kathmandu / May 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged the diplomatic community in the country not to be in any confusion regarding the stability of the government. During his briefing to Kathmandu-based foreign diplomats on political developments after promulgation of the Constitution last year, Prime Minister Oli claimed that his government is not […]
Kathmandu / May 11: Nine Nepalese guides reached the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday, becoming the first climbers in two years to conquer the world’s highest mountain after two successive natural disasters. Media reports quoted Nepal Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha, who is at the base camp, as saying that the group reached the […]
Kathmandu / May 11: The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2016) revealed that Nepal recorded the third highest level of new displacement worldwide, in both relative and absolute terms, due to the devastating earthquakes in April and May last year. There were 19.2 million new displacements associated with disasters brought on by rapid-onset natural […]
Kathmandu / May 11: National football player Bimal Gharti Magar is leaving for Belgium for his treatment on Wednesday. Magar, who plays as a forward, had sustained a knee injury during a match against the Maldives during the 12th South Asian Games, in India, recently. He will leave for Belgium at 5 pm today. During […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, arrived Kathmandu on Tuesday by special aircraft to inaugurate the embassy of UAE. The UAE foreign minister arrived here upon invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that the government would move forward initiating right work and without getting affected by obstacles and protests. Speaking at a memorial function organised on the first death anniversary of former prime minister and founder president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Surya Bahadfur Thapa, today, […]
Kathmandu / May 10: Ever since the gates of the Narayanhiti Durbar Museum were open to general people some seven years ago, the flow of people, local and foreigners, has continued without fail. A total of 2,079,760 people, including foreigners, have visited the former royal palace, informed the museum management committee. The committee stated that […]