Nepal’s economy to grow by 4.1% in FY 2021/22: ADB

Nepal’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1 per cent (at market prices) in fiscal year 2021/22, up from an estimated growth of 2.3 in fiscal year 2021, said the latest Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021 Update, a flagship publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Park designed specially for senior citizens opens

A park, exclusively designed for senior citizens, was inaugurated at Chamati Land Integrated Project KMC-8 on Wednesday morning. KMC Mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya formally opened the park amid a function today. The park is constructed in one ropani and 14 anas of land. It also has a two-storey building, which is based on the concept of togetherness where the senior citizens can freely mingle with other people of their age and take rest.

Lumbini-Kapilvastu Global Campaign, Belgium, organizes peace workshops online to mark International Day of Peace

On the auspicious occasion of International Day of Peace, Lumbini-Kapilvastu Global Campaign, Belgium (LKGCB) organized various activities including a meeting with Leuven city councilor for Global Policy with a campaign

Gorkhapatra journo Chaudhary receives Press Council Language Journalism Award

The Gorkhapatra journalist Lucky Chaudhary has been awarded the Press Council Language-related Journalism Award-2078. The awardees included senior journalist Bharat Datta Koirala, who got the Press Council Gopal Das Journalism Award.

Credit flow of commercial banks soars

According to a report " Deposit and Lending 2078/79" published by the Nepal Bankers Association, the credit flow grew by Rs. 166 billion during these two months. The report showed that the amounts of credit flow crossed Rs. 3872 on 16 September up from Rs. 3706 billion on July 23.

Maoist Center Chair Prachanda to select ministers from party to be included in Cabinet

"A meeting of the five ruling parties is being held shortly. The Cabinet will be expanded by tomorrow, and in this context, our meeting decided to entrust the Chairman with the responsibility to select ministers from the party to be included in the Council of Ministers," Maoist Center spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara told the reporters after the meeting at the party headquarters, Paris Danda.

MoHP reports 1,251 new cases of COVID-19

In 11,067 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,251 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the weekly press briefing.

Top leaders of ruling parties to meet this evening, to dwell on Cabinet expansion

A meeting of the top leaders of the ruling alliance of the five parties is being held this evening at Baluwatar, the official residence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, according to the secretariat of the Prime Minister.

Detailed study of MCC, Indo-Pacific Strategy will be done: FM Khadka

Newly appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka has said that a balanced foreign relation would be maintained with all countries across the globe including China and India by keeping the nation's welfare at the focus.

Officials: Many Haitian migrants are being released in US

Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.