PM lays foundation stone for Lumbini cable car

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has laid the foundation stone for the construction of Lumbini Cable Car here on Saturday.

Dolakha declared smart district

Smart district programme under Digital Nepal Framework project has started from Dolakha. Spokesperson of the government and Minister for Communication and Information Technology Parbat Gurung on Saturday announced Smart Dolakha through a programme at the district headquarters Charikot. The government started the smart district campaign with the objective of providing paperless and faceless services to the citizens through internet.

An ode to radio to mark the World Radio Day 

It was sometime around the mid-1940s when the world was reeling under the impact of the horrifying World War II that Satya Mohan Joshi finally bought his first radio set. During the Great War, the Rana rulers had seized about 400 radios from Nepali owners and had stored them all in Sigha Durbar, as Sunil Ulak, historical photo collector, recounts in his social media commemoration post to mark the 10th World Radio Day. In his elaborate paper titled 'Seven Decades of Radio Listening in Nepal', Shekhar...

Provinces surpass centre in capital budget execution

Provinces have mobilised more development budget in the first half of the current fiscal year 2020/21 than the federal government. While the capital expenditure of the federal government was 14.4 per cent by the end of the first six months of the current fiscal year (13 January), Province 1, Gandaki and Lumbini have spent greater budget than that.

Upgrading health centres must for health insurance scheme

The introduction of Health Insurance Scheme by the government in April 2016 was a big step towards ensuring quality health of the people of Nepal. Started in three districts – Kailali, Baglung and Ilam – in 2016, the scheme has now reached 65 districts as of Thursday with over 3.5 million individuals enrolled.

Premature death of elephant raises concerns at CNP

At a time when the death of one endangered one-horned rhino after another in Chitwan National Park (CNP) has raised concerns among wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists alike, the recent death of a healthy elephant has taken those concerns to the new level.

37, 000 landless in Chitwan to get land ownership certificates

All seven local levels of Chitwan district have initiated a process to provide land ownership certificate to over 37,000 landless squatters in the district. The local levels, including Bharatpur Metropolitan City, are now busy collecting data of the landless individuals in their area.  Some local levels have already completed the data collection work and have begun verifying the individuals through ward offices.

Vice-President extends Lhosar greetings   

Giving a message of best wishes, Vice-President Pun reminded that it is the common duty of all Nepalis to protect and adhere to the constitution achieved after long struggle. Institutionalization of republic, federalism, secularism and social justice are equally important, he added. 

President greets people on Sonam Lhosar   

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed her best wishes for the happiness, peace and prosperity of all sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of Sonam Lhosar to be observed by Tamang community as their New Year.  

Monitoring vital for project efficiency: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that study, monitoring and evaluation works would make projects result-oriented. “The monitoring process will help in rectifying the shortcomings and making the work effective.”

Initial pleadings on House dissolution case conclude

Initial pleadings of both petitioners and defendants on the writ petitions filed against dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) concluded in the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday.

PM inspects work progress at Dharahara

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the concerned bodies to complete the reconstruction of Dharahara and Singha Durbar by the end of next month. Inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of the Prime Minister's Office at Singha Durbar and Dharahara on Thursday, Prime Minister Oli said that the progress made so far was satisfactory. He also asked the related agencies to conserve and maintain the historically important items in their original state.

'Approval of local levels for women to fly abroad not mandatory’

The Home Ministry on Thursday issued a press statement clarifying that approval of local levels for women to fly abroad was not made mandatory yet. The Home Ministry made the clarification after a proposal of the Department of Immigration to the Ministry to amend the provision regarding visit-visa in the Immigration Procedure 2065 drew severe criticism.

Monitoring, regulation must for good governance and transparency: PM Oli

The activity has begun for the first time today to evaluate projects of less than Rs 10 million by involving students of universities among the complaints of people being left behind due to lack of monitoring of programmes of social sector and social welfare programmes.

81 new cases of COVID-19, five fatalities in 24 hours

In 3,023 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 82 persons were found with the SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Central bank wants digital payment in gold business

The central bank has asked the gold and silver entrepreneurs to immediately apply the digital technology applications in their businesses. Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank Maha Prasad Adhikari on Wednesday stressed on the QR code based payment in making payment for gold and silver jewelleries and other products.

Frequent mass gatherings add woes to valley commuters

Bipin Guragain, a graphic designer at a company in Thapathali, left Tinkune for office at 9:30 am. Through the Bagmati corridor, Guragain used to reach his office in 15 minutes, but on Wednesday it was different; it took him more than an hour to reach there. Guragain was among thousands of commuters affected by the mass gathering organised in Kathmandu on Wednesday by the Prachanda-Madhav faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).

Green revolution if people's aspiration is ignored: Chairman Prachanda

"I am optimistic that the Supreme Court will make verdict in favour of constitution and democracy in time. The rallies today must have sent a message to all that any step taken against the letter and spirit of the constitution and the people's aspirations will simply be unfortunate," said Prachanda, the former Prime Minister.

134 new cases of COVID-19, 118 recoveries in 24 hours

In 3,567 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 134 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

CIAA should make fairness its main mantra: President Bhandari

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has requested the Commission for the Investigation and Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to impartially investigate into the cases of corruption.