CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Dahal, leader Shrestha test positive for COVID-19

CPN (Maoist Centre)'s Chairperson, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and another leader Narayankaji Shrestha have tested positive for coronavirus. 

Prime Minister Deuba and CPN (UML) chair Oli hold meeting at Balkot

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has reached Balkot to meet CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli. After the CPN (UML) continued to obstruct the House of Representatives meeting, Prime Minister Deuba reached Oli's residence in Balkot for discussion after the UML did not attend the all-party meeting.

Civil service union should be responsible: Minister Khand

Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Friday said that the civil servant union should be responsible to people. Inaugurating the 8th departmental convention of Nepal Civil Service Employees’ Union at the Ministry, Minister Khand said the union should exert pressure on the government when it fails to deliver service to the public and when it becomes unaccountable to the public.

Intensify vaccination: PM

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Friday directed the frontline workers of the concerned bodies, including those working in the health sector and security bodies to expedite COVID-19 inoculation and begin a campaign to administer booster jabs. Chairing the first meeting of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Coordination Centre (CCMC) held after a surge in the cases of COVID-19 in the country, Prime Minister Deuba instructed the officials to intensify the vaccination drive and arrange booster dose to...

'Prosperity comes with skilled human resources'

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed the need for creating policy framework and design programmes to develop and manage human resources in order to realise the national aspiration for the prosperity. "There is a need to prioritise policies and programmes for the development and management of human resources. The government is sensitive about identifying manpower for sectoral need and design skill and capacity building programmes," he said while addressing the HRM Awards for Corporate Excellence...

Keep children safe from Omicron spread: Experts

Among growing threats of the Omicron variant, the number of COVID-19 cases has been on the rise in the country lately. While the COVID-19 tally of neighbouring country India is surging significantly in recent weeks, the daily infection rfate in Nepal has gone up by 3.9 per cent in one week’s span.

PM directs for preparedness in wake of third wave of COVID-19

Addressing a meeting of the COVID-19 Direction Committee held in Singha Durbar on Friday, PM Deuba asked the ministers, chief secretary and secretaries to make necessary efforts on time to prevent the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

PM Deuba pledges support to boost export trade

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba stressed on better trade infrastructure to promote Nepal’s export trade. In a message sent to the ECN on the occasion of 24th Annual General Meeting of Export Council of Nepal (ECN) and 6th National Export Day programme organised in the Capital on Thursday, he said, “Development of entrepreneurship and trade infrastructure is imperative to increase productivity and enhance export trade for stronger economic growth.” He also pledged the state support to entrepreneurs...

History hidden unknowingly, even deliberately

On December 20, 2021, workers digging the ground in front of the Bhimsen Temple, Mangalbazaar discovered a stone tablet. They were building a sewage system for Patan Durbar Square when they found the six-foot tablet, erect and intact.

Lalita Niwas scam: CIB submits report to district attorney

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has completed the investigation on the embezzlement on Lalita Niwas land of Baluwatar and submitted its report to the office of the district attorney.    

PM's visit to India canceled

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's visit to India has been canceled. The visit of the Prime Minister has been canceled due to increasing cases of COVID-19 in India.   

Meeting of High Level Political Mechanism discusses PM's visit to India

A meeting of the high-level political mechanism formed under the leadership of senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel has been held at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar.

Unvaccinated COVID patients facing health complications

The health condition of the unvaccinated or those receiving only one dose of the COVID-19 patients in Banke district is found critical, according to the Bheri Hospital in the district. A few of these people are also dying of COVID-19 health complications.

Historical cannon returns to Dailekh after five decades

The Sundari Top, which literally translates into the beautiful cannon, has returned home to Dailekh after half a century. The cannon was brought to the district amid a huge celebration from the Nepali Army’s Mid-Western Division’s headquarters in Surkhet, where it had been for the past 50 years, and placed on the premises of its Indradal Company in Kadachaur on Wednesday. The cannon used to reside in the historic Kotgadhi fort in the district headquarters of Dailekh under the care of the Jwala...

Prime Minister Deuba to embark for India visit on Sunday

Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Paudel, informed that the meeting of the Council of Ministers held today endorsed Prime Minister Deuba's visit to India.

Govt. must provide basic services to the people: PM Deuba

He said so while giving instructions to all the Ministers and Secretaries of the Government of Nepal regarding the implementation of the common minimum program of the government, development priorities and progress of five months of the current fiscal year and promotion of good governance.

BIMSTEC Secretary-General calls on President

Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multilateral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Tenzin Lekphell paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas today.

Coalition government will coordinate in elections - PM Deuba

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed his confidence that the coalition government will continue to coordinate with each other in the election.

COVID-19 update: 370 new cases, 239 recoveries

As many as 370 people have been found infected with the novel coronavirus in the PCR test of the swab samples of 6,715 people across the country in the last 24 hours.

HoR meeting postponed until Jan 12

The meeting of the House of Representatives to be held on January 6 has been postponed.