Leaders of ruling coalition meet at Baluwatar

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the president of Nepali Congress (NC), Chairman of NCP (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Chairman of NCP (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairman of Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal Upendra Yadav and Vice-chair of Rastriya Janamorcha Party Durga Poudel are present in the meeting, informed PM Deuba's secretariat.

MCC can be taken forward only on basis of national consensus: CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Dahal  

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US foreign assistance agency, can be taken ahead only on the basis of national consensus.    

Ordinances being tabled in House meetings

The meetings of the Federal Parliament are taking place at 1:00 this afternoon in International Conference Centre at Naya Baneshwor.    

FDI stock increases by 8.5% despite COVID-19 pandemic

Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stock has increased moderately in the fiscal year 2019/20. A survey report on Foreign Direct Investment in Nepal showed the stock of FDI in Nepal increased by 8.5 per cent to Rs. 198.52 billion at the end of fiscal year 2019/20. Paid-up capital is the major component in the FDI stock as it accounted for 54.4 per cent of total FDI stock whereas the reserves and loans in total FDI stock accounted for 33.8 per cent and 11.8 per cent respectively. The...

Top leaders meeting at Baluwatar, discussion on cabinet expansion

A discussion between Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and top leaders of the ruling coalition parties has been going on at the PM's residence in Baluwatar since 3 PM.

Ruling coalition leaders discuss to give full shape to cabinet and MCC

Top leaders of the ruling coalition parties have held a discussion at the private residence of Janata Samajwadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav in Hattiban of Lalitpur Thursday morning.

MCC Vice President Sumar arrives in Kathmandu

Vice President of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Fatema Z. Sumar and assistant Vice President Jonathan Brooks have arrived in Kathmandu for a four-day visit.

President extends Teej greetings 

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed her confidence that Haritalika Teej would also help integrate our society and country into a thread of emotional unity.

Govt says: Only health institutions can operate ambulances

The government has issued ‘National Ambulance Directive- 2021’ to regulate ambulance services and make them systematic, transport sick and injured person to hospital safely. The health institutions are only authorised to provide the ambulance services. According to the directives, only hospitals and health institutions can provide the ambulance services.

MCC responds to concerns raised by Nepal

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has clarified all the questions raised by the Government of Nepal regarding its disputed provisions on Wednesday. The 13-page written response was issued by MCC vice president Fatema Sumar in the name of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma. In the response, the MCC has clarified that its main objective was to eradicate poverty by fostering economic growth. “The grant is being provided to Nepal solely to complete construction projects of transmission lines...

This year’s Teej celebrations being organised within close groups

More open than last year, this year’s Teej celebrations are being organised within closed circles of family members and friends. The Dar parties taking place before the main Teej festival day, have been limited in close groups. Some of the groups are organising parties in restaurants making sure that the members of the groups were already in regular contacts.

Parliament should be run with consensus between ruling and opposition parties: PM Deuba

PM Deuba said it during a meeting of the top leaders of the ruling coalition held at Singha Durbar today. He also reminded that important bills were under consideration in the parliament.

Government committed to create appropriate environment to bring in foreign investment: PM Deuba

Addressing a programme marking the 10th anniversary of the Investment Board Nepal organised at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, today, Prime Minister Deuba called on foreign investors to invest in Nepal.

1,347 new cases of COVID-19, 2,161 recoveries, 10 fatalities in 24 hours

In 9,767 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,347 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.

Bagmati Province CM Shakya expands her Cabinet

hief Minister of Bagmati Province Astalaxmi Shakya has expanded the provincial Council of Ministers inducting five new ministers and four state minister and thus making the provincial Cabinet an 11-member one.

10th session of the federal parliament begins today   

The tenth session of both the houses of the federal parliament is commencing from today. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has summoned the meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly for 4:00 pm Wednesday on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.    

Decision on MCC in coordination with other parties: PM Deuba

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the decision on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) would be taken in coordination with major political parties of the Federal Parliament. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress (NC) on Tuesday, Prime Minister Deuba said that the government would hold consultations with other political parties before deciding on MCC. Pushpa Bhusal, whip of NC, said, "In the meeting, Prime Minister Deuba clarified that the NC had...

Nepal will bolster health manpower for COVID-19 response: Shrestha

The government has resolved to restructure health sector to make the health system more relevant and effective. Speaking at a ministerial round table during the Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia, State Minister for Health and Population (MoHP) Umesh Shrestha said, “We are restructuring health sector to make our health systems more relevant and effective to tackle emerging public health challenges.”

House session begins today

Sessions of both the Upper and Lower House of the federal Parliament are to begin at 4:00 pm on Wednesday at the Parliament Building in New Baneshwore, Kathmandu. President Bidya Devi Bhandari had summoned the session of the House according to article 93(1) of the Constitution on the recommendation of the government. Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Assembly will read out the letter of the President to notify lawmakers about summoning of the House session before...

Six years on, dedicated feeder row continues

Nepal Yarn Manufacturers’ Association (NYMA) claimed that the industries do not have any electricity charge dues for the use of dedicated feeders or trunk lines as insisted by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the past five-and-a-half years.