CPN-UML taskforce reaches consensus

The CPN-UML taskforce assigned to suggest ways to resolve the intraparty disputes claimed Friday that a consensus was reached between the two factions of the party. A marathon meeting of the taskforce that continued for more than seven hours at Singha Durbar today succeeded to find a middle way to settle the intra-party differences. After the meeting, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, party Spokesperson, told journalists that the leaders of the taskforce reached an agreement to sort out all differences. He...

Commodity exchange to come into operation next year

The Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) said on Friday that it would operate commodity market next year. Speaking at a discussion programme on its proposed Policy and Programmes for the coming Fiscal Year 2021/22 organised virtually, SEBON Chairman Bhisma Raj Dhungana has presented the commodity market as one of the major agenda of the capital market regulator.

101 years of sati pratha abolition in Nepal

On May 5, 1806, on the bank of the Salinadi rivulet at Sankhu, Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi, the Queen Consort of Nepal burnt alive on a funeral pyre. Historians believe that the queen was forced against her will into practising the ancient ritual of sati. The episode has also been listed as a tragic incident of superstitious tradition in Michael Farquhar’s book ‘Bad Days in History’. Like Queen Rajeshwari countless women throughout history have been condemned to this outrageous custom.

1,479 new cases of COVID-19, 1,316 recoveries, 20 fatalities in 24 hours

In 6,657 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,497 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population through its regular update.

Over 809 thousand doses of Vero Cell brought in from Beijing

A wide body airplane, A 330, of the Nepal Airlines Corporation laden with 809,600 doses of Vero Cell landed in Kathmandu at 6:21 am this morning, informed Dipu Gwarchan, a pilot of the airplane.

PM stresses scientific pursuit for tapping natural resources

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli holds Nepali scientists and their unbridled spirit for scientific pursuit in high esteem. Speaking at an event organised by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) to honour some notable personalities in the field, Prime Minister Oli voiced his concern and interest towards encouraging scientific thinking and academic research in Nepal.

Seven killed, half a dozen missing in landslides

Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall across the country since Wednesday evening killed seven persons, leaving nearly a dozen injured and half a dozen others missing. With the latest six, the total deaths caused by the monsoon-induced disaster reached 51 with 35 injuries and 60 missing cases as of July 8 from June 14, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

21% capital budget left to be spent in a week

The government capital expenditure is below 50 per cent mark till July 7, Wednesday, according to the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO). Although the mobilisation of capital budget is improved against the last year’s spending in the current Fiscal Year 2020/21, the government has a challenge to meet its revised target of 71.3 per cent (Rs. 251.62 billion) execution of development expenditure Rs. 352.91 billion.

1,218 new cases of COVID-19, 1,286 recoveries, 29 fatalities in 24 hours

In 5,374 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,218 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population through its regular update.

CPN-UML task force to sit for another round of talks at 7:00 pm

Subash Chandra Nembang, coordinator of the task force, informed that the meeting was progressively moving forward.

CPN-UML task force meeting continues

The meeting of the task force formed to resolve the intra-party feud of CPN-UML is continuing today at Singha Durbar.

DPM Paudel vows to improve implementation of budget

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel said on Wednesday that the government would strongly move ahead in executing the budget of the coming Fiscal Year 2021/22. Speaking at a programme organised to sign Work Performance Agreement on the programmes related to the Ministry of Finance for the coming year, he pledged his full support in the capacity of the Minister for the full and effective implementation of the budget.

PM Oli, Nepal hold talks

CPN-UML chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal held a meeting Wednesday afternoon. The leaders sat for talks for the first time today after April 22 to resolve the disputes that has been widening in the party. While PM Oli is leading a faction, Nepal is leading the rival faction in the ruling CPN-UML.

COVAX to deliver vaccines within July

With 2,077 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 650,162. In 7,835 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,077 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the regular press briefing.

DoA in bid to make Panauti, Tilaurakot, Ram Janaki Temple world heritage sites

The Department of Archaeology (DoA) has stepped up efforts to enlist the cities of Panauti and Tilaurakot and the Ram Janaki Temple of Janakpur as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites.

MoHP reports 2,077 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours

In 7,835 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,077 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population in the regular press briefing.

CPN-UML task force meeting ends on a positive note

Subash Chandra Nembang, coordinator of the task force, said, "We will reach a conclusion by today evening after meeting Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and leader Madhav Kumar Nepal in order to retain the party's unity."

Booster dose of Vero Cell to be administered in Lalitpur from Friday 

The booster dose of China-manufactured the anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Vero Cell, is being administered in Lalitpur district on coming Friday and Saturday.

Meeting of CPN-UML task force continues

Subash Chandra Nembang, coordinator of the task force, informed that the meeting had kicked off at 10:30 in the morning. "Our discussions currently are centered on preserving party unity," he said.

Forget differences to solve people’s problems: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that historically significant Saptari district will no longer be a backward district. Prime Minister Oli made this remark while virtually laying the foundation stone of Ram Raja Prasad Singh Institute of Health Sciences from Baluwatar on Tuesday. He said that the institute would be the largest development project in Saptari.