Govt's responsibility to take forward MCC agreement: Minister Khand
According to him, discussions were underway among the political parties regarding the endorsement of the MCC through parliament. The government, Khand said, would move ahead drawing conclusions from the discussions
Dividends declared by commercial banks listed in NEPSE
Out of the total 27 commercial banks of the country, 26 listed in NEPSE have declared dividends including cash and bonus shares from the distributable profit of the fiscal year 2077/78. Some of the declared dividends have been decided by the banks after holding a general assembly and some of them are preparing for the general assembly to make the announcement.
We are with the Speaker, CPN (US) Chair Nepal says
Leader Nepal was addressing the provincial level party cadres training organized by the CPN (Unified Socialist) Gandaki Province Committee in Pokhara today. He contended that those following the rule of law and accepting constitutional supremacy should accept the Supreme Court verdict.
Parliament takes up its agenda amid obstruction by UML
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota repeatedly urged the protesting opposition party MPs to cooperate with him in the operation of the parliament business, drawing their attention to the fact that as per the House of Representatives Regulations a topic that is under consideration of the court could not be discussed in the parliament.
COVID-19 update: 252 new infections, 232 recoveries in 24 hours
In 12,473 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 252 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
Fire destroys property worth Rs 10.9 billion in five years
It has been found that there has been a financial loss of around Rs 10 billion due to fire in the last five years in Nepal. Similarly, a total of 206 people have lost their lives to fire, 1,334 have been injured as well as 110 people have been displaced in the last five years.
All forces should unite to fight against regression: Nepal
At an interaction organised by Socialist Press Organisation here on Monday, Chair Nepal mentioned that parliament obstruction is an example of regression. The CPN (UML) has been obstructing the parliament, accusing the Speaker of not implementing the action taken by it against 14 parliamentarians, who have joined the CPN (Unified Socialist).
Nepal receives over 3 million doses of Covishield, Vero Cell vaccine
A total of 3,072,387 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Nepal on Monday. According to Dr Surendra Chaurasia, chief of the Logistic Management Section under the Department of Health Services 1,870,500 doses of Covishield have arrived from India.
Fire at Indreni Complex under control
Manohar Pokhrel, assistant inspector of police at Kathmandu police range, Baneshwor, informed that the fire that broke out in the afternoon was doused at about 4:30 pm.
COVID-19 update: 218 new cases, 263 recoveries
According to the MoHP, there are 5,525 active cases of the novel coronavirus across the country. The Ministry said that 86,593 people were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
Fire breaks out at Indreni Complex, Kathmandu
Manohar Pokhrel, assistant inspector of police, at the Kathmandu police range, Baneshwor, informed that efforts were underway to keep the fire under control. He said five fire engines were being used to douse the fire.
3,072,278 doses of Vero Cell, Covishield vaccine arriving today
A total of 3,072,278 doses vaccine comprising 1,870,500 doses of Vero Cell and 1,201,778 doses of Covishield is arriving in Nepal today.
All-party meeting urges major opposition UML to help run HoR
The all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the major opposition CPN UML to help run the parliament meeting smoothly.
Ruling parties form taskforce to discuss MCC
The taskforce comprises of senior leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) Jhalanath Khanal, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice-chairman Narayankaji Shrestha.
Vote count for NC central member under open cluster over, results to be announced soon
Keshav Rijal, a member of the NC central election committee, informed that the vote count has been over and that the results will be announced soon.
All-party meet dwells on MCC, parliament obstruction
"Political parties represented in the parliament were called for the all-party meeting to discuss the MCC and parliament obstruction. In the meeting today, there was an in-depth discussion on MCC and the parties reached an understanding to hold another meeting on the issue,"
High alert adopted against omicron variant at border transit point
High vigilance has been adopted at the Triveni customs bordering India, the District Administration Office said. Chief District Officer Manamaya Bhattarai Pangeni said high alertness along with health awareness has been adopted at the border transit in this connection.
COVID-19 update: 133 new infections, 289 recoveries in 24 hours
In 4,831 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 133 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
All-party meet begins at Baluwatar
CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal and top leaders of Janata Samajwadi Party, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha are in the meeting, added the PM's personal secretary.
Qualitative rise in electricity demand, expected to reach 2K megawatts by coming mid-July
Electricity demand capacity both in terms of megawatts and energy units is found increasing. For instance, the peak demand in the system on December 13 was 1,539 megawatts whereas the peak demand on the same day last year was 1,217 megawatts – an increase of 322 megawatts. On this basis, the peak demand for electricity has increased by 26.5 per cent this year compared to the demand on the same date last year.
