Kathmandu: Nepal is set to receive a substantial grant of approximately Rs five billion aimed at reducing the water levels in four glacial lakes at risk of flooding within the country. The initiative, designed to mitigate glacial lake outburst floods
Kathmandu: The National Assembly has unanimously passed a proposal seeking endorsement of the ‘Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts, 2080’, which was received with a message from the House of Representatives. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affai…
Seville: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has highlighted the predicament of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) being caught in a shrinking fiscal space due to unsustainable debt levels. He lamented that more resources are being allocated to debt repayments…
Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, has asserted that strengthening Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is essential for the development of the entire aviation sector. At a program organized on the occasion o…
Seville: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has highlighted the ongoing public health crisis posed by waterborne diseases and the urgent need to accelerate progress towards universal Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) coverage by 2030. Addressing a side …
Kathmandu: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC)’s Central Committee (CC) meeting, which commenced last Monday, continued for its second day, with active participation from its members. So far, 35 CC members have expressed their views on a range of agendas,…
Kathmandu: No sooner had the lower house of the federal parliament, House of Representatives, passed the Civil Service Bill with a provision of a 2-year cooling-off period after a year plus intense debates than it created furor in the wake
Kathmandu: Freedom of expression is a fundamental pillar of democracy. The very preamble of Nepal’s constitution 2015 has finely mentioned ‘full freedom of press’, thereby encouraging an atmosphere for the free flow of information and journalists’ rig…
