KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is holding an all-party meeting today. President Bhandari is scheduled to hold a meeting with political parties representing in the federal parliament this afternoon at 4 PM. The meeting is expected to dwell on the current political situation in the country. According to President Bhandari’s Chief Personal Secretary, Dr Bhesh […]
KATHMANDU : The government has been able to spend only one-fourth of the budget allocated for development projects in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, revealing the perennial problem of the government to spend money under capital expenditure. According to the record of the Financial Comptroller General Office, the government spent only […]
KATHMANDU: The Embassy of Israel in Nepal has donated medical equipment to three hospitals namely Bir Hospital, Patan Hospital and Dhulikhel Hospital in its effort to help Nepal fight COVID-19 and other ailments and enhance its overall healthcare amenities. According to a press release issued by the embassy, it donated anesthesia ventilators with 2 vaporizers, […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and senior leader of CNP-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal are holding a meeting at party headquarters in Dhumbarahi. PM Oli and Nepal are sitting for talks almost after four months. Following the vertical split of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) into CPN Maoist Center and CPN-UML, party leaders […]
KATHMANDU : Chemical fertilizer factory based on natural gas technology can be established and operated in Nepal, a preliminary study committee for the establishment of a chemical fertilizer factory formed under the coordination of Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel said in its report. The report mentioned that it is appropriate to set up a fertilizer […]
PAKISTAN : Amid a third wave of the coronavirus that is gripping Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, and the northern part of the country, Pakistani health and administrative authorities have imposed a partial lockdown in affected areas. Punjab authorities fined scores of marriage halls and restaurants for violating restrictions imposed again to fight the virus. Officials […]
NEW DELHI: Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan agreed to pool financing, manufacturing and distribution capacity to send 1 billion coronavirus vaccines across Asia by the end of 2022, India’s foreign secretary said on Friday. The so-called “Quad” group of four nations want to expand global vaccinations and counter China’s growing vaccination […]
BUTWAL : Chairman of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that he presented a 19-page political report in an apparent bid to revolt against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Dahal, while addressing a program organized by his party in Butwal on Friday, shared that the report was prepared and tabled to neutralize the […]
KATHMANDU: The construction of the Nagdhunga-Sisne Khola Tunnel started from three sections on December 23. The work is being carried out 24 hours a day. Naresh Man Shakya, director of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Project, said that the project has seen nine percent progress. “The construction of the tunnel is in full swing,” he said. “There […]
KATHMANDU : India’s COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing company, Serum Institute, has said that the second consignment of Covishield vaccine to Nepal will be delayed. An agreement was signed to purchase two million doses of Covishied vaccine from the Institute. However, Nepal received only one million doses on time. The Institute says that the delivery of the […]