Bhuwan Sharma

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Forest Ministry is empty as key officials are either on foreign tour or are retired

Published On: December 10, 2022 01:30 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Currently, there is no departmental minister and forest secretary at the Ministry of Forests. Similarly, the head of three divisions at the ministry are currently on a foreign tour. This has left the forest ministry vacant at present.

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Janamat Party and LSP ready to form alliance for coalition government

Published On: December 2, 2022 10:30 AM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The Tarai Madhesh-centered Janamat Party and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) are ready to join the new coalition government under the leadership of the current ruling coalition.

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Marwadi Sewa Samiti protests against dozer operation at Pashupati Gaushala Dharamshala

Published On: November 27, 2022 10:45 AM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has tried to demolish the Dharamshala, Dialysis Center and cow shed operated by Marwadi Sewa Samiti in Pashupati, Gaushala.

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EC directs Urban Development Ministry to cancel programs worth Rs 3.5 billion citing election code of conduct

Published On: November 26, 2022 10:40 AM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Four days after the election, the Election Commission (EC) has directed the ministry concerned to cancel 54 multi-year programs of Bagmati reform, integrated settlement development, new cities, compact cities and Kathmandu Valley development worth 3.4 billion rupees approved by the Ministry of Urban Development.

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Land plotting reduced by 90 percent as real estate business experiences recession

Published On: October 22, 2022 12:50 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: The real estate business has come to a standstill across the country with the government's decision to classify land. According to the Department of Land Management and Archive, new land plotting have also decreased by about 90 percent in the last three months.

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JSP signals exit from ruling coalition

Published On: October 2, 2022 12:35 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: The Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) has indicated that it will leave the ruling five-party coalition.A JSP executive committee meeting held on Saturday indicated that it will leave the alliance. The meeting said that the current discussion regarding seat distribution for the upcoming election is not satisfactory and has decided to coordinate with other parties as an alternative to the alliance, and if that is not possible, will contest the election alone.

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Govt employees being transferred haphazardly

Published On: September 30, 2022 04:45 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: In the run-up to the election, government employees have been transferred haphazardly. Since the election code of conduct has come into effect from Wednesday, a joint secretary has been transferred to the Ministry of Urban Development, keeping the date of Tuesday. Some employees have been transferred the day after their first attendance.

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Four federal ministers and three secretaries on foreign junkets

Published On: September 29, 2022 03:05 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Four ministers and three secretaries of the federal government are currently abroad. Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Paudel, who went on a week-long foreign tour, returned home on Wednesday evening.

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Govt’s efforts for transparent real estate sector stalled

Published On: September 19, 2022 01:30 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: The government's preparations to make real estate transactions transparent and orderly through companies have come to a standstill with the end of the term of the House of Representatives.

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Forest Minister Yadav demotes Director General to Deputy Director General “against the system”

Published On: September 15, 2022 03:00 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Going against the system and tradition of the bureaucracy, Forest Minister Pradeep Yadav has demoted a Director General to the post of Deputy Director General.

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EC demands 250,000 employees for elections

Published On: September 11, 2022 12:37 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The Election Commission (EC) has requested the government to make available 250,000 employees to successfully hold the elections to the House of Representatives and the provincial assemblies scheduled for November 20.

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Why have PM Deuba and his ministers not disclosed their property details?

Published On: September 6, 2022 12:31 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Even after 14 months of the formation of the Prime Minister (PM) Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government, neither the prime minister nor his ministers have disclosed their property details. Nine ministers of the Deuba government have left without publicizing their property details.

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400 engineers protest against Cabinet decision

Published On: August 28, 2022 04:00 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 28: About 400 engineers under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) have been protesting for a week demanding that a decision made by the Council of Ministers not be implemented.

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'Will you bring LSP in the alliance?' Thakur asks PM Deuba

Published On: August 19, 2022 11:41 AM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 19: Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) Chairman Mahantha Thakur has urged Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba to give a clear answer immediately whether he plans to bring LSP into the ruling five-party electoral alliance.

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Urban Development Department sees four different DGs within a year

Published On: August 12, 2022 04:07 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 12: The Ministry of Urban Development has changed the Director General (DG) of the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) four times within a year.

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Urban development department has 600 daily-wage and temporary employees!

Published On: August 9, 2022 02:23 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 9: It has been found that around 600 daily-wage and temporary employees on contract are working at a single public office under the federal government at a time when the provincial and local governments are facing an acute shortage of manpower. That government office is none other than the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) located at Babarmahal.

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Deuba asks Thakur to join ruling alliance, govt

Published On: August 8, 2022 12:34 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 8: Nepali Congress (NC) President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has asked Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) Chairman Mahanta Thakur to join the ruling coalition for the elections to the provincial assemblies and House of Representatives slated for November 20. PM Deuba made such a proposal to top leaders including LSP Chairman Thakur. LSP leaders along with Thakur had reached Baluwatar on Sunday to talk to Prime Minister Deuba.

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Why do DGs and secretaries change when ministers change?

Published On: August 7, 2022 03:00 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, August 7: There is a tendency to change secretaries and directors general in the departments concerned as soon as the minister changes or there is change in the government. While ministers change at short notice, they are also quick to change top-level government staff, which have weakened the performance of the ministries.

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EVs with govt number plates will be allowed to run even during holidays

Published On: July 10, 2022 01:05 PM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

KATHMANDU, July 10: The government is going to make an arrangement that electric vehicles (EVs) with government number plates will be allowed to run even on public holidays.

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JSP row: Bhattarai and Yadav agree to part ways amicably

Published On: July 1, 2022 11:56 AM NPT By: Bhuwan Sharma

In the one-on-one talks between Bhattarai and Yadav, the two agreed to go their separate ways by resolving disputes within the party.

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