Tapendra Karki

The Health Ministry had earlier submitted the O&M report to the Ministry of Federal Affairs, which forwarded it to the Finance Ministry. But due to budget limitations, the proposal was rejected and returned to the Health Ministry for reconsideration.

Under the original bill, civil servants retiring from the federal civil service would have been barred from holding constitutional positions for two years. The revised language nullifies this, contradicting what many lawmakers believed they were voting for.

The government has assigned the responsibility of investigating the misuse of visit visas to a committee headed by a former bureaucrat. At a time when opposition parties themselves are divided over the visit visa scandal, the government has formed an investigation committee led by the former adminis...

Since being appointed Prime Minister on June 29 last year, Oli has made a continuous effort to visit India. However, due to a lack of interest from the Indian side, his visit to Delhi has not happened. From December 2 to 14, PM Oli paid an official visit to northern neighbor China.

Roka, who was arrested in connection to the high-profile smuggling case, was granted release by both the court and the police. The Kathmandu District Court ordered her release on a bail of Rs 200,000. Shortly after, she was also released by the police's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) under gener...

According to a source at Police Headquarters, the intended purchase includes 9 mm pistols and shotguns. It is notable that lethal weapons have not been procured for the Nepal Police in recent years. Now, however, preparations are underway to acquire them—without any formal study on whether suc...

It has been observed that Ganesh Datt Ojha, an official working in the Administration Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs and closely associated with a member of Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak’s secretariat, had such contact with Bhattarai, the then Chief of the Immigration Office at Tribhuv...

Since Upper Mustang is a semi-restricted area, foreigners are required to pay $500 to get an entry permit for 10 days. Chinese officials have proposed to review this provision, according to Nepali officials.

Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari has held a meeting with CPN (UML) Chairperson and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and expressed her desire to become active in party politics. 

Widespread irregularities amounting to nearly Rs 90 million have been alleged in the distribution of social security allowances in Ward No. 9 of Janaki Rural Municipality, Kailali.