BHUWAN SHARMA

The commitment was made through the endorsement of the Land-Related (Twenty-First Amendment) Regulations.

The government has transferred 10 secretaries in a major administrative reshuffle following the reduction in the number of ministries, resulting in a concentration of top bureaucrats at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), where the total number of secretaries has now reached ten.  

A government proposal to retire civil servants at 55 or after 30 years of service has triggered concern across Nepal’s bureaucracy. 

In the absence of a dedicated legal framework, authorities are still relying on general transport regulations to manage road safety concerns ranging from speed control to traffic enforcement.

Officials confirmed that the controversy stemmed from the message Puskar sent to the prime minister seeking clarification on whether he could apply for an ambassadorial position.

As per the commission’s Terms of Reference, the authority to investigate the assets of first-time MPs and ministers, the judiciary, the Nepali Army, and officials of constitutional bodies falls entirely outside its jurisdiction.

Of the total workforce under the Nepal Health Service, 54.7 percent are women, compared to 45.3 percent men, with 4,518 employees currently serving across the country.

Experts argue that in a country like Nepal, where public holidays are already abundant, a two-day weekend is largely impractical and disruptive to public service delivery.

The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction is working round the clock to make the main hall of the new Parliament building ready for the budget session. Currently, parliamentary meetings are being held in an alternative hall due to incomplete construction work.

The budget for the Fast Track is routed through the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. According to ministry sources, overall physical progress on the project currently stands at around 46 percent.The dispute over the starting point of the Fast Track still remains unresolved. The sec...