BHUWAN SHARMA

“Only around 33,000 passports are left in stock. It will last for about a week. After that, our stock will run out,” the official said.

The government currently has 71 sanctioned secretary positions. According to sources, preparations are underway to reduce that number by 10. If implemented, the total number of secretary posts will fall to 61, bringing it almost on par with the 57 externally appointed secretary-level advisers.

The authority projects that around 51,000 households could be impacted during the monsoon season, with between 1,000 and 4,000 families likely to face direct consequences from floods, landslides and other weather-related disasters.

Currently, government agencies spend more than Rs 20 billion every year purchasing software from private companies. The PMO estimates that the cost could drop to around Rs 2 billion if the government develops software internally.

While nearly half of those commitments are still pending, the government has shown some encouraging signs on good governance. At the same time, several of its decisions have sparked criticism.

Summit is headed by Rahul Chaudhary, son of businessman and Nepali Congress leader Binod Chaudhary. The building code was amended when Ram Kumari Jhakri served as urban development minister in the Sher Bahadur Deuba government.  

According to Sudan Shrestha, spokesperson for the National Book Archive (Nijamati Kitabkhana), 50 civil servants resigned between June 15 and June 21. The resignations include officials at the joint secretary level. Resignations of five joint secretaries have already been approved, while the resigna...

The budget will be used for river control in the Kathmandu Valley, improvements to sewerage systems, development of greenery in cleared squatter areas, and expansion of parks and corridors.

What Is the CIAA Investigating?

13,000 employees would retire under the proposed provision, creating widespread vacancies across the civil service