VALLEY POLLUTION INDEX
Valley Pollution levels for 26 February, 2018
Valley Pollution levels for 26 February, 2018
Valley Pollution levels for 26 February, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
POLITICS
Challenges galore for new home minister
Challenges galore for new home minister
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Although senior leader of Maoist Center Ram Bahadur Thapa successfully mobilized the party’s armed wing during the Maoist insurgency, the Home Ministry portfolio he assumed on Monday is not going to be any cakewalk . The two main challenges before him include restructuring the...
Feb 27, 2018
POLITICS
FSFN sticks to its guns, demands amendment
FSFN sticks to its guns, demands amendment
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) Chairman Upendra Yadav has declined an offer from the ruling alliance to join the government citing the need of prior commitment, in writing, to amend the constitution.
Feb 27, 2018
POLITICS
Provincial governments struggle to expand cabinet
Provincial governments struggle to expand cabinet
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Most of the provincial governments are still struggling to expand their council of ministers to give full shape to the provincial governments even after getting chief ministers
Feb 27, 2018
ECONOMY
Technocrat Khatiwada heads finance ministry
Technocrat Khatiwada heads finance ministry
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Prime Minister KP Oli has chosen Yuba Raj Khatiwada, a monetary economist, as the Minister for Finance and Policy, overlooking other senior leaders of his own party to lead a crucial ministry that is responsible for maintaining both micro and macroeconomic stability in the country...
Feb 27, 2018
Republica Watch
Need to pay for free drugs for 90 more days
Need to pay for free drugs for 90 more days
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Patients visiting government health facilities in all 77 districts are going to be deprived of essential medicines for at least the next three months as the government has failed to purchase and supply the drugs meant to be distributed free of cost.
Feb 27, 2018
POLITICS
Govt for giving voluntary retirement only to needy officials
Govt for giving voluntary retirement only to needy officials
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The newly-formed government led by KP Sharma Oli is mulling to revise the voluntary retirement scheme announced by the erstwhile government for civil servants for over fifty years.
Feb 27, 2018
ECONOMY
Majority of local bodies still to hire IT officers
Majority of local bodies still to hire IT officers
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Many local bodies across the country are still to recruit Information Technology (IT) officers even though it has already been three months since the government directed them to hire technical hands.
Feb 27, 2018
ECONOMY
Matrika Yadav is new industry minister
Matrika Yadav is new industry minister
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has appointed Matrika Yadav as the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies. Yadav is a standing committee member of CPN (Maoist Center).
Feb 27, 2018
ECONOMY
Development projects suffer from negligence of contractors
Development projects suffer from negligence of contractors
BUTWAL, Feb 27: Negligence of construction companies has affected several development projects across the country.
Feb 27, 2018