SOCIETY
Municipal waste management project to promote cleaner cities and create 1,500 jobs
Municipal waste management project to promote cleaner cities...
KATHMANDU, July 27: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and five municipalities across the country have launched a joint initiative to improve the municipal waste management system. The venture will create 1,500 green jobs for the most vulnerable groups, and especially women from the sel...
Jul 27, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Vaccination centers in India to administer vaccines to Nepalis
Vaccination centers in India to administer vaccines to Nepal...
BIRGUNJ, July 27: Nepali citizens will have to show their citizenship card, passport, or any official card to receive the vaccine. The vaccine will be administered to people above the age of 18.
Jul 27, 2021
ECONOMY
People below poverty line should be given free electricity: Energy Minister Bhusal
People below poverty line should be given free electricity:...
KATHMANDU, July 27: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal said that the government is preparing to bring a policy to provide special facilities to the people living below the poverty line.
Jul 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Dolma Impact Fund II qualifies for 2X Challenge and seeks gender-lens investments in Nepal
Dolma Impact Fund II qualifies for 2X Challenge and seeks ge...
KATHMANDU, July 27: Dolma Impact Fund II (Dolma II) has qualified for 2X Challenge with its first close of US dollars 40 million on May 6 and Dolma Impact Fund I’s performance on gender equality.
Jul 27, 2021
POLITICS
NC office-bearers’ meeting underway in Budhanilkantha to discuss 14th general convention s...
NC office-bearers’ meeting underway in Budhanilkantha to dis...
KATHMANDU, July 27: The meeting of Nepali Congress (NC) office bearers has started at the residence of party president Sher Bahadur Deuba in Budhanilkantha.
Jul 27, 2021
SPORTS
Storm buffets venues but Tokyo Games go on
Storm buffets venues but Tokyo Games go on
TOKYO, July 27: Wind and rain buffeted the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, causing delays to competition and event rescheduling, but stopping short of battering the host city as initially feared.
Jul 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Provisions of Public Procurement Act hindering pace of development: Finance Minister Sharm...
Provisions of Public Procurement Act hindering pace of devel...
KATHMANDU, July 27: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said that the existing provisions of the Public Procurement Act are obstacles to expedite the pace of development works.
Jul 27, 2021
SOCIETY
Health Ministry directs provinces to ensure oxygen-filled cylinders as third wave is predi...
Health Ministry directs provinces to ensure oxygen-filled cy...
KATHMANDU, July 27: The Ministry of Health and Population has directed the Social Development Ministry in all seven provinces to ensure the management of at least 1,000 oxygen-filled cylinders.
Jul 27, 2021
WORLD
At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast -U.N.
At least 57 migrants die in shipwreck off Libyan coast -U.N.
GENEVA, July 27: At least 57 people drowned on Monday after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums, the latest tragedy in the central Mediterranean, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Jul 27, 2021
ECONOMY
Cooperatives and insurance businesses are now under the ambit of anti-money laundering law
Cooperatives and insurance businesses are now under the ambi...
KATHMANDU, July 27: Insurance businesses and cooperatives with larger transactions are now required to abide by the anti-money laundering (AML) system as the regulators of these sectors have asked these businesses to come within the framework from the fiscal year 2021/22.
Jul 27, 2021