KATHMANDU, June 6: The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has pointed out that the budget allocated for the Constituency Development Programme (CDP) was being diverted to programmes other than those mentioned in the guidelines. Government started providing Rs 10 million to each directly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the CDP since 2071/072 BS. The amount was hiked to Rs 10.5 million in 2072/073.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, June 6: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the government has prioritised job creation at home. Inaugurating the 23rd National Convention of the Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries (FNCSI) and the 20th women entrepreneurs' conference here today, PM Oli asserted that the government's policies and programmes as well as the budget were centred on creating employment opportunities within the country itself.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, June 6: Preparations are underway to airlift Minister for Population and Environment, Bishwendra Paswan to New Delhi, India for further treatment.
ITAHARI, June 6: Minister for Land Reform and Management Ram Kumar Subba today said that technical manpower of the country working to protect the public property and people should refrain from doing anything wrong that defamed the country. Inaugurating the eastern regional workshop organised by the district office of the Survey Department in Itahari in Sunsari, the minister informed that records of only 35 percent of the total land of the country were available.
- by IANS
The accounts of Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder and CEO of social media giant Facebook, on Twitter and Pinterest were compromised over the weekend, a media report said.
- by Republica
POKHARA, June 6: Chairman of UCPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday said that a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ on a change in the government will come into effect after endorsement of the budget.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, June 5: Health condition of veteran musician Amber Gurung is critical but stable. Gurung, has long been ailing from diabetes, high blood pressure and Parkinson's disease, is receiving treatment at Grande Hospital for the past few days.
- by Republica
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, June 6: A fire broke out at an army camp near Sri Lanka's capital, setting off explosions and killing one soldier before the flames were put out, officials said Monday.
Rafa Marquez and Hector Herrera scored late goals to lift Mexico over Uruguay 3-1 in an opening-round
- by Ngaire Woods
Many suspect that the rich are getting richer because they are not held to the same rules as everyone else
Speaking on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Sunday, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli pointed out how it is tricky for an underdeveloped country like Nepal to strike a balance between development and environment conservation.
- by Mithilesh Yadav
MIRCHAIYA (SIRAHA), June 6: Majhau village is located close to Mirchaiya, an emerging business hub in Siraha district. Recently, the village was merged with Mirchaiya Municipality. Becoming part of a municipality has not changed the face of the erstwhile village.
- by Associated Press
Novak Djokovic became the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned an elusive French Open title.
- by Ashok Dahal
Nine to be converted into high court benches KATHMANDU, June 6: The government has registered a bill at the Parliament Secretariat to replace the existing 16 appellate courts with seven high courts, in accordance with provisions of the new Constitution.
Swayambhu Club on Sunday beat Sanepa Club 1-0 to climb to the third position in Group A.
- by David Kainee
Oli's government neither talks with Madheshi parties nor is it keen on improving Nepal's strained relations with India
- by Associated Press
Mexico might have its best team ever to compete in the Copa America, and its opening game will be against a Uruguay team without its best player.
- by Dipesh Shrestha
We arrived Gosaikunda on our second day of the trip from Kathmandu. The six-hour drive from Kathmandu to Gosaikunda via bus had exhausted us completely. However, pain that we endured all along our journey was gone away once we reached to Gosaikunda.
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KATHMANDU, June 5: Water vapour-rich winds rising from the Bay of Bengal and local winds caused rainfalls that continues in various parts of the country for the past few days, said the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD). The MFD said that as a result of this, there is a weather change across various parts of the country today and some parts of eastern, western and mid western regions received rainfalls.
- by Santosh Pokharel
POKHARA, June 5: The Ministry for Finance and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) on Sunday signed an agreement on loan for the construction of a regional international airport in the lake city.