- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) paid as high as Rs 16 per unit to import electricity from India to meet the energy demand in the dry season this year.
- by Tapendra Karki
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: It has been found that the Department of Revenue Investigation (DoRI) kept Naresh Agarwal, a garment merchant who was arrested for his involvement in Hundi transaction, in Alka Hospital for 24 days.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Meteorological Forecast Division (MFD) under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecast the possibility of light snowfall at some places of Koshi and Gandaki provinces today. Currently, Nepal is experiencing a partial influence of westerly winds, as reported by the MFD.
- by Dilip Paudel
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The government is preparing to extend the contracts of projects that have failed to complete the work on time. The government has approved the 13th amendment to the Public Procurement Regulation, 2080, and has legally opened the way to extend the deadline for projects that contractors have not completed on time. The government reportedly amended the regulations under pressure from construction entrepreneurs.
- by Mohan Nepali
A number of economic scandals, being continuously exposed one after another in recent years, have raised grave questions about the moral fabric of Nepal’s democracy. As most of the already unfolded scandals have been found to be treated with an undesirable degree of superficiality, the moral crisis in the Nepali political spectrum is getting further deepened.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is preparing to register a case related to the Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS) in the Special Court soon.
- by Enika Rai
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: Nepal's tourism sector could experience growth by attracting a percentage of tourists from neighboring India and China.
- by Republica
Nepal, like the other countries in South Asia, is notorious for pay disparity based on gender. In a comprehensive report published in 2019, the then Central Bureau of Statistics (now National Statistics Office) said the pay disparity between men and women in Nepal was around 30 percent.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured that the government was seriously working towards addressing the problems of the victims of usury, microfinance and cooperatives.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Minister for Forests and Environment, Birendra Prasad Mahato, has said that the government is committed to protecting the achievements made by various government agencies in environmental conservation.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The government has declared the local units hit by the earthquake on November 3, 2023 as crisis-affected zones. The quake has its epicenter in Jajarkot district.
- by RSS
BIRATNAGAR, Feb 28: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that those holding public positions, who are charged of corruption, should assist in the probe by resigning from their posts.
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- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The ruling CPN (Maoist Center) has assigned its leaders with the responsibilities to carry out the party's jobs in the provinces.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Wednesday slipped marginally by 0.87 points to close at 2,000.77 points.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has directed the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to expedite investigations into major corruption cases.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Nepal Olympic Committee officials bade farewell to a six-member ski team to China on Tuesday.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat will visit the USA in March.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that the government is prioritizing the implementation of instructions given from both the house of the federal parliament and the parliamentary committees.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The government has opened applications for the post of chairman of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON). The Ministry of Finance issued a public notice and requested applications from eligible Nepali citizens for the post of SEBON chairman.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Rajendra Mahato, who abandoned the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party and announced the Rastriya Mukti Andolan, was chased away by the police after he tried to breach prohibitory orders and enter a restricted area in the capital.