KATHMANDU, July 30: Hamro Samman Project under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined hand with its development partners and private sectors to counter trafficking in persons in Nepal.

KATMANDU, July 30: The government's decision to grant affiliation to seven private agricultural colleges and a forestry college has drawn criticism from various quarters including the ruling parties.

KATHMANDU, July 13: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) introduced Monetary Policy for Fiscal Year 2018/19 in Kathmandu on Wednesday.  The monetary policy unveiled a week before the new fiscal year begins has drawn positive responses from bankers, business leaders and economic analysts, as it focuses on reining in the runaway interest rates that has dampened confidence of the private sector which was increasingly finding credit from the banking industry unaffordable.

KATHMANDU, July 8: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has reaffirmed his commitment to work with the private sector for bringing economic prosperity to the country.

KATHMANDU, July 7: The private schools have been charging admission fees for grade 11 against the rules. The schools are reportedly charging Rs 20,000 to 35,000 as admission fees in Grade 11. The Education Act 2017 has categorized Grade 0 to 12 as school education. Once the student is enrolled in a class of a school, the student doesn't have to pay admission fees till Grade 12 in the same school.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Private medical colleges under Tribhuvan University have breached the rules by charging additional fees which exceed the ceiling set by the government.

KATHMANDU, Mar 13: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav, has urged Nepali private sector to focus on increasing production capacity rather than holding a discussion on increasing exports.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: After leaving aspiring MBBS students guessing for more than two months, Tribhuvan University is all set to decide the allocation of MBBS seats for private medical colleges under the Institute of Medicine ((IOM) within a week.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26:  Life-saving drugs supplied to the health facilities and to the market by both the government and the private sector have been found substandard and a danger to public health.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18:  Tribhuvan University (TU) has said it is "quite dissatisfied" with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Nepal Medical Council (NMC) for slashing MBBS seats at private medical colleges.

KATHMANDU, August 15: The government has formed a high-level committee that will recommend the procedures to procure private medical colleges including Manmohan Medical College

KATHMANDU, July 21: The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) held its 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kathmandu on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 20: Private sector leaders have said that the monetary policy for the coming fiscal year 2017/18 should address the current problem of high interest rates and shortage of lendable funds in the banking system.

KATHMANDU, June 2: Power purchase agreement has been signed between Nepal Electricity Authority and Siuri Power Pvt Ltd, promoter of Super Nyadi Hydropower Project, on Friday.

KATHMANDU, May 19: From May 10th to 13th, Hyundai Motor Company’s Head of Subsidiaries and Distributors from all over the world gathered in South Korea for 2017 Global Distributors Convention.

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KATHMANDU, May 9: Lemon Pvt Ltd has said that it has won a total of six awards at the RMAI Flame Awards Asia 2017.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Ministry of Education (MoE) has directed the Department of Education and the district education offices to monitor fee hikes in private schools and take stringent action against the violators.

KATHMANDU, April 18: The Ministry of Industry is preparing to set up a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund and operationalize it in coordination with the private sector.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Disregarding a Supreme Court (SC) directive to private schools not to increase their fees before a lapse of three years, the schools have increased the fees by up to 60 percent.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma has said that the government machinery should shed its dillydallying working style citing policy and procedure, while the private sector should give up its 'profit-only' mindset for infrastructure development.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The health workers and staffers working for the government must take permission by March 13 if they want to work in the private hospitals, clinics, firms and organizations.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The government and private hospitals have agreed to provide 10 percent of beds free of cost to the poor and helpless people from December 16. Nursing homes, clinics, community hospitals, non-government hospitals and private medical colleges will provide this facility to the needy.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Private schools have challenged the government to implement its rules for the restructuring of school fees. They have demanded that the government allow them to determine the fees at their respective schools.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Dairy producers in Pokhara have expressed dissatisfaction over the attempt of state-owned Dairy Development Committee (DDC) to make investment in the lake city.