KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has initiated a plan to issue commemorative coins representing all seven provinces, each valued up to Rs 4,000. Thaneshwor Acharya, Head of the Mint Division within the Currency Management Department of NRB, said the process of coin issuance has started.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The Socialist Front has started an initiative to establish its presence across all seven provinces. This decision was taken by the Front meeting held this morning.

KATHMANDU, June 17: All the seven provinces in the country on Friday announced a total budget of Rs 279.59 billion for the fiscal year 2023/24.

KATHMANDU, May 17: Bagmati Province is projected to achieve the least economic growth rate in the current fiscal year.

7 Provinces but No Woman CM!

January 15, 2023 08:00 am

It is a huge irony that none of the chief ministers (CMs) elected in the seven provinces of the country over the past couple of days are women. Women make more than half of Nepal’s population and the Constitution of Nepal 2015 has a provision for mandatory 33 percent women’s participation in all state organs. But the implementation of this constitutional provision has been challenged ever since it was made. It would be a matter of some consolation even if at least one of the seven CMs were a woman.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Chief ministers have been appointed in all seven provinces as per the power-sharing deal reached among the ruling CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Janamat Party.

KATHMANDU, June 15: All the seven provinces in the country are announcing their budgets for fiscal year 2022/23 on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has started to prepare for the establishment of government medical colleges in all seven provinces of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: The Provincial Convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party has concluded in all the seven provinces. The convention began on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has sent 5,000 units of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits each to the seven provinces of the country.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: The government has intensified promotion of Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign in various countries following official launch of the yearlong tourism campaign on January 1. The campaign was inaugurated in all seven provinces simultaneously.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: As part of the government policy of opening at least 10 industrial villages each in all seven provinces of the country, the Ministry of Industry Commerce and Supplies has requested all local units to propose to it potential sites that could be developed into industrial villages.

Welcome to Nepal

January 2, 2020 09:05 am

The Visit Nepal 2020 campaign has officially begun. Amid the grand celebration in Kathmandu and several places of seven provinces, the program was inaugurated on Wednesday with great fanfare and rejoicing. There have been commitments from all sides to make VNY 2020 a grand success.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Nepal Telecom (NT) has rolled out 4G service in 36 districts of the country. Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli launched Nepal Telecom's nationwide 4G/LTE network amid a function ceremony held in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Though 4G service has been available for NT users in the Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara, the government-owned telecommunication company has expanded the high-speed data service to 59 more cities of 36 districts of all seven provinces.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: With the rising number of electric vehicles on the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to instal 50 charging stations for electric vehicles across all seven provinces within a year and a half.

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Nearly two years have passed since the provincial assemblies convened their first meetings but four of the seven provinces are still unable to fix their capitals and names.

Gaijatra show now in seven provinces

August 8, 2019 17:20 pm

Gaijatra special show which was only showcased in Kathmandu on the occasion of annual festival Gaijatra, is now expanding across the nation.

KATHMANDU, June 4: The Investment Board of Nepal has given nod for a feasibility study to set up solar energy projects in all seven provinces of the country with combined capacity of 550 MW.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Provincial governments have started blaming the center for lack of support after the seven provinces started bearing the brunt of public ire for failing to bring a marked difference in the lives of commoners within the first year of their tenure. All the provincial governments celebrated their first anniversary this month with little to boast in their progress report. Chief ministers have cited formulation of new laws as their major achievements, something they claim have laid the foundation for smooth functioning of the provincial governments.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The Ministry of Health and Population has planned to expand free dialysis in 16 districts representing the seven provinces.

RAJBIRAJ, Dec 17: Among the seven provinces formed after the country embraced the new federal setup, Province 2, which has eight tarai districts, can be considered backward in many aspects.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Chief ministers of all seven provinces have arrived in Kathmandu to attend the first inter-provincial council meeting to be held on Sunday at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The chief ministers have a bundle of complaints against the federal government.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: A preliminary draft of the statute of main opposition Nepali Congress is to be reached out to all seven provinces seeking inputs from the ground.

Traffic office in every province

September 17, 2018 11:15 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Bearing in mind the growing inflow of vehicles in the country and its subsequent affects on traffic, the Nepal Police has set up traffic offices in all seven provinces.