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Government springs into action after gold smuggling report

Kathmandu, March 16 -- The report of the high-level probe commission on gold smuggling has prompted swift action from the government including the arrest of Dipesh Pun, son of former Vice President Na... Read More


Government short of Rs25 billion to pay pensions

Kathmandu, March 7 -- The Pension Management Office has sought an additional Rs25 billion from the finance ministry as the allocated budget will not be enough to pay the retired government employees s... Read More


Bill proposes retirement age of 60 citing longer lifespans

Kathmandu, March 6 -- After maintaining a 58-year retirement age for three decades, the government has proposed reverting to the earlier retirement age of 60 years, citing increased life expectancy. ... Read More


Nepal and China to renew talks on cross-border transmission lines

Kathmandu, March 3 -- Building a pair of Nepal-China cross-border transmission lines will again be on the agenda of a bilateral Joint Working Group meeting scheduled for later this month, two official... Read More


Nepal proposes Team of Experts' term extension to finalise Pancheshwar DPR

Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Nepal has proposed a two-month tenure extension for the Team of Experts under the Governing Body of Pancheshwar Development Authority as its term ended in early January. The sec... Read More


Pork barrel fund idle as officials struggle to fund quake relief

Kathmandu, Feb. 24 -- The government is yet to disburse the budget allocated for the controversial Constituency Infrastructure Development Programme to the victims of last November's earthquake that h... Read More


Joint venture hydel licensing without bidding draws flak

Kathmandu, Feb. 18 -- A provision in the electricity bill allowing the government to grant a licence without competition to any joint venture entity between Nepal and foreign government entities to de... Read More


Clarity sought on 'policy decisions' as ex-ministers cleared in land scam

Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- The Special Court verdict on the Lalita Niwas land grab scam acquitting former ministers on the grounds that they were part of the government's undefined 'policy decisions' has o... Read More


India denies Nepal joint venture to build cross-border grids on its territory

Kathmandu, Feb. 11 -- India doesn't want to involve Nepal in building two new cross-border transmission lines on its territory unlike what the two countries are doing in the Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross Bor... Read More


Electricity trade deal with India divides stakeholders in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb. 4 -- A legal challenge against the long-term power trade agreement signed between Nepal and India has raised questions about whether the deal is really motivated by national interest o... Read More