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IPPAN seeks special status for flood-hit hydropower projects with exclusive package

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- The Independent Power Producers' Association of Nepal (IPPAN) has urged the government to declare hydropower projects affected by the August 26 flood in the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corr... Read More


Japanese, Nepali firms sign MoU to train Nepali drivers for Japan

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Japanese and Nepali organisations signed a memorandum of understanding in Kathmandu on Wednesday to train and recruit Nepali drivers for Japan's automobile transportation sector und... Read More


Govt caps cooperatives' lending interest rate at 13 pc, down from 16 pc

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- The government has capped interest rates charged by cooperatives on their loan at 13 percent effective from Thursday. The Office of the Cooperatives Registrar (OCR) under the Minis... Read More


CoAS Sigdel calls on Chinese Defense Minister

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashok Raj Sigdel paid a courtesy call on Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun on Thursday during his ongoing official visit to the People's R... Read More


CIAA submits annual report before President Paudel

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- The annual report of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for the fiscal year 2082/83 has been presented before President Ramchandra Paudel. At a programme... Read More


Speaker Aryal asks govt to resolve land ceiling issues

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal has urged the government to resolve the problems related to land ceiling at the earliest. Inaugurating the '9th Nepal Real Estate and Construction Exhibiti... Read More


Lawmaker urges govt to deliver relief supplies stranded at airport

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Yagya Mani Neupane has drawn the government's attention to relief supplies intended for flood victims that have been left stranded at Tribhuv... Read More


UML directs party committees to organize Constitution Day programs

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- The CPN-UML has directed all its subordinate committees to organize creative programs to mark Constitution Day this year. UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel sent formal letters... Read More


Dr Shekhar Koirala urges NC to prevent split, seek middle ground

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Nepali Congress (NC) leader Shekhar Koirala has urged the party to prevent further division and seek a moderate and pragmatic consensus to resolve its internal differences. In a pr... Read More


No consensus on parliamentary panel to study Bhotekoshi disaster

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- Political parties have failed to reach an agreement on the terms of reference (ToR), composition and tenure of a proposed parliamentary special committee to study the disaster and c... Read More