On Thursday, Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Yadav Koirala got transferred to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development
Power-surplus Nepal hopes to earn $100 million from electricity exports to India
From Thursday this week, Nepal started selling electricity, around 37 MW to Indian buyers, Nepal Electricity Corporation spokesperson Suresh Bhattarai confirmed to The Kathmandu Post. More bids are invited to sell 200 MW in India’s power exchange market on a long-term basis.
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Nepal's Health Ministry slashes two-thirds budget for treatment of non-communicable diseases
Two out of three deaths in Nepal are blamed on non-communicable diseases, but the Ministry of Health and Population has cut the budget by around two thirds this year meant for medicines used to treat non-communicable diseases free of cost compared to the funds allocated last fiscal year
4,392 fresh infections take Nepal’s COVID-19 tally to 126,137 on Friday
Nepal registered 4,392 additional coronavirus infection cases on Friday, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 126,137
Nepal PM Oli reshuffles cabinet, Bishnu Paudel gets finance portfolio
Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma has reshuffled his cabinet and has added three new ministers to the council of ministers
1 in 5 Nepal families lack food
Results of a new survey shows that although most Nepali families have more food than at the beginning of the lockdown, one in every five households still does not have enough food
Ruling NCP leaders term cabinet reshuffle an example of PM Oli’s unilateral approach
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reshuffled his cabinet without seeking the consent of co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal and without discussing the issue at the party Secretariat meeting
In Oli administration, ministers don't even know of many cabinet decisions
On Tuesday, when Nepal's Minister for Land Reforms and Cooperatives Padma Aryal was asked whether Monday’s cabinet meeting had discussed reopening the country for tourists from October 17, as it had been decided at an earlier meeting, she said “no idea”
Nepal’s COVID-19 tally advances to 121,745 with 3749 fresh infections
Nepal registered 3749 additional coronavirus infection cases on Thursday, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 121,745
Nepal's Supreme Court orders government to ensure free tests, treatment of coronavirus
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to conduct PCR test of all people who want to undergo the test free of cost
With a cabinet rejig, Nepal PM Oli sows seeds of conflict in the ruling party
Despite promises that a reshuffle in the Oli administration will be “based on merit, system and performance”, the prime minister on Wednesday effected a minor rejig in his Cabinet which smacked of internal political manoeuvrings
Students in Nepal to be promoted without conducting regular examinations
School students will not need to take the usual examinations this academic year to be promoted to the higher grade
Nepal directs cable TV operators to air foreign channels without advertisements
The government has directed distributors of foreign television channels to broadcast them in Nepal without advertisements from October 24, warning of legal action against those who fail to comply
Government working to minimise disaster risk, says Nepal PM Oli
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said the Government of Nepal had been working with specified mission, objective, policies and action plans in the sector of disaster risk reduction and management
Public vehicles allowed to run at full capacity in Nepal
Public vehicles in Nepal will be allowed to carry passengers at full capacity from now onward. The decision to this effect was taken in the Cabinet meeting held yesterday
Parentless children in Nepal to get monthly allowance of Rs 2,000 per person
Local levels have started collecting details to provide Rs 2,000 each in allowance to parentless children per month.
