Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the government is committed to taking the peace process to a logical conclusion as well as concluding the remaining task of transitional justice.
President Ramchandra Paudel attended the special program organized at the Army Pavilion, Tundikhel on the occasion of the Republic Day on Tuesday. The Nepalese Army presented a guard of honour to the President at the function.
"We, the political parties aspiring for change, established a republic with common efforts so that a discriminatory social structure was wiped out and federalism and new constitution achieved," PM reminded, adding that it abolished the unitary and feudalistic dynasty rule.
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has said it is essential to strengthen republic system by developing it as a culture. Fostering republic values and characters is need of hour, she underlined.
The East-West Highway subsided at Nawalparasi Purba last night, thereby obstructing the vehicular movement.
Finance Minister Barshaman Pun is scheduled to present the budget in the joint sitting of the federal parliaments at 1:00pm today.
A Republic Day main celebration committee is holding a special function at Army Pavilion, Tundikhel. The Day is associated with people's movement and aspiration for change.
The major opposition Nepali Congress is holding its parliamentary party meeting to discuss pressing issues as annual budget and embezzlement of cooperatives' funds.
Three local levels in Bardiya district have decided to close schools for three days owing to sweltering heat.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday declared the vote of confidence taken from Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Khagaraj Adhikari as the unconstitutional.
A writ petition against Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Rabi Lamichhane, has been registered at the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday.
Accompanied by Ministry Secretary Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, the Minister visited the Department of Industry, Office of the Company Registrar, Special Economic Zone Authority and Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology Department among others. During the inspection, he met with chiefs of respective offices, employees, and service seekers and interacted with them on related matters.
A meeting of the council of ministers under the Bagmati province government today endorsed the government's policies and programs for an upcoming fiscal year.
Information about the details of the event transactions was shared through a press meet on Sunday. The net profit from the event is Rs 1,079,656 while the organisers contributed Rs 872,564 as revenue to the government.
The festival was jointly inaugurated amidst a function today by Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Bhagwati Chaudhary and British Ambassador to Nepal Rob Fenn.