British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt, paid a courtesy call on Minister for Health and Population Padam Giri.
A memorandum of understanding has been reached between Nepal and Malaysia to revise the bilateral labour agreement.
Prime Minister Prachanda raised the issue of the welfare of the Nepali workers in Malaysia during his meeting with the visiting Malaysian Home Minister, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, at his office in Singh Durbar.
A sixteen-year-old Nepali girl who was trafficked to India reportedly for 'human sacrifice' has been rescued.
Foreign Minister Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal, who is on a visit to Sri Lanka, is holding high-level meetings in Colombo today. The Foreign Minister is in Colombo to attend the 75th Independence Day celebrations of Sri Lanka.
As many as 161 families of Kanepokhari 7, 14 of 5 and 5 of 6 wards have been affected as their land has been restricted for sale and mortgaged with a view to acquiring the land for building East-West railways.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' today said the foundation for prosperity and good governance could be laid only by carrying out reforms in education.
20 metric tons of cardamom is produced in Parbat this year.
Preparations are underway to table a master plan on the development of the Pashupati Area as an international pilgrim site in the Council of Ministers (CoM), seeking approval, said the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT).
"Indian vegetables have dominated almost all markets. There are no markets for the Nepali vegetables."
The Election Commission (EC) has said of the total amount allocated for holding elections to the member of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly, around Rs three billion would be sent back to the State coffers.
House of Representatives (HoR) member and Nagarik Unmukti Party Whip Arun Kumar Chaudhary has been sent to custody.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) General Secretary Jagan Chapagain will be arriving here Saturday on a four-day visit to Nepal. This will be his second visit to Nepal after he assumed the post of IFRC General Secretary.
The Third Rhino Range Countries Meeting has begun here at Patihani in Chitwan district today. The three-day gathering participated by high ranking officials of five countries in the South Asia will focus on the conservation of one-horned rhinos, it has been said.
The first hearing on a petition lodged against cricketer Sandip Lamichhane on rape charge is taking place at the Supreme Court (SC) today, Spokesperson at the Office of the Attorney General Sanjib Raj Regmi said