Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma has said that a well-organized army is the foundation of national security of the country.
Newly-appointed Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has started consultation with the stakeholders to take stock of the current situation of the economy.
The Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) office-bearers called on Vice-President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav and discussed various economic-related issues.
A new variant of Omicron ‘XBB1.16’, spreading in the neighboring country India, has also been detected in Nepal.
Nepal largely depends on technical human resources from foreign countries for the implementation of big projects. According to official data, skilled human resources required for various large projects here are hired from other countries.
In 345 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 49 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Monday. Whereas, 27 positive cases were found in 806 Antigen tests in the last 24 hours.
The Home Minister urged the police personnel to be careful and modest in dealing with the people as they are the ones who deal with the people as the first contact line of the government and that people form perception about the government from the behavior of the police force.
Indian actor, film director and screenwriter Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi has said he wants to see Nepali artists in Indian films. Speaking in an interactive session organised by the Embassy of India, the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre here, Dwivedi said Nepal and India have many similarities in language and culture and expressed the confidence that Nepali actors can work in Indian cinema.
Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has said laws related to communications are in the process of making.
Discussions have been held in the International Experts Committee on sustainable conservation of the historic and cultural heritage of the greater Lumbini area, its development and tourism promotion.
Until further notice, the road section will be closed from 11 am to 2 pm and from 10 pm to the next day at 4 am every day.
A programme has been scheduled today to file nomination of the candidates for the by-election to the member of House of Representatives (HoR) taking place on April 23.
A person was killed when an Indian number plate LP gas tanker (UP 70 DT 6055) skidded off the road and overturned at Lewatar of Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-4 along the Prithivi Highway today morning. The identity of the dead is yet to be ascertained.
Nagarik Unmukti Party, a coalition ally in the incumbent government, has decided to field its own candidates for the April 23 by-election (in all three constituencies, Bara-2, Chitwan-2 and Tanahun-1). With this, its support to any coalition partners in the by-poll was ruled out.
Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav has today morning reached and taken stock of health of President Ramchandra Paudel at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. He also wished President Paudel a speedy recovery.