- Thursday, 4 September 2025
TRN Online
MoF expedites budget preparation
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has expedited preparations for the budget of the coming fiscal year 2022/23.
New Dhama brought for Rato Machhindranath
The builders have to ensure that the chariot does not break, get damaged or overturn during this period.
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros arrives in Kathmandu
The WHO team was received by senior officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Population, and WHO in Kathmandu at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
US Deputy Assistant Secretary in Lumbini Buddhist University
The visiting US team including the Deputy Assistant Secretary also interacted with the students, who are taking English language classes with US Embassy support.
Govt. performs better in annual expenditure compared to last FY
Total expenditure of Rs. 824.7 billion has been made till the mid-April which is marginally better than Rs. 734.4 in the same period of the previous FY.
Office of election officer established in all 753 local levels
EC spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Paudel said at a regular press meet that the EC has started sending election-related materials to the districts.
Security committee discusses strategies for free and fair election
Chiefs and representatives of security agencies attending the meeting briefed about the preparation made so far for security in view of local election.
Ruling coalition to hold joint election rallies
Ruling coalition to hold joint election ralliesThe five-party ruling coalition is going to hold joint election meetings in all the provinces in the lead up to the local level election to be held on May 13.The decision was taken at a meeting of the coalition's internal preparation and monitoring mechanism for the local elections convened by senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel. The election meeting will be addressed by top six leaders including the leaders of the five parties and the coordinator of the alliance, according to Member-Secretary of the mechanism Keshav Raj Joshi.He said that the meeting has decided to hold election rallies in Dhangadhi and Surkhet on May 1, Butwal and Pokhara on May 2, Biratnagar and Janakpur on May 3 and Kathmandu on May 5.
Visiting WHO Director General calls on Health Minister
On the occasion, Health Minister Khatiwada lauded the assistance of WHO in connection with the decisive steps taken by Nepal for the eradication of trachoma and eradication of kala-azar.
President emphasizes on scaling up investment in development of health infrastructure
Addressing the Annual Conference of the Boao Forum for Asia through a video message today, the President pointed out the need of investing in the development of health infrastructures along with innovative and quality health education.
NAST develops electric scooter, says it paves way for commercial production
Kathmandu, April 21: Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has developed an electric scooter in collaboration with the Lumbini Province Government. The preliminary version of the eco-friendly two-wheeler was launched by Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal amidst a programme here today. The innovation is viewed as significant when the entire world is searching for alternatives to fossil fuels bearing in mind its negative consequences on the environment, depleting reserves and skyrocketing prices. The innovation is claimed to be appropriate in terms of roadways in Nepal and its geography. On the occasion, the Minister urged NAST to advise the government on whether the country needs to introduce internationally available technology or develop a homegrown technology for the automotive industry. She also urged NAST to explore whether power storage was possible in the country or not. As she hoped, the skyrocketing prices of petroleum products in the global market could contribute to building an atmosphere favouring the promotion of electric vehicles. She took the time to say that electricity surpluses from domestic production could be exported to India and Bangladesh. Similarly, NAST Vice-Chancellor Sunil Babu Shrestha said the innovation of the electric scooter from the government level had somehow helped prove wrong the notion that most academics in the country failed to deliver research-based results wrong. This achievement has paved a way for the commercial production of electric scooters within the country, according to him. It may be noted that in the international market electric vehicle covering 1,000 kilometres on a single full charge are available. Nepal’s closest neighbours India and China have already registered significant progress in the innovation and manufacturing of electric vehicles. Electric vehicles of different models are also not new for roads in Nepal. Chief of technology faculty of NAST and Chief of Electric Scooter Design Programme, Dr Rabindra Dhakal, said that the electric scooter suitable for Nepali terrain has been developed and the scooter is also capable of commercial production. The NAST has recently developed a prototype of the scooter. The Academy has been carrying out a feasibility study about what kind of technical and financial preparation should be done while working by establishing the factory in the country. It has been constructing a lab for the electric scooter at its premises. Preparation has been made to name a recently developed scooter 'Sarathi', he shared. Human resources have been prepared with the objective of helping in its production in Nepal. NAST has spent more than Rs 300,000 to develop a scooter. Saying they have been carrying out studies thinking Nepal should be a place for the production, not only the market, Chief Dr Dhakal opined that they are hopeful that electric scooters could be developed in the country. This scooter runs up to 50 kilometres for one time charging. It is necessary to set up enough charging stations to promote the use of electric vehicles and Nepal Electricity Authority has been constructing 50 charging stations across the country in the first phase. Also, the senior scientist at NAST, Dhakal, mentioned that the government and industrialists have to take risks in order to do new work by making a common vision regarding the development and use of electric vehicles in the country. NAST has also developed a technology for starting the motorcycle through the mobile app.
Gautam Buddha International Airport brought into operation
Kathmandu, April 21 (RSS): The Gautam Buddha International Airport, also a national pride project, in the Rupandehi district of the Lumbini Province, has formally come into operation today. This is the second international airport in the country after the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the regulatory body, Engineer Pradip Adhikari informed that the new runway of the GBIA has formally come into operation. According to him, the second international airport has formally come into operation and it is a milestone in the 74 years of the civil aviation history of the country. "We would like to offer our special thanks to all who are directly and indirectly linked with the project," he said. The Director-General said that the 1,500 metres long old runway has been closed and the new 3,500 metres runway has become operational. Although the runway has come into operation from today at the Gautam Buddha International Airport, the international flights would however be started on May 16, on the day of Buddha Jayanti or the birth anniversary of the Buddha. The domestic flights have been started from the new runway from today itself. The international airline's planes can land at the GBIA when the Kathmandu airport is closed or in any other emergency situation. Bikram Gautam, joint-coordinator of Operation Readiness and Airport Transport, said domestic flights have been started from the GBIA from today. He said all the flights would be operated from the new runway. "The Bhairahawa airport was operated on 4 July 1958 as a domestic airport. Now, we have declared that it has been brought into operation as an international airport from today," he added. Jazeera Air has made all the preparations for operating international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. Jazeera Air has so far taken official permission for operating flights from this airport. Other airlines are also contacting for operating flights from here. The Airport authorities believe that the other airline companies will also start their services from here soon. Both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft will conduct flights from GBIA. Officials concerned have described the commercial operations of the GBIA as a new leap forward in the country's aviation history. The private sector airlines company, Yeti Airlines, conducted the first flight from the new runway, the Airport Office said. Other private airlines as Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, Saurya Airlines have been operating flights from here. CIAA stated that GBIA would be operated at the same capacity as the TIA.
12 new cases, 32 recoveries in 24 hours
In 2,083 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 12 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
China waiting for Nepal's proposals to use 3 billion RMB grant announced by President Xi in 2019: Ambassador Hou
Ambassador Hou said so while responding to a query as to the implementation status of the grant assistance of 3 billion RMB announced during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping
SEE preparations complete, exam to start 8:00 am nationwide
The entire preparations have been completed for the Secondary Education Examination (SEE), 2078 BS scheduled to kick off from 8:00 am on April 22, tomorrow simultaneously across the country.
