During the meeting, progress status of the development projects being implemented with Indian grant assistance or loans from the EXIM Bank of India were discussed.
One person died and seven others have been injured in a jeep accident that took place at Mangala Rural Municipality - 2, Kafalchaur of Myagdi district.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Sudan Kirati has directed the Executive Chairperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Yubaraj Adhikari to manage time schedule of a flight.
Main opposition Nepali Congress has urged the government and the Election Commission to ensure the timely election of the President.
Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha has been appointed the Vice-Chairperson of National Planning Commission (NPC). A meeting of the Council of Ministers today appointed Dr Shrestha on the post.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said the startup work procedures and provision on project loans would be implemented soon.
Sindhupalchowk's Upper Helambu, Panchpokhari and Jugal ridge zone used to be appeared snow-capped from mid-November onward. But, in recent years, snowfall has become a rare event in the mountains that has a direct bearing on the flow of tourists.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' today said he had proposed to cut expenditure burden and the number of ministries of provinces.
Newly elected Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives Indira Rana has announced her political disassociation with her party. The HoR meeting on January 21 elected her to the position.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has met with Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Rajendra Singh Rawal at the former's official residence in Baluwatar today morning. During the meeting, the duo leaders have exchanged congratulations each other, according to the Prime Minister's Secretariat.
According to Ajjamati Dhami, one of three wives of the Rambhut, aged 68, said that the main bread earner of the family, Rambhut Dhami, was found dead amid kidnapping during the Maoist insurgency. Their two sons, who were studying in grade 7 and 8 in 2004, absconded leaving school after the death of father Rambhut, because of which, the Dhami family had to take out loans for the mere survival. The Dhami family had to marry off their five daughters for which also they had taken out the loans, that loan is piling up because of the compounding interests.
A 22-feet tall statue of Lord Buddha has been erected at Chaurideurali Rural Municiplaity-6. Arubot in Kavrepalanchowk.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and newly-elected Speaker of the House Devraj Ghimire had a meeting this morning.
Bardaghat municipality has enforced a local curriculum in its public schools. The municipality has brought into implementation the 'Hamro Bardaghat' curriculum at primary level public schools within its boundary.
The Solukhumbu-based Kangeldanda Airport has been lying dysfunctional for over the years.