Government has instructed its subordinate bodies to maintain frugality in public procurement policy.
The price of fine gold is dropped by Rs 4000 per tola as on May 15.
On the last trading day of the week today, the price of gold and silver has decreased in the domestic market. Gold price has declined by Rs 4,000 per tola (11.66 grammes) and silver by Rs 355.
At least nine security personnel were killed and 21 others injured after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a scouts camp in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday night, police sources said.
A male rhino was found dead at Lokaha Syauli in Kawasoti Municipality-1, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Purba) district.
Prof Dr Bishnuraj Tiwari was assigned Vice Chancellor of Pokhara University (PU) for carrying out the daily business of the university. Prof Dr Tiwari was serving at the School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University. The post of the university's Vice Chancellor was lying vacant for some weeks.
A meeting of the Agriculture, Cooperative and Natural Resources Committee of the Federal Parliament is being held at 11:00 am today. The Federal Parliament
Ambassador of Nepal to Thailand Dhan Bahadur Oli on Thursday had a meeting with Urasa Mongkolnavin, Director-General of the Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.
The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police recorded 2,144 cases of traffic violations in the past 24 hours. In fine, Rs 1.95 million in revenue was collected from the violators of traffic rules.
According to the UN, the theme of 2026 underscores how widening inequalities are shaping family life and influencing children’s futures. It calls for stronger investment in integrated, family-oriented policies to reduce disparities and support healthy child development.
The country at present is under the influence of a western low-pressure system, local winds, and a low-pressure area in the lower atmosphere, the Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated.
President Ramchandra Paudel has reshuffled the Council of Ministers by changing appointments made in the Council and their portfolios as per the government's amended Performance Regulations.
The National Assembly, upper House of the federal parliament, passed the government's policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year, 2083/84 BS.
The proposal tabled by the Finance Minister would be discussed in today's meeting, informed NA Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal. The meeting is set in a way that Finance Minister Wagle would respond to the queries, he said.
Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa has said his party was updating active membership as part of a drive to hear and address the problems of party members who are working devotedly at the beginning layer of party organization.