- Wednesday, 8 April 2026
TRN Online
Five parliamentary committees meeting today
Five different parliamentary committees of the federal parliament are meeting today.
Heavy rainfall likely in Bagmati and Gandaki today
There is a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places in the hilly areas of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces today.
UML's whip to support CM Shah in trust motion
The CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party, Sudurpaschim Province Assembly, on Wednesday issued a whip to its members to cast vote in favour of Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah of the Nepali Congress.
NAWF observes golden jubilee: PM hopeful of further contribution to socio-development endeavours
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his confidence that the Nepal Army Welfare Fund (NAWF) would further contribute to propel social works and advance shared destination of development through welfare programmes.
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Prime Minister's Office becomes economical, cuts down expenses
The directive by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to make public expenditure productive, economical and rational has stated to see results following its implementation.
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Preparation of strategic concept paper on wellness tourism mulled
The first meeting of the National Tourism Council has decided to prepare a strategic concept paper for promoting wellness tourism in the country.
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Early warning system essential in multi-disaster risk reduction
Stakeholders have emphasized on the need for early warning system to help reduce weather-related multi-disaster risk.
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Finance Ministry forms a taskforce for framing law on budget discipline
The Ministry of Finance has formed a taskforce for the formulation of a law to help improve budget discipline in the country.
Madhesh water crisis: power for irrigation to cost only Rs 3 per unit
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the electricity tariff for irrigation has been fixed at only Rs 3 per unit.
Nepal has been strongly raising issue of climate justice: Foreign Minister Rana
Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has shared that Nepal has been strongly raising the issue of climate justice in international forums.
NA members press for filling gap between urban, rural health services
Parliamentarians in today's meeting of the National Assembly raised concerns over various issues including the lack of skilled healthcare professionals, technical labs, medical equipments and medicines among others in the rural area.
The last straw of the US debt crisis
In 2019, the US national debt was approximately $23.2 trillion. By early 2025, it had reached its upper limit of $36.1 trillion, representing a debt increase of nearly $13 trillion over five years. By comparison, the absolute size of the US national debt has ranked first in the world for ten consecutive years, making it the primary driver of debt growth among developed countries.
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NA entertains proposal to discuss Nepal's graduation from LDC
A meeting of the National Assembly (NA) today unanimously passed a proposal seeking to discuss a study report regarding the Nepal’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) to a middle-income developing country.
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We advance to self-sufficiency: PM Oli
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said Nepal's preparations for its graduation from the category of the least developed country (LDC) to a middle-income country indicate its headway towards self-sufficiency. Nepal's LDC graduation promotes the country's image globally, according to the PM.
No possibility for change of NC parliamentary leadership: Koirala
Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said the incumbent coalition government comprising two major political parties, NC and the CPN (UML) and a few other small parties, will continue until the next periodic election to be held in 2084 BS.
