UNDP Nepal provides medical equipment The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nepal has provided medical equipment and supplies to the government to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Nepal 11 Jun, 2021
COVID pandemic worsens citizens� right to employment KATHMANDU, JANUARY 6 The COVID-19 crisis has had a number of negative impacts on the right to employment of citizens in the country, says the National Human Rights Commission. According to ‘Human Rights Situation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A... Horoscopes 07 Jan, 2021
Engaging returnee migrants in country a pressing issue KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 1 If there is one pressing issue before all three levels of the government then employing the returnee migrants in the country can’t be denied at present. However, the lack of data on who has what skills and interest is... 02 Nov, 2020
Government committed to ending hunger, says Prime Minister Oli KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 25 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addressed, through a pre-recorded video, a high-level side event titled ‘Poverty at a Crossroad: Using Leadership and the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Build Back Better’, organised on the... Travel 26 Sep, 2020
PM Oli addresses high-level side event during 75th session of UN General Assembly KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addressed, through a pre-recorded video, a high-level side event titled 'Poverty at a Crossroad: Using Leadership and the Multidimensional Poverty Index to Build Back Better' organized on the margins of the 75th... Horoscopes 24 Sep, 2020
Nepal Tourism Board to begin job retention programme from Kaski district Kathmandu, August 17 Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has made an offer of alternative jobs for trekking workers in two rural municipalities in the initial phase. Aiming to provide relief to workers who have remained jobless for a long time due to the... 18 Aug, 2020
Nepal Tourism Board slashes budget for current fiscal KATHMANDU, AUGUST 11 The recently released budget details of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) reveals the size has been reduced significantly for the current fiscal year compared to the last fiscal. NTB has released a budget amounting to Rs 807 million for... 12 Aug, 2020
Opinion: When floods strike, it�s the poor who suffer The 2017 and 2019 monsoon floods in Nepal dilapidated many settlements, especially in the southern part of the country and across the riverbanks in the middle and high mountains. The 1993 and 2008 floods had already provided some lessons that should... 09 Jul, 2020
Three RT-PCR machines to be dispatched to Sudurpaschim Province by Friday DHANGADHI: The federal government has decided to dispatch three Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machines to Sudurpaschim Province by Friday. At a press meeting organised by Press Organisation Kailali, at Dhangadhi Airport today,... Travel 11 Jun, 2020
Global human development on course to decline this year: UNDP Kathmandu, May 20 Global human development — which can be measured as a combination of the world’s education, health and living standards — could decline this year for the first time since the concept was introduced in 1990, the United Nations... 21 May, 2020
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on development goals KATHMANDU: A draft report of the study titled ‘Rapid Assessment of Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Nepal’ says Nepal’s eligibility for graduating from the status of least developed country (LDC) in 2021 firmly rests on non-income criteria... 17 May, 2020
MSMEs can sustain for only two months if lockdown is stretched, says study Kathmandu, May 16 A study has revealed that every three in five employees have already lost their jobs in the surveyed micro and small businesses in Nepal, with their average monthly revenue plunging by 95 per cent. A draft report of the study... 17 May, 2020
