Somlal Subedi appointed new Chief Secretary KATHMANDU: The government on Wednesday appointed Somlal Subedi, Secretary at the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, as the new Chief Secretary. A Cabinet meeting held this morning made the decision to that effect. Subedi will... Horoscopes 05 Aug, 2015
Allocation for off-budget programmes jumps to 24.67 per cent this fiscal Kathmandu, August 4 Fund allocation made by development partners for off-budget programmes jumped by 24.67 per cent in current fiscal, indicating more foreign financial resources would not find their way into the government’s treasury before... 05 Aug, 2015
PAF to open branch offices in 55 districts Kathmandu, July 30 The Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF), a body led by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to fight absolute poverty, will soon open branch offices in 55 districts of the country where it is operating its programmes. A decision in this... 31 Jul, 2015
NHRC Chair pledges to protect consumers' rights LALITPUR: Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Anup Raj Sharma pledged to always remain effortful for protection of consumers' rights. Taking part in an interaction programme on monitoring of consumers' human rights,... Horoscopes 29 Jul, 2015
�Act needed to make civil servants liable� KATHMANDU, July 20 Experts from the administration sector on Monday demanded a separate act to make the civil servants responsible towards their duties. Speaking at an interaction organised by Public Administration Association of Nepal in... Horoscopes 21 Jul, 2015
FCGO set to implement NEPSAS system this fiscal KATHMANDU, July 19 The Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) — government agency responsible for treasury operation and internal audit of the government — is preparing to implement the Nepal Public Sector Accounting Standards... 20 Jul, 2015
Total road length crosses 80,000km KATHMANDU, July 12 The country’s total road network length crossed 80,000 km by the first eight months of the current fiscal year. The road network includes Strategic Road Network (SRN), Local Road Network (LRN) and rural roads built by different... 13 Jul, 2015
KMC preparing to bring new provision to curb littering KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is doing groundwork to reduce the severe impact of wrappers of tobacco-related products, plastic bottles and cans/packets of foods and beverages on the environment of the city. Discarded wrappers of foods,... Horoscopes 03 Jul, 2015
DAO to curb relief anomalies KATHMANDU: District Administration Office, Kathmandu, has mobilised monitoring and action recommendation teams to curb anomalies reported in relief distribution for the quake victims. The government had announced an immediate cash relief of Rs... Horoscopes 02 Jul, 2015
Govt relaxes provisions on house construction ban KATHMANDU: The government has relaxed some of the provisions related to the ban imposed on the construction of new houses. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD)on Wednesday decided to allow construction of new buildings that... 25 Jun, 2015
Govt seeks technical study of highrises soon KATHMANDU: Developers of apartments and other multipurpose buildings will have to come up with a decision soon on whether their structures need to be demolished or not. A guideline endorsed to pull down risky infrastructure has given a 15-day timeline... 22 Jun, 2015
Govt to review officials� quota in districts KATHMANDU: The government is set to review the quotas of government employees at 520 Village Development Committees of 12 among the 14 hardest hit districts that are declared crisis-hit zone. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development is... Horoscopes 18 Jun, 2015