Preventing resource drain: Cut non-essential agencies Most of the agencies recommended for disbanding were allegedly created to serve the vested interests of politicians and bureaucrats and also to ensure that those recruited or nominated had access to better remuneration The Public Expenditure Review... 05 Jul, 2019
New directive on diplomatic protocol issued Kathmandu, July 3 A new directive issued by the government stipulates that office-bearers and employees of provincial and local governments shall have to obtain approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prior to meeting foreign... Travel 04 Jul, 2019
Local bodies present fiscal budget for 2019-20 Kathmandu, June 25 Following the federal and provincial budgets, the local bodies presented their budgets in the municipal assemblies today. As per the provision of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Management Act, local bodies have to present their... 26 Jun, 2019
EDITORIAL: Full of promises The provincial govts have followed the bad precedent set by the Centre of allocating pork barrel funds to the assembly members The provincial governments have followed the bad lessons from the federal government, which they should have avoided.... 18 Jun, 2019
Govt told to scrap notice to hire civic staff Kathmandu, June 10 After a week long discussion, the parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee today directed the government to scrap the public notice published by the Federal Public Service Commission to hire 9,161 civil servants... Travel 11 Jun, 2019
�Federalism incorporated sans comprehensive discussion� Some recent initiatives of the federal government have incurred the wrath of provincial governments, which accused it of trying to usurp their powers. The federal government’s handling of foreign affairs has also split the intelligentsia with some... Travel 03 Jun, 2019
CM Raut condemns centre�s move to hire civic staff Janakpurdham, May 31 Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut has expressed dissatisfaction over the decision of the Federal Public Service Commission to announce vacancies for local bodies, saying his government will go to the court and protest... Travel 01 Jun, 2019
CM Gurung unhappy with federal govt�s budget Pokhara, May 30 Gandaki Province Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung has said he is neither happy nor sad about the budget for the upcoming fiscal made public by the federal government. “The central government is expected to play the role of a... Travel 31 May, 2019
�ADB is focusing on bigger, transformative projects in Nepal� The Asian Development Bank has approved loans and grants of $5.8 billion and technical assistance of $0.2 billion for Nepal since 1966. But Nepal has not been able to utilise a big portion of funds made available, with cumulative loan and grant... 14 May, 2019
Scan bills that curtail rights of sub-national govts: Speaker Kathmandu, May 11 Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara directed the Parliament Secretariat not to forward bills to the Parliament that could prevent sub-national governments from exercising powers explicitly defined by the constitution. Speaker... Travel 12 May, 2019
EDITORIAL: Ambitious goals The govt’s target of achieving double digit growth within four years is not viable unless it improves the spending capacity President Bidhya Devi Bhandari presented the government’s policies and programmes at the joint session of the Federal... 06 May, 2019
EDITORIAL: Empower minorities It is the constitutional duty of the three tiers of government to protect the language and culture of the marginalised communities The constitution will not come into full operation unless all the constitutional provisions are translated into laws. It... 29 Apr, 2019
