Kavre local levels reluctant to set up isolation wards KAVRE, AUGUST 26 Though the risk of COVID-19 spread at the community level is high, most of the local levels in Kavre are reluctant to build isolation wards. Of the total 13 local levels, only five have built their own isolation facilities till... Travel 27 Aug, 2020
India returnees being sent home directly Bajura, August 20 Though people returning home from abroad and even outside the district are normally quarantined before being sent home due to COVID-19-related risk, this is not being practised in Bajura’s Budhiganga Municipality. According to... Travel 21 Aug, 2020
Lockdown relief for tenants KATHMANDU, JULY 31 The Supreme Court has issued an interim order telling the government to ensure that no landlord evicts a tenant for failing to pay rent in the face of coronavirus pandemic. A division bench of justices Tej Bahadur KC and Kumar... Travel 01 Aug, 2020
193 local bodies yet to present budget for 2020-21 KATHMANDU, JULY 29 Though the federal government had directed all the local level governments to present their budget on time, altogether 193 local bodies are yet to present their budget for the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21. The federal government... 30 Jul, 2020
Government finalises investment modality of Bheri-Babai diversion project KATHMANDU, JULY 28 The government has finalised the investment modality of the Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose (Irrigation/ Hydropower) Project. The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoE- WRI) has decided to take the project... 29 Jul, 2020
Local levels in Baglung fail to implement policies and programmes GALKOT, JULY 26 After the implementation of federalism, the three tiers of government began to bring policies and programmes on their own. The local levels were elated to bring the budget in a bid to solve various local problems and intensify... Travel 27 Jul, 2020
Nepal Rastra Bank plans to refinance all 753 local bodies KATHMANDU, JULY 13 Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is preparing to refinance all the 753 local bodies through the upcoming Monetary Policy. It is preparing to do so with an aim to uplift the economy which has been hammered by the coronavirus... 14 Jul, 2020
Local bodies expedite budget preparations KATHMANDU, JUNE 18 Local bodies have expedited their preparations to present their annual budgets for next fiscal year 2020-21. As per the Intergovernmental Fiscal Management Act, local bodies need to present their budgets in their respective... 19 Jun, 2020
Provinces table budget for upcoming fiscal KATHMANDU, JUNE 15 Similar to the federal government, all the seven provincial governments presented their respective budgets for fiscal 2020-21 in their provincial assemblies with major priority accorded to development of health infrastructure,... 16 Jun, 2020
Provincial govts to present budget today KATHMANDU, JUNE 14 The provincial governments will present their provincial budget for fiscal year 2020- 21 in their respective provincial assemblies on Monday. As per the provision of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Management Act, the provincial... 15 Jun, 2020
Local bodies to purchase PCR machine in Tanahun Damauli, June 11 Local levels of Tanahun have decided to buy a PCR test machine on their own. The decision was taken at a meeting of all 10 local levels of the district held in Myagde Rural Municipality today. According to Myagde Rural... Travel 12 Jun, 2020
COVID-19 and food insecurity According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation, about 113 million people worldwide were suffering from severe acute food insecurity even before the COVID-19 crisis started. The United Nations World Food Programme estimates about 265 million... 31 May, 2020
