PM Oli calls for accelerated advancement of national pride projects PM Oli inquired about specific breakthroughs and notable progress achieved since his government assumed office in mid-July. Kathmandu 24 Nov, 2024
Budhigandaki Hydropower Project will be implemented: PM Dahal The detailed project report of the Budhigandaki was prepared in 2014 by a French company. Nepal 02 Apr, 2023
National pride projects' cost goes up Both the cost and completion time of projects run under the national pride projects have increased, finds the report released by the Office of the Auditor General yesterday. Nepal 15 Jul, 2022
Land compensation for Budhigandaki hydel at almost Rs 34 billion so far KATHMANDU, AUGUST 4 Budhigandaki Hydropower Project has so far distributed almost Rs 34 billion in land compensation. Though compensation for a majority of the land to be affected by the hydropower project has already been distributed, affected... 05 Aug, 2020
Plan to revive COVID-hit economy missing Financial liabilities that govt’s programmes will create aren’t easily bearable, say experts Kathmandu, May 15 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today presented the government’s policies and programmes for fiscal 2020-21 at the joint session of... 16 May, 2020
EDITORIAL: Beat the clock now One of the biggest factors impeding the progress of the national pride projects could be our inability to spend the budget It is rare for a project to be completed on time in Nepal, much less so if it is a national pride project (NPP) involving... 14 Feb, 2020
Compensation to be reviewed for Budhigandaki hydel project Kathmandu, December 10 The government, representatives of different political parties and locals of Gorkha and Dhading districts have reached a four-point agreement on the land compensation dispute of the 1,200-megawatt Budhigandaki Hydropower... 11 Dec, 2019
Budhigandaki hydel-affected locals halt agitation to continue talks Dhading, December 9 Families affected by the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project in Dhading and Gorkha, who had been agitating for the past one week over the issue of government-fixed compensation, have halted their agitation for now following an... Travel 10 Dec, 2019
Locals protest land compensation in Budhigandaki hydel-affected areas Dhading, December 3 Budhigandaki hydropower project-affected locals enforced a bandh in Khahare and Arughat bazaars of Dhading from early morning today, expressing dissatisfaction with the compensation fixed by the government recently. While... Travel 04 Dec, 2019
Compensation to be fixed for land affected by Budhigandaki Hydel Dhading, November 27 Preparations are under way to fix compensation for the land to be affected by Budhigandaki Hydropower Project at Gorkha’s Arughat bazaar and Aarkhet, and Dhading’s Khahare bazaar within a week. Though compensation for the... Travel 28 Nov, 2019
Budhigandaki hydel-affected locals protest seeking compensation Kathmandu, November 19 Locals affected by the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project have announced protests citing delay in fixing the amount of compensation for their land. They have announced protest activities after the project failed to determine... 20 Nov, 2019
Editorial: Return the extra fees The medical colleges would do well to refrain from issuing threats of shutting them down to pile pressure on the government The private medical colleges have been given a 15-day ultimatum to return extra fees charged from the students, and it would be... 13 Nov, 2019