Media�s role in enhancing civic awareness stressed

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6 Minister of Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung said media should work to make people living below the poverty line and those living in remote areas aware. At a virtual programme organised by Human Rights...

Kathmandu 07 Dec, 2020

Conflict victims, activists write to Swiss envoy

Kathmandu, December 14 A section of civil society, human rights activists and conflict victims today submitted a letter to Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Elisabeth Bon Capeller, expressing their dissatisfaction with the ‘so-called Bangkok meeting on...

Kathmandu 15 Dec, 2018

Apprenticeship programme

KATHMANDU: An apprenticeship (industry-based skills training) programme was launched in Province 1 on Thursday. The programme was inaugurated by Minister for Social Development of Province 1 Jeevan Ghimire, in the presence of other ministers from...

Business 27 Jul, 2018

Swiss brewery halts production of �Birendra' beer

Kathmandu, May 1 Following the controversy arising from naming its seasonal beer after late king Birendra, the Turbinenbräu brewery in Zürich has corresponded with Swiss Embassy in Kathmandu that production of the beer named ‘Birendra' has been...

Business 02 May, 2018

Swiss brewery lands in hot water for �commercialising� Birendra�s legacy

Kathmandu, April 27 Turbinenbräu, a craft brewer of Switzerland, has drawn the ire of the Nepali community for naming one of its products ‘Birendra’ and using the image of the late king, who had ruled Nepal between 1972 and 2001. Apart...

Business 28 Apr, 2018

Swiss state secretary meets Bairagi

Kathmandu, December 6 State Secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Pascale Baeriswyl, who arrived in Kathmandu yesterday on a working visit, held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi at the latter’s...

Kathmandu 07 Dec, 2017

Swiss ambassador calls on PM

KATHMANDU: The Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Jorg Giovanni Frieden paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at latter's office in Singha Durbar on Wednesday. On the occasion, the Swiss ambassador inquired about the political stability...

Kathmandu 15 Mar, 2017

Switzerland expresses concerns over Nepal polls

KATHMANDU: Switzerland has expressed concerns over the government's preparations for the local level polls announced for May 14. Calling on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on...

Kathmandu 15 Mar, 2017

Swiss envoy Frieden visits Mahottari

MAHOTTARI: Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Jörg Frieden on Thursday visited various places in Mahottari district. He observed a technology run by the locals of Gaushala Municipality to extract oil from Eucalyptus leaves. The ambassador made an on-site...

Nepal 20 Jan, 2017

Online work permit system launched

Kathmandu, December 18 The online system through which aspiring migrant workers can obtain work permit has come into operation from today. Minister for Labour and Employment Surya Man Gurung inaugurated the system amid a programme in Kathmandu...

Kathmandu 19 Dec, 2016

Supply-side constraints affect quake victims: Donors

Kathmandu, November 25 Development partners of Nepal today said trade disruption at Nepal-India border points was affecting lives of people, especially earthquake victims living in high mountains, who are likely to be deprived of support during the...

Business 26 Nov, 2015

New constitution welcomed

Kathmandu, September 28 Nepal’s development partners have welcomed the new constitution which came into effect on September 20. “Promulgation of the new constitution has closed the chapter of the peace process in the country,” Swiss...

Business 29 Sep, 2015