Kathmandu, April 24: The private sector has urged the government to create investment-friendly environment. Issuing a joint press statement today, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Confederation of Nepalese Industries and Nepal Chamber of Commerce requested the government for ensuring the security and promotion of the…

Kathmandu, April 24: Snow cover across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) has fallen to 27.8 per cent below the long-term average, breaking last year’s record low and marking the fourth consecutive year below-normal snow persistence. This is stated in the Snow Update Report 2026 released today by the International Centre…

Kathmandu, April 24 : Bikram Pandey, a senior leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and former minister, was arrested on Friday on charges of illegally accessing and manipulating government procurement data, police said. A team from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police detained Pandey, according to CIB…

Kathmandu, April 24: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said genuine squatters will be identified and their management ensured permanently by providing with land at the earliest. PM Shah took to his official Facebook account to inform that the government was working to seek a durable solution to the long standing…

Kathmandu, April 24: The CPN (UML) has urged the government to show respect to the constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights and basic values of humanity while evacuating squatters' settlements. The party made a plea to demonstrate respectful treatment to the disadvantaged and squatters' community, adhering to the principles of social justice and…

Kathmandu, April 24: The Nepali Congress has postponed the election of its parliamentary party leader, which was earlier scheduled for today, Friday. The election committee said that the entire procedure for the election was postponed in a bid to elect the leader in consensus. Meanwhile, as per the decision of…

Kathmandu, April 24: Lawmaker Ain Bahadur Mahar has been named chief whip of the CPN UML in the House of Representatives (HoR), lower house of the federal parliament. UML parliamentary party leader Ram Bahadur Thapamagar nominated Mahar as the chief whip of the party in accordance with UML federal parliamentary…

Kathmandu, April 24: The Second Meeting of the SAARC Inter-Governmental Expert Group on Poverty Alleviation to finalize the first SAARC Development Report with the theme “SDR 2025: Shaping the Future Together for a Resilient SAARC” was held in Malé, Maldives on Thursday, the SAARC Secretariat stated. The Meeting was hosted…