POLITICS
Meetings of four parliamentary committees today
Meetings of four parliamentary committees today
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: Four parliamentary committees under the federal parliament are meeting at Singha Durbar on Thursday.
Feb 29, 2024
SOCIETY
Rope barrier installed along footpaths encircling Singha Durbar and Baluwatar removed
Rope barrier installed along footpaths encircling Singha Dur...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The police have removed the rope barrier installed on the footpaths encircling Singha Durbar, Baluwatar and Federal Parliament House in Baneshwar.
Feb 29, 2024
SOCIETY
Construction of infectious Disease Research Center gains momentum in Tikapur
Construction of infectious Disease Research Center gains mom...
BHAJANI (KAILALI), Feb 29: The setting up of an Infectious Disease Research Center has gained momentum in Sudurpaschim Province.
Feb 29, 2024
POLITICS
RPP plans to hold public struggle campaign in Kathmandu from March 29
RPP plans to hold public struggle campaign in Kathmandu from...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has announced that its upcoming public campaign will center around Kathmandu, and will begin on March 29.
Feb 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Over 200,000 taxpayers do not regularly pay tax to KMC
Over 200,000 taxpayers do not regularly pay tax to KMC
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: It has been found that around 200,000 taxpayers are not regularly paying their taxes at the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC).
Feb 29, 2024
ECONOMY, Republica Watch
Nepal paying 29 percent higher tariff for electricity imports from India than its exports...
Nepal paying 29 percent higher tariff for electricity import...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) paid as high as Rs 16 per unit to import electricity from India to meet the energy demand in the dry season this year.
Feb 29, 2024
SOCIETY
DoRI takes statement of garment merchant Agrawal by providing hospital facility amid hundi...
DoRI takes statement of garment merchant Agrawal by providin...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: It has been found that the Department of Revenue Investigation (DoRI) kept Naresh Agarwal, a garment merchant who was arrested for his involvement in Hundi transaction, in Alka Hospital for 24 days.
Feb 29, 2024
SOCIETY
Snowfall likely in Koshi and Gandaki provinces today
Snowfall likely in Koshi and Gandaki provinces today
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Meteorological Forecast Division (MFD) under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecast the possibility of light snowfall at some places of Koshi and Gandaki provinces today. Currently, Nepal is experiencing a partial influence of westerly winds, as reported by t...
Feb 29, 2024
ECONOMY
Govt amends Public Procurement Regulation to extend contract for over 1,000 projects
Govt amends Public Procurement Regulation to extend contract...
KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The government is preparing to extend the contracts of projects that have failed to complete the work on time. The government has approved the 13th amendment to the Public Procurement Regulation, 2080, and has legally opened the way to extend the deadline for projects that contrac...
Feb 29, 2024
OPINION
Corruption and Moral Bases of Democracy
Corruption and Moral Bases of Democracy
A number of economic scandals, being continuously exposed one after another in recent years, have raised grave questions about the moral fabric of Nepal’s democracy. As most of the already unfolded scandals have been found to be treated with an undesirable degree of superficiality, the moral crisis...
Feb 29, 2024