July 2, 2024

‘Lumbini Development Trust needs restructuring’

A team of Public Account Committee under the House of Representatives (HoR) visited Lumbini on Monday. The team arrived here in course of a study on Gautam Buddha International Airport.

The subcommittee headed by the former minister for culture, tour…

Payment and Settlement System Bill-2024 passed in JS

A bill titled ‘Payment and Settlement System Bill-2024’ aimed at bringing all kinds of payments generated in banks and non-bank financial institutions under the supervision of Bangladesh Bank (BB) was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) today.

Finance …

Four national records created in weightlifting

Kathmandu: Four new national records have been set in weightlifting under both para and special sports category and different weight groups. All four records were set under the men’s competition.

In the competition held under the male 72 weight group…

Tourism sector contributes 4pc in GDP: minister

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan today said the tourism sector contributed four percent in the gross domestic product (GDP) and 1.78 percent in employment generation.

‘With the directive of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Shei…

Hearing at SC continues on case against DPM Lamichhane

Kathmandu: The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed the date for Wednesday to continue hearing a writ petition filed against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane. The SC has given the time for Wednesday as the hearing was not co…

RPP terms NC-UML consensus ‘positive’

Kathmandu: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has welcomed the recent consensus between the Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (UML) as a positive development.

A meeting of the office-bearers held at the party’s central office Dhumbarahi today reviewed t…

Fugitive life-term convict held from Tongi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to life-term jail in a murder case, from Tongi in Gazipur on Monday.

The arrestee was Joynal Sarder, 39, son of Md. Mohabbat Ali, a resident of Kamalapur under Gou…

CPN-US chair Nepal meets with NC President Deuba

Kathmandu: A meeting was held between CPN (US) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s residence in Budanilakantha.

Matters related to the latest political developments were discussed during the meeti…

Explosives recovered from militant hideout in Narayanganj

The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police recovered three ID devices (explosives) from a three-storey building suspected as a militant hideout in Borpa Baganbari area under Rupganj upazila of the district this afternoon.

Superintendent of Police (SP) S…