Nepal govt to dissolve non-functional post-quake reconstruction fund
Kathmandu, March 28 The Ministry of Finance of Nepal government is planning to dissolve the reconstruction fund it established a couple of years ago with an objective to expedite reconstruction works after the 2015 earthquake. The Ministry is mulling over discontinuation of the fund after realising that it could not function when the budget for […]
Oli govt bent on enforcing authoritarianism: Koirala
Kathmandu, March 26 Nepali Congress senior leader Shekhar Koirala says the Oli government is bent on capturing the powers of the state and the NC, in its current state, cannot stop it. Koirala, who was speaking at the party’s central committee, said that from the government’s recent activities, it was clear that it wants to […]
Don’t undermine Nepal’s sovereignty: Oli tells EU
Kathmandu, March 25 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has warned the European Union not to undermine Nepal’s sovereignty. Oli’s statement comes days after the foreign ministry condemned a report by the EU’s Election Observation Mission on the recent polls in Nepal. The ministry had said that the mission’s report challenged the constitution and breached an […]
Chinese companies interested in Kathmandu-Tibet road tunnel
Kathmandu, March 27 Over half dozen construction companies from China have expressed their interest in the government’s plan to construct a road tunnel from Kathmandu to Rasuwagadhi bordering Tibet of China. Chief of the Foreign Division at the Department of Roads, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, says the companies have already filed their proposals to carry out […]
