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Govt. needs to be serious: Dr Koirala

Posted by | Jan 14, 2020 | , ,

Nepali Congress central member Dr. Shekhar Koirala has said that the government should become serious to not allow the situation of the country deteriorate further. Speaking at a gathering held at Koirala Niwas today in connection with the canvassing for the National Assembly elections from State no.1, he emphasized that the government should work to make the parliamentary system acceptable to all. “The government should wipe out fears that it is going against federalism and must be sensitive to normalize the situation,” he said. Central Member Koirala said notwithstanding the result of the NA election, the NC should become move ahead with unity. From State no. 1, NC has fielded Mina Pulami Magar,65, of Dharan Sub-metropolis-1 and Nir Bahadur Biswakarma,39, of Phidim municipality-1 in women and Dalit category, and Rajendra Ghimire,58, of Bhadrapur municipality-8 in the open...

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Finance Minister bats for joint effort for development of industrial sector

Posted by | Jan 13, 2020 | , , ,

Minister for Finance Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada has underscored the need for inclusive investment in the industrial sector for the development and prosperity of the country. At a programme themed ‘Mixed Economy and Gender-friendly Investment’ organized by the Samriddhi Foundation here today, Minister Khatiwada urged the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to consider increasing their investment in the small scale and medium enterprises (SMEs). Minister Khatiwada said, “Currently the big banks are funding the big industries while small scale industries are being funded by the cooperatives. The BFIs should pay attention to loan disbursement to the SMEs in an easy and convenient manner for inclusive growth of the industrial sector.” Urging for unified efforts among the government, private sector, and cooperatives, the three pillars of economy, the Minister shared that the government has formulated policies incorporating the spirit of inclusive development. Khatiwada viewed that the available resources should be mobilized accordingly for the same. According to him, the cooperatives and financial sector in Nepal had encouraging participation of women and recommended the women entrepreneurs to exploit the usage of technologies for being more relevant and competitive. The Foundation has been conducting programmes that generate discourse on minimizing gender-based inequality that is seen as a big hindrance to achieving development and...

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Gemstone processing centre to be set up in Surkhet

Posted by | Jan 13, 2020 | , ,

A province-level gemstone processing center is to be set up in Surkhet. The federal government has made preparations for establishing such a center for mining and processing of precious and semi-precious gemstones found in Karnali. The federal government is also removing the policy complexities related to the export of gemstone. A gemstone processing center is currently in operation at the then Cottage and Small Industries Development Committee Office since 2065BS. This center has been carrying out the gemstone processing works in small quantities. Karnali State Government, Directorate of Industry and Consumer Interest Protection’s director Shambhu Prasad Poudel said cutting and polishing of precious and semi-precious gemstones in large quantities would be carried out at the new center. The Committee has trained the youths on gemstone cutting, polishing and drilling for this purpose. Kyanite, tourmaline, quartz, aquamarine, garnet, danburite and hematite are some of the gemstones found in Nepal. Director Poudel said that Karnali state is rich in minerals and gemstones. “The government has identified the possible areas where the gemstones are found and made plans to extract them. Once the processing center is set up in Surkhet,  the mass production and marketing of processed gemstones would be done, ” he said. The government is establishing gemstone processing and goods development centers in Surkhet, Dhading, and Doti for cutting, polishing and drilling precious...

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Upper House members riled at ministries

Posted by | Jan 13, 2020 | , , , ,

Members of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, the upper house of the federal parliament, have complained that the ministries concerned have failed to obey the committee’s directives issued at different times. A majority of the lawmakers speaking in the committee’s meeting today expressed dismay saying the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Urban Development, among the ministries, have snubbed the committee by not implementing its directives given to them at various times. They called for the committee itself to monitor whether or not its directives to the ministries have been implemented so far. Committee member Dinanath Sharma demanded that the minister and the secretary of the ministry concerned should be called to the committee’s meeting to check whether the committee’s directives have been executed. Lawmaker Bimala Rai Poudel stressed on the monitoring the implementation of the committee’s directives as well as completion of the market monitoring. Kali Bahadur Malla and Khim Kumar BK spoke of the need of making the surprise market monitoring effective. Lawmaker Kamala Kumara Oli expressed worry over the increasing problems in the transport sector in recent days and demanded that the committee should issue instructions to the Ministry after carrying out monitoring for resolving the problem. Mahesh Kumar Mahara, Bhairab Sundar Shrestha, Mukta Kumari Yadav, Kabita Bogati, among the lawmakers wondered why the ministries were...

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Embassy of India Celebrates Vishwa Hindi Diwas

Posted by | Jan 11, 2020 |

Embassy of India, Kathmandu in association withCentral Hindi Department,Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu celebrated Vishwa Hindi Diwas at Hotel Yak and Yeti on 10th January, 2020. Hon’ble Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Government of Nepal Mr. HridayeshTripathi graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Charge d’Affaires Dr. Ajay Kumar read the message of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, ShriNarendraModion this occasion. On this occasion, the special issue of research journal ‘Sahityalok’ of Central Hindi Department, Tribhuvan University was released. In addition, Two Hindi books and two Nepali books (all published under the support of B. P. Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, Nepal) were also released during the event.These books include Nepali translations of 5 famous stories of world famous Hindi story writer Premchand translated by the students of Hindi Department of Tribhuwan University and one famous book of Swami Vivekananda ‘Karmayog’ translated in Nepali. While in Hindi translations, 2 books were released namely “Ashwathama”, a poetic play written originally in Nepali by Poet Laureate (RashtraKavi) of Nepal Mr. Madhav Prasad Ghimire and “UtkrishtaKahaniyan”, a collection of 25 modern Nepali stories written by young and upcoming Nepali story writers and selected by 12Khari Media through an all Nepal story writing competition. A musical rendition of works of prominent Hindi poets was also presented by the artists of Swami Vivekanand Cultural Centre, Kathmandu. More than 200 literary dignitaries from...

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