The Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund received an additional Rs 22.75 crore in the past 24 hours, taking its total balance across all accounts to Rs 14.56 billion.
Two-way traffic has resumed on the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir, Dhading, after a new track was constructed to restore the disrupted road connection with Kathmandu.
Lawmakers have called on the government to immediately distribute relief supplies, intensify search and rescue operations, and address the needs of flood-affected communities.
The Inland Revenue Department is set to announce 33 winners under the government’s new Taxpayer Incentive Prize Program for Bhadra today.
The Kathmandu District Administration Office has instructed LPG dealers and distributors to sell available cooking gas stocks to consumers immediately and warned of strict action against hoarding, hidden stocks and overpricing.
The death toll from a vessel fire in the Philippines’ Palawan province has climbed to 76, while 13 people remain missing and search and rescue operations continue.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has sought federal government approval to convert the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) building at New Road into a multi-storey parking facility to address the capital’s growing parking shortage.
The government has intensified monitoring of the LPG market following the appointment of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Deepak Kumar Shah, with a Kathmandu shop fined NRS 300,000 for selling cooking gas above the government-set price.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has resumed meetings with leading entrepreneurs, holding discussions with Binod Chaudhary, Pawan Golyan, Umesh Shrestha and Chandra Dhakal on Nepal’s economic challenges and ways to revive business activity.
RSP lawmaker Ashika Tamang has criticized the government over the ongoing gas shortage, warning that repeatedly changing ministers to address the problem could create a longer line of ministers than gas cylinders.
Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle has rejected concerns over government interference in Nepal Rastra Bank, saying the government will not unnecessarily influence the central bank’s monetary policy, circulars, or decisions.
Nepal Telecom has reshuffled its Board of Directors, appointing Rajendra Kumar Poudel as Chairman and Ravilal Sharma as a new Board Member.