Ambassador Pokharel presents credentials to Argentine Prez

KATHMANDU, June 15: The newly-appointed UNHCR Representative in Nepal Bushra Halepota presented her credentials to Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali on Friday. Bushra, who just arrived in Nepal to take up her new assignment as UNHCR Representative in Nepal, began her career with the UN in 1991. She later joined the UN refugee agency in 1994 and served in a number of countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United States of America, Armenia, Pakistan and Iraq.

BUTWAL, June 15: Province-5 government has presented a budget of Rs 28 billion. Province-5 Chief Minister Pradeep Gyawali, who is also looking after the portfolio of the Finance Ministry, presented a budget of Rs 28,090,300,000 at a provincial meeting on Friday.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The government has presented a 1.315 trillion rupees full-fledged budget for the fiscal budget 2018/19.

KATHMANDU, May 14: Acting Chief Justice Deepak Raj Joshi has submitted the annual report of the Supreme Court (SC) to President Bidya Devi Bhandari at the latter’s office in Sheetal Niwas on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 9: Mumbai Indians has presented a target of 211 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 41st match in Indian Premier League at Kolkata, today.

KATHMANDU, April 24: Nepal displayed a mixed performance in the ongoing South Asian Regional Qualifiers Tournament for the ITF Asia U-12 Team Tennis Championship on Monday. Nepal won in the boys’ category, while it faced defeat in the girls’. In the boys’ category matches played at the Satdobato Tennis Court, Nepal defeated Bhutan 3-0.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Election Commission (EC) has handed certificates to the members elected to the State Assemblies under the proportional representation (PR) system.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Ambassador of Nepal to the Republic of Austria, Prakash Kumar Suvedi, presented his Letters of Credence to Dr Alexander Van der Ballen, the Federal President of Austria, amidst an official ceremony held at the President's Office, Hofburg Palace in Vienna, on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Film Critics Society of Nepal organized an Award Ceremony that distributed the awards of 2071 BS, 2072 BS and 2073 BS on Wednesday at Shilpee Theater, Battisputali. The awards which were halted due to technical reasons were given away this year. The awards were presented in seven categories for each year.

Nepali Ambassador, Slovak Republic, Ramesh Prasad Khanal

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Nepali Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mahendra Prasad Singh Rajput on Monday submitted his letter of credence to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud amid a special ceremony in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Newly appointed Ambassador of Nepal to Denmark, Yuba Nath Lamsal, presented his letters of credence to Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, amid a special ceremony organized at Fredensborg Palace at Copenhagen in Denmark on 29 September.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Marking Fulpati, the seventh day of Bada Dasain, Nepal Army (NA) presented feu-de-joie at the army pavilion at Tundikhel on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal presented today its Voluntary National Review (VNR) regarding the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, currently in session under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York.

KATHMANDU, May 12: The Nepal Academy has submitted its annual report to the Prime Minister today.  Academy Chancellor Ganga Prasad Upreti was at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today to present the report to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Ambassador of Nepal to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Lok Bahadur Thapa, presented his Letters of Credence to His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg amidst an official ceremony held at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg Thursday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri presented his credentials to the President Bidya Devi Bhandari at a ceremony held at President's Office, Sheetal Niwas, on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: The event management company Dancemandu has been organizing ‘Dancemandu Music Festival’ in Kathmandu for the past two years. The events, in its previous editions, have been quite popular and hugely successful.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Ambassador of Nepal to Belgium, Mr Lok Bahadur Thapa presented his Letters of Credence to the King of the Belgians, King Philippe, amidst a special official ceremony held at the Royal Laeken Castle in Brussels on Wednesday.

ILAM, Nov 21: Former House Speaker and Ilam constituency-2 lawmaker, Subash Chandra Nembang, has presented 24 plans for development of his constituency at the District Development Committee (DDC) as part of the Constituency Infrastructure Development Special Programme.

ILAM, Nov 19: Former Prime Minister and CPN (UML) senior leader Jhal Nath Khanal has presented 23 different public development plans to the District Development Committee (DDC), Ilam to be implemented in his constituency.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: The ambassador of Nepal to the Republic of Peru, Durga Prasad Bhattarai on Tuesday presented his letters of credence to Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Goddard, amid a special ceremony at the presidential office in Lima.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Even though many education ministers in the past could not turn their promises of upgrading the country’s education system into reality, Education Minister Dhani Ram Paudel has presented his work plans on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the occasion of the 37th National Education Day today, presented different education awards to various students receiving college and university degrees with outstanding results.

MADRID, July 20: Atletico Madrid has presented Argentina midfielder Nicolas Gaitan a month after securing his transfer from Benfica.

KATHMANDU, July 5: The newly-appointed Resident Coordinator (RC) of the United Nations in Nepal and the Resident Representative (RR) of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Valerie Julliand on Tuesday called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamal Thapa to present the letter of credentials from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Kathmandu, June 24: The main opposition party – Nepali Congress – today presented a 22-point dissent letter citing political intervention and snail-pace activity in reconstruction with the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA).