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• 4 weeks ago

Nepal’s ambitious push to become a regional clean-energy powerhouse is facing growing scrutiny over the impact of hydropower development on Indigenous communities, ancestral land and fragile Himalayan ecosystems. In Sankhuwasabha, members of the Indigenous Bhote Singsa community report that hydropower projects are being developed on the Arun River basin without sufficient participation and consultation with them on decisions that impact their land, livelihood and cultural heritage. Nep [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 19 - Prime Minister Balendra Shah will lead Nepal’s delegation to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York later this month. According to Rajan Koirala, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Cabinet has agreed to the Prime Minister's participation. Prime Minister Shah is expected to travel to New York on September 19 and speak at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 24. Foreign Minister Shishir [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 18 - Countries are looking to establish more resilient mechanisms to safeguard electricity generation, transmission systems, and cross-border electricity supply and demand in South Asia, while Nepal is set to lead a regional South Asian electricity regulation task force to on disaster resilient electricity regulation. The task force to be headed by Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) of Nepal and will have members from the India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka electricity [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 17 - Following the Bhotekoshi flash floods on August 26, Nepal has mobilized its embassies and foreign missions to ensure specialist international assistance is available in the form of tunnel rescue teams, forensic and DNA experts, Bailey bridges, drones, and funding for climate change. The Government of Nepal has stepped up the diplomatic efforts to communicate precise needs to foreign governments and development partners, which include instructing missions abroad to seek [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 16 - Authorities in have tightened rules for collecting monetary assistance for survivors of the Bhotekoshi flash floods, directing that financial donations be deposited only into authorised government accounts. The decision is designed to improve the management of relief funds and avoid potential misuse in the current disaster response efforts. It was decided during an all-stakeholder meeting convened at the District Administration Office, Myagdi, in the presence of repres [...]
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• 1 month ago

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) has intensified search, rescue and relief operations following the devastating Bhotekoshi flood in Nepal, with affected communities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Gorkha and Chitwan remaining the central focus. NDRRMA Chief Executive Dharmaraj Upreti said difficult road access has made helicopter-based evacuation and supply delivery essential, with the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and private operators working through a [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 14 - The Bhotekoshi floods have caused extensive damage to Nepal's hydropower sector, wreaking havoc on over a dozen hydro facilities in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, both in operation and under construction. Losses in hydropower projects and electricity transmission lines could be in the hundreds of billions of rupees, according to a preliminary estimate by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). There have been at least 13 hydropower projects impacted. These are big projects like 11 [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 11 - The flash flood in Bhotekoshi river has been the most fatal in a long time for Nepal, having killed at least 162 people and left nearly 400 others missing, including foreign tourists and security forces. The water began to attack Rasuwa on Wednesday and went downstream through a number of settlements, wiping out houses, roads, bridges, hydropower projects and other public and private infrastructure. Initial estimates suggest that the disaster was likely caused by an av [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 10 - Nepal’s House of Representatives has raised debate over whether the country should reconsider its constitutional ban on capital punishment following the rape and murder of a three-year-old child in Jeetpur - Simara, Bara. There are some lawmakers have called for an amendment to Article 16(2) of the Constitution to allow death sentences for "particularly heinous" crimes. But Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sobita Gautam and Home Minister Suda [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 09 - Almost 3,000 businesses in Chitwan have availed of tax relief through the "Economic Act 2083" to clear pending tax dues at a lesser cost. The Inland Revenue Office announced so far, 2,906 companies have gained from the one-time tax settlement scheme in Chitwan. It enables the eligible taxpayers to settle some of the unpaid tax obligations through payment of only 1 percent of the unpaid tax, value-added tax (VAT) or excise duty. The facility provides for remun [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 08 - The proposed Mines and Minerals Bill, 2083 has left many questions about the extent to which the Parliament would be able to delegate lawmaking and rule-making powers to the federal government. The bill, which is meant to replace the existing Mines and Minerals Act, 2042, has 63 sections and aims to modernize the legal framework for conservation, exploration and extraction of mineral resources in the federal system in Nepal. the proposed bill uses expressions such as & [...]
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• 1 month ago

Kathmandu, Bhadra 07 - The family of three-year-old Garima Chaudhary who was murdered in Jeetpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-1, Bara and the Nepal government have reached a three-point agreement after midnight talks at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The agreement reflects the family's demands while committing the government to proceed with the judicial process in the case. One of the main elements of the agreement is that the government will review Nepal's existing laws on offen [...]
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