Dhangadhi. Dissatisfaction within the ruling parties regarding the Sudurpaschim Province government's budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84 has become clearer. Two ministers from his own party and some MPs did not participate in the Nepali Congress parliamentary party meeting called by Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah on Monday.The Chief Minister had called the party meeting as preparation to advance the discussion on the budget in the Provincial Assembly meeting scheduled for Tuesday. However, Minister of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Man Bahadur Rawal and Minister of Social Development Bel Bahadur Rana did not attend the meeting. They are considered...
काठमाडौं – एसियाली विकास बैंक (एडिबी)ले नेपाल सरकारलाई १६ करोड ५० लाख अमेरिकी डलर बराबरको सहुलियतपूर्ण ऋण उपलब्ध गराउने भएको छ । आज अर्थ मन्त्रालयमा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा नेपाल सरकार र एडीबीबीच दुईवटा छुट्टाछुट्टै सहुलियतपूर्ण ऋण सम्झौतामा औपचारिक हस्ताक्षर भएको हो । उक्त सहुलियत पूर्ण ऋण खानेपानी, ढल व्यवस्थापन तथा भन्सार प्रशासनको आधुनिकीकरणमा खर्च हुनेछ । […]
Kathmandu. Former Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohan Bahadur Basnet has been acquitted by the Special Court in the much-discussed 'Terramax' purchase corruption case. While the bench of Special Court judges Hemanta Rawal, Dilliratan Shrestha, and Umesh Koirala acquitted Basnet, it has convicted some other accused.Although the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) accused Basnet of 'exceeding jurisdiction and issuing directives for purchase,' the court interpreted it within the scope of a 'policy decision.'The court considered the decision made at the ministerial level as a 'policy concept.' The verdict stated that the then Minister Basnet had raised...