Kathmandu. The Health Insurance Board has clarified that the treatment service facility of NPR 100,000 that insured individuals have been receiving has not been reduced. The Board's Information Officer, Bikesh Malla, informed that the treatment fee equivalent to NPR 100,000 for which insurance was purchased remains unchanged. He stated that the annual total treatment service limit of NPR 100,000 available to a family of five under the insurance program, based on a contribution of NPR 3,500, remains the same.Information Officer Malla stated that the Board has allocated NPR 25,000 for OPD services and NPR 75,000 for hospitalization and emergency services....
Jhapa. A grand conference of orthopedic surgeons, 'Orthocon-2026', is set to take place in Jhapa. The major conference will bring together over 500 orthopedic surgeons from countries including Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, coinciding with the 31st annual conference of the Nepal Orthopaedic Association.At a press conference held here on Wednesday, Dr. Laxmi Mainali, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, stated that the conference, running from today until Falgun 4, will see the significant participation of over 100 international orthopedic surgeons and more than 400 orthopedic surgeons from Nepal. He mentioned that the conference, held under the main theme of 'Education,...
Kathmandu. The National Cooperative Regulatory Authority has registered and documented approximately 2,300 cooperatives. With the objective of making the cooperative sector organized, transparent, and reliable, the Authority has initiated the registration and documentation of all cooperatives across the country whose primary business is savings and credit. The Authority has been given the primary responsibility for the regulation, monitoring, and supervision of cooperative institutions operating within the jurisdiction of the federal, provincial, and local levels whose main business is savings and credit. If these cooperatives conduct business without registration and documentation with the Authority, it will be considered illegal, and their...
Lumbini. A total of 4,428 complaints related to various forms of corruption were filed with the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in Lumbini Province for the fiscal year 2081/82.According to the statistics released by Office Chief Binita Bhattarai during a program organized by the CIAA's Butwal office on Wednesday, marking the commission's 35th anniversary, out of the total 1,853 complaints received by the Butwal office in the last fiscal year, 1,609 complaints (86.36 percent) were resolved.Furthermore, as of the end of Poush in the current fiscal year, out of a total of 1,188 complaints, 545 were...
Kathmandu. The Election Commission has prepared various source materials for promoting civic education for the upcoming House of Representatives elections. Source materials covering topics such as democracy, elections, inclusivity and elections, voter registration, and voting have been prepared.Similarly, the importance of voting, constitutional provisions related to elections, and elections and political parties are also included. The Commission has placed the 'Civic Education Promotion Source Book' prepared for election education on its website for everyone's access.Commission's Deputy Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC stated that based on these materials, relevant government and civil sector bodies, organizations, and individuals can promote civic education. The...
Karnali Province Chief Yagya Raj Joshi has stated that bodies with authority need to play a greater role in improving the state of corruption in Nepal.‘Good Governance and Prosperity are the Rights of Citizens, Let Everyone Be Responsible in Controlling Corruption,’ he said during the 35th anniversary ceremony of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) office in Surkhet, organized by the CIAA office in Birendranagar on Wednesday under this slogan.Province Chief Joshi commented that the Commission, established with the objective of eradicating corruption, has failed to make significant strides, noting that the index showing the country...