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The Asian Development Bank has approved a $200 million concessional loan to improve power supply and distribution systems in Nepal.Nepal has made significant progress in electricity supply after years of chronic power shortages. However, its power transmission and distribution systems need further strengthening to increase network capacity,…

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health…

According to a source, the US presidential administration believes that leading Chinese companies, including the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies and Hikvision - a video surveillance company specializing in technology are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new U.S.…

With less than a month for the current fiscal year to come to an end, the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) has still 3% of its infrastructure construction work to be completed. This has once again posed challenges to the government's new deadline to complete the project that has already taken three decades.The government in its budget…

Nepal Electricity Regulatory Commission has released a new power tariff rate, according to which electricity will be provided free of cost to domestic customers with five ampere meters who consume between one and 10 units per month.Electricity tariff for domestic customers consuming more than 10 units has been reduced by a maximum of 10 per…

A meeting of the Council of Ministers has decided to change the ‘format’ of the ongoing nationwide lockdown and implement a revised modality starting Thursday.It has been decided that the shops will be allowed to operate, following safety protocol, while private vehicles will ply based on the odd-even rule. “Public and long route vehicles…

TikTok has been a popular app among youths in Nepal. People from all walks of life and social status seem to have made good use of their free time during the lockdown by creating TikTok videos.The former royal family in the country is also not an exception to this growing trend among Nepali youngsters and adults. A tik tok video of former…

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) today launched a mobile application named NEA, hotline service and a web portal, allowing customers to read their electricity meters installed in their homes. After reading their meters, the clients can clear their bills through various online payment services available in the market.The power utility…

1.25 MW of electricity generated from Nepal’s biggest solar energy plant that is being constructed by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in Nuwakot has been connected to the national grid from Wednesday.The project with a total capacity of 25 MW of electricity has sourced 1.25 MW to the national grid. The electricity generated from the…

After the plan to evacuate stranded Nepali citizens from several countries was approved by the Cabinet a few days ago, the government is gearing up to bring them home on priority basis from Friday.Narayan Bidari, secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, said the rescue operation would start from Kuwait. “We…