During the meeting, Minister Mussin shared the progress report on the project to modernize 115 public service centers throughout the country. Furthermore, the Minister reported to the President on the introduction of bio

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As reported by the International Railway Journal, a crucial strategic plan to construct a new 573km trans-Afghan railway that will connect Central Asia with ports on the Arabian Peninsula was signed between the governmen

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On November 13, 2020, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 100 state-of-the-art ventilators to Nepal to assist its fight against COVID-19. To help relieve t