Kathmandu / Jan 31: Senior Advocate Dr Surendra Bhandari, in a report lodged at the Kathmandu District Administration Office (DAO), has claimed that he has received death threats from Supreme Court Chief Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli. The senior advocate had defended Dr Govinda KC in the recent contempt of court case. Bhandari has further asked […]
Kathmandu / Jan 30: Nearly half of the total 56 members of the upper house to be elected have been elected unopposed. Among the total upper house members elected unopposed, nine are from the CPN-UML, eight from the Nepali Congress and three from the CPN (Maoist Center). Two members each were elected unopposed from the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 30: Minister for External Affairs of India Sushma Swaraj is arriving here on Thursday on a two-day visit of Nepal. During the visit, Swaraj is scheduled to meet with President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leaders of major political parties separately, according […]
Kathmandu / Jan 30: The CPN-UML has directed its National Assembly election voters not to leave the country and provinces until the election is held. A standing committee meeting of the party held under the chairmanship of party Chair, KP Sharma Oli, at the party headquarters at Dhumbarahi on Tuesday issued such directives. The meeting […]
Kathmandu / Jan 29 : Twenty-four members have been elected unopposed to National Assembly (NA) from seven provincial assemblies. The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced the final list of candidates for the upper house. The 24 candidates were elected unopposed as no other contender filed nominations for those seats or some of the contenders […]
Kathmandu / Jan 29 : As many as 20 embattled Nepali employees working at Kharafi National Company of Kuwait have been rescued and sent to Nepal. The Nepali Embassy in Kuwait, in coordination with the Company, rescued the employees and sent them to Nepal by arranging air tickets from the relief fund received from Foreign […]
Kathmandu / Jan 29: Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police on Monday arrested as many as 20 foreign doctors from various places of the capital on the charge of working without permission. Republica Online quoted CIB Director DIG Pushkar Karki as sayin that acting on a tip-off by the Nepal Medical Council […]
United Arab Emirates / Jan 28: Sunita (name changed) of Tanahun district arrived in United Arab Emirates some ten months ago via India after a broker promised her of decent job and lucrative payment. She used the Jamunaha checkpoint of Nepalgunj and reached the Indian capital city of New Delhi and was taken to the […]
Kathamandu / Jan 28: The joint task force meeting of CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Center) meeting has agreed on the Provincial Chief Ministers, Speakers and Deputy Speakers on Sunday. After the one-to-one meeting between the chairmen of both parties, the task force meeting made an agreement on the post of Provincial Chief Ministers, Speakers […]
Lalitpur / Jan 28: Despite the World Health Organisation’s target to eradicate leprosy by 2020, around 3,000 new leprosy patients are diagnosed in Nepal every year. This year alone, altogether 3,215 new leprosy patients were identified. Increasing number of leprosy patients in Nepal has become a challenge though Nepal announced leprosy eradication in 2010, the […]
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