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Prachanda leaves with a legacy of statesmanship and hope for a prosperous Nepal (Commentary)

Kathmandu / May 28:Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on May 24 announced his resignation after serving slightly more than nine months in office, thereby leaving a blueprint for political propriety and exhibiting a level of statesmanship in the country. The Chairman of the Maoist Centre had reached at the helm of prime ministerial berth […]


Quality improvement in country’s economy: growth estimated to be seven per cent

Kathmandu / May 28:The Government has estimated the economic growth of the current fiscal year to increase by 6.94 per cent. According to the Economic Survey 2016/17 released by the Ministry of Finance here today, favourable climate leading to rise in agriculture productivity, increase in capital expenditure, energy management and improvement in atmosphere for investment […]


23 public enterprises in profit, 12 in loss; NOC incurs huge benefit

Kathmandu / May 28: Out of 35 public enterprises, 23 were found making profit, while 12 incurring loss this fiscal year. The government has said these enterprises became successful to make the profit of Rs 34.96 billion as compared to the previous year. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Sunday […]


Parliament begins deliberations on govt’s policies and programs

Kathmandu / May 27: Today’s meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has started deliberations on the government policies and programs for the fiscal 2017-18. President Bidya Devi Bhandari presented the policies and programmes at the parliament on Thursday. Taking part in the deliberation, CPN-UML parliamentary party deputy leader Subas Chandra Nembang expressed happiness over the resumption of […]


Some 100,000 staff to be deputed on poll duty besides security personnel

Kathmandu / May 27: The Election Commission has stated that it was going to deploy around 100 thousand employees besides the security personnel for the second-phase local level election to be held on June 14. EC spokesman Surya Prasad Sharma said all sorts of preparations for the second-phase election have been completed and 95 thousand […]


Dr KC to stage 11th hunger strike in Dang from Sunday

Dang / May 27: Senior Orthopedic Surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging hunger strikes time and again demanding reforms in the medical education, is to stage his 11th hunger strike in the Dang district. KC has arrived in Dang to stage the hunger strike with three-point demands. His demands include endorsement of people-orientated […]


Parliament meeting postponed; SC stays govt decision to add local units

Kathmandu / May 26: The Parliament meeting called for Friday morning has been put off till Saturday due to the obstruction of the CPN-UML parliamentarians. The meeting scheduled for 11:00 am was postponed till 4:00 pm on Friday itself. As soon as the second meeting began, Chief Whip of UML Bhanubhakta Dhakal stood up from […]


President confers different decorations on 258 people

Kathmandu / May 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has conferred various decorations on 258 persons in different genres on the occasion of the 9th Republic Day-2017. President Bhandari gave away the decorations amidst a special function organised at the Office of President at Sheetal Niwas on Friday. The Nepal Ratna Bibhushan was dedicated to the […]


Federal Alliance to disrupt June 14 polls

Kathmandu / May 26: The Federal Alliance on Friday announced stir against the second phase of local polls slated for June 14, saying the government failed to address its demands. After holding a meeting here today, the FA issued a press release and announced programs aimed at disrupting the polls. The FA announced that it […]


Prez Bhandari presents govt policy and programme for FY 2017/18

Kathmandu / May 25: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has presented the government’s policy and programme for the fiscal year 2017/18 at the Legislature-Parliament on Thursday. Reading the document handed over by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Head-of-State said that the government had successfully held the first phase of local level elections and was committed […]




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