Nuwakot / Nov 6: Crops worth more than 30 million rupees were damaged in the hailstorms that occurred last Saturday night in Nuwakot district. The District Agriculture Development Office said that crops, namely paddy, orange, potato, millet were damaged. The crops cultivated in more than 500 hectares of land were damaged, chief of Office Dr […]
Kathmandu / Nov 5: The Offices of Chief Election Officer and Election Officers in 45 districts allocated election symbols on Sunday to the candidates for the second round of House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections. The twin elections (second phase) are taking place in 45 districts on coming December 7. According to Election Commission […]
Kathmandu / Nov 5: Supreme Court has started hearing on the writ demanding voting right for the officials and security personals deployed during the upcoming elections and has asked for the amicus curiae regarding the issue. A joint bench of Justices Deepak Raj Joshi and Dambar Bahadur Shahi on Sunday asked for the amicus curiae […]
Kathmandu / Nov 5: Secretary for Labour and Employment, Mr. Laxman Prasad Mainali, met Mr. Guy Ryder, Director General of International Labour Organization at his office on November 2 and held discussion on various facets of Nepal-ILO relations. The Labour Secretary is in Geneva to attend the 331st Governing Board Meeting of ILO. The GB […]
Kathmandu / Nov 4:The Election Commission (EC) has scrapped candidacy of Nepali Congress leader Govinda Raj Joshi citing the candidate was already convicted by the Special Court and the corruption case against him is still under investigation at the apex court. A Board meeting of the EC instructed Tanahu District Office to cancel Joshi’s candidacy […]
Kathmandu / Nov 4:President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called upon the government, educational institutions and the guardians to pay attention to the quality of education in the coming days for ‘happier Nepalis and prosperous Nepal’. Addressing the Academic Day programme of the Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute in the capital on Saturday, the Head-of-State pointed out the […]
Nawalparasi / Nov 4: A total 15.4 million voters are eligible to vote in the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly scheduled for November 26 and December 7. Of them, the highest number of voters are in province 3 (3.74 million) and the lowest in province 6 (0.8 million), according to […]
Kathmandu / Nov 03: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said the Election Commission (EC) is working with a focus on its goal of making the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies exemplary in view of the managerial aspect. Inaugurating an orientation programme relating to election for youths associated […]
Kathmandu / Nov 03: The Election Commission (EC) has unveiled a closed list of candidates contesting the upcoming elections under the proportional representation (PR) category. A total of 6,094 candidates are contesting for seats allocated under the PR category, said Begendraraj Sharma Paudel, secretary at the EC, making the list public. As per the electoral […]
Kathmandu / Nov 03: Nepal’s permanent representative for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambika Luitel has highlighted the need to implement appropriate programmes to mitigate the adverse effects of global warming on Nepal’s Himalayas. Addressing the 39th general meeting of UNESCO in Paris, the capital of France, on Thursday, she stressed […]