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SC orders judicial custody for DG Sharma; Lawmakers question CIAA performance

Kathmandu / Aug. 1: The Supreme Court has ordered judicial custody of suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department (IRD) Chudamani Sharma. A full bench of Justices Deepakraj Joshi, Deepak Kumar Karki, Kedar Prasad Chalise, Sharada Prasad Ghimire and Anila Kumar Sinha issued the order. DG Sharma was currently in the custody of Commission for […]


Over 17,000 receive medical treatment under PCMTP

Kathmandu / Aug. 1: More than 17,000 people received medical treatment in the past one year under the government’s poor citizens’ medical treatment program (PCMTP), officials said. Altogether 17,218 new and old patients suffering from various diseases like cancer, kidney, heart and spinal cord complications among others received treatment from various 52 health institutions across […]


Election officer of Chitwan directed to fix poll date in Bharatpur-19

Kathmandu / July 31 : The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has directed the chief returning officer of Chitwan to fix date for re-polling at the earliest in all polling centres of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19, Chitwan. EC’s Spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma said that a meeting of the EC decided to direct the chief returning officer […]


Collaboration sought for addressing Kathmandu’s traffic problem

Kathmandu / July 31 : Cooperation and collaboration among all the stakeholders has been stressed for addressing the traffic problem in the Kathmandu Valley. This was highlighted at a discussion programme organized at the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division by the Forum for Protection of Consumer Interest on Monday. The speakers at the programme also pointed […]


Lawmakers for passing bill relating to functioning of local level-2

Kathmandu / July 31 : During the discussion today, seeking amendment in the bill, lawmaker Dhruba Wagle opined that the local level could be given the rights to decide on production of electricity up to 10 mega watt. Similarly, Bharat Kumar Saha said only the Office of the Auditor General could not handle the auditing […]


SC orders re-poll in Bharatpur-19

Kathmandu / July 30: The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the Election Commission’s decision to conduct re-polling in Ward 19 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City. A division bench of Justices Om Prakash Mishra and Purushottam Bhandari quashed the writ petition filed by CPN-UML ward member candidate for Bharatpur-19 Gunjaman BK, and advocate Tulsiram Pandey against the […]


Both elections not possible together: CEC Yadav

Kathmandu / July 30: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said that the election of the provincial assembly and the House of Representatives was not possible together for constitutional as well as managerial reasons. Speaking before the Good Governance and Monitoring Committee of the Legislature-Parliament today, he said women’s representation as envisaged by […]


National pride projects to be highly prioritized: Minister Dev

Kathmandu / July 30: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Jitendra Dev, has said that the construction of the five national pride projects falling under the Ministry would be forwarded effectively according high priority. Receiving congratulations and best wishes from the National Tourism Journalists Association (NATOJ) here today, the newly elected Minister for […]


JACK LIVES HERE

Manohar Shrestha / Kathmandu: We are beginning to hear a lot about Jack in the Newar Valley these days. We are told that ‘Mr. Jack Daniel was NO SAINT. BUT HE DID START SOMETHING OF A RELIGION’. Sometimes we would be told ‘IT’S NOT SCOTCH, IT’S NOT BOURBON.IT’S JACK’. Thankfully ‘JACK LIVES HERE’ now, almost, […]


Second round talks with Dr Govinda KC inconclusive

 Kathmandu / July 29: The second phase of talks between the government side and Dr Govinda KC’s side ended inconclusively on Saturday. Senior orthopedic surgeon at the TU Teaching Hospital, Prof Dr Govinda K.C. is on a fast-onto-death, demanding overall reforms in the medical sector and the fulfillment of the agreement that the government signed […]




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