Kathmandu / July 10: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the government has accorded first priority to holding elections at the federal and province level within the stipulated time (by January 21, 2018). Prime Minister Deuba said this while responding to queries related to various topics concerning the Offices of President and Vice President, […]
Kathmandu / July 10: The main opposition party CPN-UML has maintained a healthy lead over the ruling party Nepali Congress in the second round of local level elections held in 35 districts in province number 1, 5 and 7 on June 28. The second round of local polls was commenced to select local representatives of […]
Ratnagar / July 10: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the local levels stand as a foundation of economic prosperity of the country. Elections have paved the door to economic prosperity and local levels have a multi-dimensional role to play in this regard, he said. Addressing the […]
Kathmandu / July 10: The Election Commission (EC) has refused to provide new election symbol to Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) for third round of local elections slated for September 18 in Province 2. RJPN, the party formed after merger of six Madhes-based parties, had last week submitted an application seeking registration of the party […]
Kathmandu / July 9: Representatives from business associations, including Nepal Bankers’ Association, and Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), have expressed differing views on the monetary policy made public by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday. Chairman of Nepal Bankers’ Association, Anil Keshari Sah, commented that the monetary policy did not prioritize […]
Kathmandu / July 6: Discussions on the appropriation bill are continuous in the parliament for few days. Speaking in today’s meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmakers Prem Suwal and Dilli Prasad Kafle proposed to cut the expenditure amount allocated for different nine ministries. Lawmaker Kafle proposed for reducing the expenditure amount […]
Kathmandu / July 6: A Cabinet meeting today decided to appoint Secretary of Judicial Council Nahakul Subedi as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court. The meeting also decided to give authority to the Secretary of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs to sign the Memorandum of Understanding to establish bilateral consultation mechanism between the Governments of […]
Bhaktapur / July 6: The Sajha Yatayat has extended its Swayambhu of Kathmandu-Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur route to Sanga that borders with Kavre. The service was extended on the initiatives of people’s representatives of the Surya Binayak Municipality. The Sajha currently operates 20 buses in Bhaktapur and newly launched service will be available in the office […]
Kathmandu / July 5: Out of 334 local levels where the second phase of local level elections were held on June 28, the poll results have been announced at 307 levels. According to the Joint Election Operation Centre (JEOC) at the Election Commission, the election results have been announced at 119 local levels in Province […]
Kathmandu / July 5: A section of lawmakers, airing their views in the special hour of the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, stressed the need for formulating laws required for operating the local levels in the aftermath of the completion of local elections in six provinces. Rajan Bhattarai, underlining the need of bringing the laws necessary to […]
