Kathmandu / March 24: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has claimed that prisoners across the country have been deprived of minimum human rights. According to a statement issued by NHRC Spokesperson Mohana Ansari on Friday, facilities and money being provided to them for different purposes by the government are not in consistent with time […]
Kathmandu / March 24: The meeting of Vice-Premier of China Zhang Gaoli with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Hainan Province of China, today, featured with the discussion on the development issues as construction of railway, energy production, resumption of Tatopani border point, and opening of further border points between the two countries. According to […]
Kathmandu / March 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ left here late this night for Boao in Hainan Province of China to take part in the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Prime Minister Prachanda was seen off at the Tribhuvan International Airport by Deputy Prime Ministers Bimalendra Nidhi and Kamal Thapa, ministers, heads […]
Kathmandu / March 23: The government has formed nine separate committees for the coordination and effectiveness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation. According to the National Planning Commission (NPC), the committees themselves can prepare their term of references and invite government officials and representatives of private and non-governmental sectors as the invitee members. The […]
Kathmandu / March 23: Chinese Defence Minister and State Councilor General Chang Wanquan arrived here today on a three-day official visit. He is leading a 19-member delegation and visiting Nepal at the invitation of Defence Minister Bal Krishna Khand. The Chinese dignitary was welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport by Minister for Defence Khand and […]
Kathmandu / March 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has proposed CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav to seek consensus in the contentious issues by keeping aside the issue of provinces’ delineation. During the separate meetings with Oli and Yadav in the Speaker’s Office, Singhadurbar, on […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: News reports and social media are abuzz with discussions over the names of the candidates likely to be fray in the May 14 local election to various posts including mayor and deputy mayors of municipalities. Some of the names have come from well-wishers and supporters while some have been put in […]
Kathmandu / March 22: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament finally passed the bill relating to political parties by fixing the threshold of three percent votes for the proportional category of election while one seat in the first-past-the-post to be recognized as the national party. Although big political parties were univocal for the threshold, the fringe […]
Kathmandu / March 22: Energy Minister Janardan Sharma has said Nepal has identified energy sector as a means of achieving socio-economic development and the incumbent government is active for the development of energy. In his address to a two-day regional meeting on sustainable energy for Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries kicked off here today, the Energy […]
Kathmandu / March 22: The Election Commission (EC) has made necessary arrangement for dispatching all the materials required for upcoming local-level election along with deputation of human resource at polling centres. The EC has prepared a list of 67 election materials required for this election. EC Spokesperson, Surya Prasad Sharma, said the EC has started […]