Butwal / March 8: Minister for Finance Bishnu Poudel has said the incumbent government would be the last one from the Legislature-Parliament. He ruled out any chance for the change of guard as the government has possessed a clear majority in the parliament. Minister Poudel, also the deputy general secretary of CPN-UML, hinted at the […]
Kathmandu / March 8: Nepal is likely to become member of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), an Asia-wide cooperation framework as ACD’s 14th ministerial meeting scheduled from March 9-10 in Bangkok, Thailand is expected to endorse Nepal’s membership. The meeting is expected to endorse Nepal as its 34th member, said a high-level official of the […]
Kathmandu / March 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called on all to join hands in the government campaign for the empowerment of women. In his message of best wishes today on the occasion of the 106th International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Oli has wished all the women across the country for their happiness, […]
Gorkha / March 8: The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) is to support to rebuild Laprak village in Gorkha district that was damaged from the April 25 ‘Gorkha Earthquake’. Chairman of NRNA Shesh Ghale reached Laprak on Monday along with Australian Senator Shyam Pastory, Member of the Reconstruction Authority Nepal, Chandra Bahadur Shrestha, and Nepal’s Honorary […]
Kathmandu / March 7: Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected the party new President from the 13th General Convention. He was declared the new party president of the country’s oldest party through the run-off voting concluded late this evening. Deuba secured 1,822 to become the chief of the largest party in […]
Kathmandu / March 7: President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended the special function organised by the Nepalese Army at the army pavilion at Tundikhel on the occasion of the Army Day and Mahashivaratri today. On the occasion, President Bhandari laid a wreath at the Bir Smarak (monument to the Brave Soldier) there and paid tributes. She […]
Kathmandu / March 7: The government is going to launch a campaign of feeding medicines to the general public from March 12 in a bid to eradicating elephantiasis. The Ministry of Health and Population, Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control under Department of Health Services would administer medicines against elephantiasis to 13 million people of […]
Kathmandu / March 7: Hindu devotees all over the country today are celebrating the great festival of Mahashivaratri by worshipping Lord Shiva at various rivers, ponds and temples since early morning. Shivaratri, thought to be the day on which Lord Shiva was born, is one of the four nights known as Kaalratri, Moharatri, Sukharatri and […]
Kathmandu / March 7: As none of the party president candidates garnered 50 per cent votes in the elections of the Nepali Congress (NC)’s ongoing 13th National Convention, the NC is headed for run off as per the party statute to pick the party president. As per the vote counts completed at 5:30 this morning, […]
Kathmandu / March 6: The voting begun at 8:45 am Sunday to elect the central leadership through the ongoing 13th National Convention of the Nepali Congress has concluded at about 10:00 pm. In the election, 3,147 out of the total 3,161 voters cast votes for the election of the President, said secretary of the central […]