Bhaktapur / Mar 22: The secondary education examination (SEE) has been held simultaneously at 1,956 exam centres across the country today without any hitches. Examinations controller Ambika Prasad Regmi said the exam was conducted from 8 am to 11 am throughout the country in a peaceful manner. Today is the first day of the examination, […]
Kathmandu / Mar 18: Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Dr Shibamaya Tumbahamphe, and Vice Chair of the National Assembly, Shashikala Dahal, has been administered the oath of office and secrecy Sunday. Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara administered the oath to the deputy speaker of the lower house while the NA (upper house)’s vice chair took […]
Kathmandu / Mar 16: 15 new ministers from CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have taken oath today at the Presidential office, Sheetal Niwas on Friday. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli led government has appointed 15 new ministers, nine from CPN UML and six from Maoist Center. The Oli led government is desegregating handful of ministries […]
Kathmandu / Mar 15: Nepal has defeated Papua New Guinea by six wickets. Chasing the target of 115 runs set by PNG, Nepal met the target losing four wickets with remaining 162 balls. In the play-off under the ICC World Cup Qualifiers underway in Harare, Zimbabwe on Thursday, with the contribution of half-century score by […]
Kathmandu / Mar 14: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been administered the oath of office and secrecy by Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli. The Judicial Council has sent a removal letter to Chief Justice Parajuli today, citing inconsistencies in the birth dates as mentioned in his citizenship and academic certificates. President Bhandari had emerged victorious with […]
Kathmandu / Mar 13: Bidya Devi Bhandari has been re-elected as the President of Nepal with 39, 275 votes in an election held at Federal Parliament buildingt in New Baneshwar on Tuesday. Her one and only closest rival from Nepali Congress Kumari Laxmi Rai got 11, 730 votes. Of the total 880 eligible voters, 862 […]
Katmandu / Mar 12: Forty-nine people lost their lives as a plane carrying 71 people crashed on landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport today at 2:18 pm. According to Spokesperson of the Nepal Police, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Manoj Neupaney, 49 people were killed in the crash while 22 people are currently undergoing treatment at […]
Kathmandu / Mar 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli secured 208 votes today to pass the floor test with more than two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives. Of the 275 lawmakers, 268 were present today. Only 60 lawmakers of the opposition party voted against the PM. Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmaker Prem Suwal […]
Kathmandu / Mar 9: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said the incumbent government is focused on controlling corruption. “I will not indulge in such illegal activity nor will I endure it. I will make the country free of corruption in my tenure as PM,” he said while inaugurating a medical building for Bir Hospital. […]
Dang/ Mar 9: Born in an economically weak family, Shanta Chaudhary of Dang district was made to work as a housemaid for a landlord of the district at a tender age of 10. From that age, she spent the next ten years working as a kamlari (indentured laborer). Every year on the first day of […]