Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Three major political parties have agreed to hold the federal and provincial elections on the same day. At a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, on Wednesday, the three parties – Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) – have decided to urge the Election Commission for holding election […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 16: Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar Wednesday afternoon. On the occasion, the two leaders discussed on matters related to Nepal-China bilateral relations, mutual interests and cooperation, shared PM’s Foreign Affairs advisor Dinesh Bhattarai. Bhattarai further informed that […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging indefinite hunger strike for the past 23 days at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, has suspended his fast on the 23rd day on Tuesday. He warned that he would stage another hunger strike if the government did not address his demands at the earliest. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: Nepal and China have sealed three important agreements with long term impact on Nepal’s socio-economic development. Following on the heels of a high-level dialogue among the top government officials from both the neighbours, agreements were held on three different topics – Economic and Technological Cooperation, China -Aid Oil and Gas Resources […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 15: The reconstruction work of the historic nine-storey palace at the Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square has been launched after two years of the massive earthquake in 2015. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara and the visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 14: Vice Premier of State Council of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yang arrived here this afternoon on a four-day official visit to Nepal. Mr Wang was welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport VIP longue by Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jitendra Narayan Dev. Nepal’s Ambassador to the People’s […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 11: Seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations have agreed to conclude early a free trade accord, implement the Paris agreement on climate change and step up cooperation among their security agencies to combat terrorism. The foreign ministers of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal on Friday expressed “great […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 10: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today insisted on the combined efforts to eliminate superstition-based practices and customs such as child marriage, dowry system and chhaupadi prevailing in the country. Inaugurating a campaign against child marriage in the Capital today, President Bhandari said that superstitions and other malpractices based on tradition prevailing in […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 10: Visiting External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday. During the meeting held at Sheetal Niwas, matters regarding the strengthening of historical and friendly relations between the two countries were discussed, reads a press release issued by Spokesperson of the Office […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 09: The Legislature Parliament passed the Criminal Code 2074 on Wednesday. The Parliament brought the new code in order to update the criminal law which was earlier based on the amendment of Civil Code-2021. After the Code is certified by the President, it would come into effect from coming Bhadra 1 (August […]
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