Kathmandu / May 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has resigned from his post on Wednesday. In a televised addres to the nation, Dahal briefed the nation on the achievements made during his stint as the prime minster before announcing his resignation. Addressing the nation, Dahal boasted about playing a significant role to building up social […]
Kathmandu / May 22: Acting Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli, in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari, administered oath of office and secrecy to Deep Basnyat as the Chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and to Tankamani Sharma Dangal as the Auditor General amidst a ceremony at the Office […]
Kathmandu / May 21: A writ petition has been filed at Supreme Court against government’s decision to withdraw the cases of those accused of involving in the notorious Tikapur incident. Advocate Kapildev Dhakal, former secretary of Nepal government Dwarika Nath Dhungel and Dr Jagdish Chandra Baral jointly filed the writ petition, making defendants to the […]
Kathmandu / May 18: The Election Commission on Thursday informed that 4,888 representatives in 115 local bodies have been elected in 34 districts of Province number 3, 4 and 6. EC Spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma informed that 115 candidates were elected as mayors, 115 candidates as deputy mayors, 1126 candidates as ward chiefs and 1792 […]
Kathmandu / May 16: President Bidya Devi Bhandari left Colombo for Kathmandu this afternoon upon the completion of her four-day official visit to Sri Lanka, according to the Embassy of Nepal, Colombo. She had a meeting with former President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in Colombo today itself. Views upon empowerment of women, women’s […]
Kathmandu / May 16: The Election Commission on Tuesday has decided to assign additional teams to expedite vote counting in various places. EC spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma said the additional teams would be mobilised to speed up the counting process. Sharma further said the concerned election officers would depute the additional counting teams as per […]
Kathmandu / May 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday held a meeting with the leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal at the PM’s official residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu. According to PM’s secretariat, the discussion was centred on passing the constitution amendment bill and holding second phase of local level elections by forging […]
Kathmandu / May 14: The voting of the first round of the much – awaited local level elections taking place for the first time after Nepal became a federal democratic republic commenced at 7 am. After a long wait, patience and excitement, the people are exercising their franchise to make a choice of their favorite […]
Kathmandu / May 12: Nepal and China on Friday signed a framework agreement on China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, days ahead of a summit in Beijing where an ambitious plan to build a modern-day Silk Road trade routes and lead a new era of globalisation would be unveiled. Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi […]
Kathmandu / May 12: The government is setting up an intraocular lens manufacturing facility for Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO) being run under the Nepal Eye Program. The Ministry of Industry (MoI) and the (TIO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the facility amid a function on Thursday. Purushottam Nepal, an under at […]