Kathmandu / March 17: Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun has been elected unopposed for a second term on Saturday as he was the only candidate to file nomination for the post. The official announcement, however, will be made only on Sunday. The main opposition Nepali Congress, who had fielded Kumari Laxmi Rai against Bidya Devi Bhandari […]
Kathmandu / Mar 16:Nepal Police Central Investigation Bureau has arrested thirteen bankers including former chief executive officer Bishnu Prasad Dhital of the then Apex Development Bank for indulging in unethical loan releases. According to the police, arrests were made after the accused released loans amounting Rs 1.50 billion through forged loanee documents, inadequate collateral and […]
Kathmandu / Mar 15: Public vehicles running for over 20 years will be banned from all operations, starting today. The government has executed a policy to ban public vehicles crossing 20 years of operation and authorities will seize any such vehicles found on the roads. According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, a […]
Kathmandu / Mar 14: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has formed a 1,138-member committee for conducting the traditional chariot procession of the Seto Machchhindranath deity. The time-honoured tradition of towing the chariot carrying the idol of the deity commences from March 25 this year as per the lunar calendar. Guruju (chief priest) Neel Kaji Shakya will […]
Bhaktapur / Mar 14: The National Examinations Board (NEB) has determined the exam centers for the Class 11 and 12 examinations. The12 board exams are scheduled for April 27 to May 13 while the Class 11 exams will commence from May 14. NEB spokesperson and deputy exam controller, Jayanti Satyal said that they have fixed […]
Washington D.C./ Mar 13: Sagoon, the social commerce platform enabling its users to Connect, Share, and Earn, has announced that it has entered into an agreement for a $5 million investment from HT Overseas Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HT Media Limited, one of India’s oldest and largest media companies. In a press statement […]
Dhangadhi / March 10: State Assembly meeting of Province 7 on Saturday passed the Provincial Assembly Working Procedure Rules, 2018. The Rules endorsement acted on the proposal forwarded by Liladhar Bhatta, SA member and the Provincial Regulation Draft Committee Chairperson with the permission from Speaker Arjun Bahadur Thapa. The proposal was supported by CPN (Maoist […]
Kathmandu / Mar 9: The Rastriya Janata Party (RJP), Nepal has decided to support Bidya Devi Bhandari of left alliance in the presidential election. A meeting of RJP Nepal’s presidium held today decided to vote for Bhandari in the presidential poll, RJP Nepal’s general secretary Keshav Jha said. He also added that the talks between […]
Kathmandu / Mar 9: Two hundred Nepali students have been awarded with the India’s “Golden Jubilee Scholarship Scheme” for 2017-2018 on Friday. The scholarship scheme which is considered as the prestigious one enables selected Nepali students to continue studying MBBS, BE, BS.c, BA, B.Ed, BBA and under-graduate courses at various universities and colleges in Nepal. […]
Kathmandu / Mar 8: All Nepal Football Association observed the 2018 AFC Women’s Football Day by hosting various programmes at the ANFA Complex, Satdobato, Lalitpur on Thursday. Over 150 students from various schools of Kathmandu valley took part in football drills conducted by senior coaches of the ANFA as well as in entertainment programmes. Similarly, […]