Kathmandu / Dec 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has approved the ordinance on National Assembly election forwarded by the cabinet two months ago. President Bhandari today approved the ordinance which had been tabled in the President’s Office, according to the President’s Chief Secretary Bhesh Raj Adhikari. President Bhandari had held consultations with Prime Minister Sher […]
Kathmandu / Dec 29: CPN (Maoist Center) has recommended the names of 35 Maoist members to represent the party in the Provincial Assembly under the proportional representation (PR) category. A central committee meeting of the Maoist Center held today decided to this end today. According to the decision, the Maoist Center picked five members each […]
Bhaktapur / Dec 29: CPN (UML) leader and former Minister Lalbabu Pandit has claimed that he would reduce crime by 50 per cent were he to get the Home Ministry portfolio in the new government. Speaking at the face-to-face programme organised at the Rafat Sanchar Club on Friday, Pandit said that he knew the way […]
Kathmandu / Dec 28: The Election Commission has appealed to political parties to register themselves for the election of the member of the National Assembly. The political parties registered at the Commission as per Article 269 of the Constitution are eligible to apply to take part in the election of the NA membership as per […]
Kathmandu / Dec 28: The cabinet meeting held today has made a decision to provide Rs 5,000 as monthly welfare allowance to kidney failure, cancer patients and to people with spinal injury. Financial assistance will be provided to those in need of free dialysis service, cancer treatment and treatment for paralysis due to spinal injury, […]
Kathmandu / Dec 28: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding prompt authentication of an ordinance pertaining to National Assembly (NA) election forwarded by the government to President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Advocate Yagyamani Neupane on Thursday filed the writ arguing it is illegal for the President to put on hold […]
Kathmandu / Dec 27: CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have held a meeting at Balkot in Baktapur on Wednesday. According to soruces, UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal discussed current political deadlock, party unity and new government formation in the meeting. In the meeting, both the leaders have agreed […]
Kathmandu / Dec 27:A high-level team comprising Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Chief Executive Officer Kulman Ghising has left for New Delhi, India today with a mission of renewing the power purchase agreement with the southern neighbour. The term of the agreement ends on December 31. The agreement relates to the purchase of 145 Megawatts power […]
Kathmandu / Dec 27: The government– in order to ease tax collection process and cut back on costs incurred– has decided to implement digital payment systems to collect tax-revenue, major source of government income, from April, 2018. According to Joint Secretary at Finance Ministry, Shova Kanta Poudel, steps are being taken to fully implement the […]
Chitwan / Dec 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the President of Nepali Congress, has said that he is impatient to hand over the helm to a new government. Inaugurating Chitwan Elephants Festival, which has begun from today at Sauraha in Chitwan, Prime Minister Deuba said, “ I believe that all the […]