Kathmandu / July 12: The Election Commission (EC) has urged the political parties representing the Legislature-Parliament in collecting voters’ roll for coming provincial and parliamentary elections. The EC has already made public its programme to register voters’ name lists in all districts for the provincial and parliamentary assembly election from coming July 16-30. On the […]
Kathmandu / July 11: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court ( SC) Tuesday, demanding the release of Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma, who is presently in the custody of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on corruption charge. Sharma’s spouse Ms Kalpana Upreti Sharma moved […]
Kathmandu / July 11: Nepal U-23 team romped to 1-0 victory against Bangladesh U-23 in a cagey affair in one-off international friendly match played at the ANFA Complex in Lalitpur on Tuesday. Skipper Bimal Gharti Magar slotted home after a cut back from impressive Anjan Bista against run a play in the 19th minutes. Nepal’s […]
Kathmandu / July 11: In view of the mounting traffic congestion during the rush hours in the Kathmandu Valley, the government has planned to ban tippers, trucks and mini trucks along the ring road from 9:00am to 11:00pm and from 4:00pm to 7:00pm from Wednesday. The joint meeting of the Department of Transport Management, Metropolitan […]
Kathmandu / July 10: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the government has accorded first priority to holding elections at the federal and province level within the stipulated time (by January 21, 2018). Prime Minister Deuba said this while responding to queries related to various topics concerning the Offices of President and Vice President, […]
Kathmandu / July 10: The main opposition party CPN-UML has maintained a healthy lead over the ruling party Nepali Congress in the second round of local level elections held in 35 districts in province number 1, 5 and 7 on June 28. The second round of local polls was commenced to select local representatives of […]
Ratnagar / July 10: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the local levels stand as a foundation of economic prosperity of the country. Elections have paved the door to economic prosperity and local levels have a multi-dimensional role to play in this regard, he said. Addressing the […]
Kathmandu / July 10: The Election Commission (EC) has refused to provide new election symbol to Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) for third round of local elections slated for September 18 in Province 2. RJPN, the party formed after merger of six Madhes-based parties, had last week submitted an application seeking registration of the party […]
Kathmandu / July 9: Representatives from business associations, including Nepal Bankers’ Association, and Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), have expressed differing views on the monetary policy made public by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday. Chairman of Nepal Bankers’ Association, Anil Keshari Sah, commented that the monetary policy did not prioritize […]
Kathmandu / July 6: Discussions on the appropriation bill are continuous in the parliament for few days. Speaking in today’s meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party lawmakers Prem Suwal and Dilli Prasad Kafle proposed to cut the expenditure amount allocated for different nine ministries. Lawmaker Kafle proposed for reducing the expenditure amount […]