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 […]
Kathmandu / July 6: A Cabinet meeting today decided to appoint Secretary of Judicial Council Nahakul Subedi as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court. The meeting also decided to give authority to the Secretary of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs to sign the Memorandum of Understanding to establish bilateral consultation mechanism between the Governments of […]
Bhaktapur / July 6: The Sajha Yatayat has extended its Swayambhu of Kathmandu-Suryabinayak of Bhaktapur route to Sanga that borders with Kavre. The service was extended on the initiatives of people’s representatives of the Surya Binayak Municipality. The Sajha currently operates 20 buses in Bhaktapur and newly launched service will be available in the office […]
Kathmandu / July 5: Out of 334 local levels where the second phase of local level elections were held on June 28, the poll results have been announced at 307 levels. According to the Joint Election Operation Centre (JEOC) at the Election Commission, the election results have been announced at 119 local levels in Province […]
Kathmandu / July 5: A section of lawmakers, airing their views in the special hour of the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, stressed the need for formulating laws required for operating the local levels in the aftermath of the completion of local elections in six provinces. Rajan Bhattarai, underlining the need of bringing the laws necessary to […]
Kathmandu / July 5: The adjustment of the staffers serving in different capacities in the Ministry of Education (MoE) as well as its subordinate bodies has been taking forever owing to various reasons. Although the new constitution mandates that the responsibility of the operation of up to the secondary level education is to be borne […]
Kathmandu / July 4: As many as 6,100 women and children were reportedly trafficked from the country during the fiscal year 2072-73 BS, a report reveals. The ‘Trafficking in persons’ National Report released by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today showed that 98 % among the trafficked were women. The Report has projected that […]
Kathmandu / July 4: Development Committee of the Parliament instructed the government and concerned government authorities to stop vehicular movement on the Mugling-Narayanghat road in night time for at least next one and half months. The committee on Tuesday took the decision after the sub-committee formed to monitor the road construction project submitted its report […]