Kathmandu / Dec 9: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the Nepali people on the peaceful completion of the elections to the members of the House of Representatives and State Assemblies. In a press statement issued today by the Office of UN Secretary General, he expressed hope that political parties in Nepal would […]
Kathmandu / Dec 9: Nepali Congress leader Gagan Thapa has said that preliminary federal parliament and provincial assembly elections result is a disaster for the party. Thapa won the election of House of Representatives from Kathmandu-4. Speaking to reporters after being elected as lawmaker for the second time from same constituency, Thapa said there should […]
Kathmandu / Dec 8: Following the completion of the elections of House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the price of petroleum products. According to spokesperson of NOC Birendra Goit , the corporation has increased Rs 2 in petrol, Rs 3 in diesel and kerosene and Rs 5 in aviation […]
Kathmandu / Dec 8: As vote counting of first phase of election reaches in mid-way, left alliance is leading in two-third constituencies. First phase election was held in 32 districts for 37 seats in House of Representatives. Out of them, left alliance is in lead in 29 constituencies and Nepali Congress in only four constituencies […]
Kathmandu / Dec 8: The World Bank has approved a US$80 million (approximately 8 billion rupees) loan for a Livestock Sector Innovation Project. The project will support the objectives of the Government of Nepal’s Agriculture Development Strategy (ADS, 2015) which underpins the role of livestock for sustained agriculture and economic growth, poverty reduction, and improving […]
Kathmandu / Dec 7: The Election Commission (EC) has put the preliminary voter turnout at 67 per cent in the second phase of parliamentary and provincial election held in 45 districts on Thursday. The election in 45 districts voted to elect 128 House of Representatives and 256 Provincial Assembly members. According to the election body, […]
Rasuwa / Dec 7: Power generation from the Chilime Hydropower Project which had stopped from Wednesday afternoon has now been restored. The power generation from the 22 MW-capacity hydel project had stopped after the problems in the power transmission line. The power supply has been restored after fixing the problem with the power transmission tower, […]
Khotang / Dec 7: Leopard rampage has terrorised local people in the southern area of the district. A pair of leopards strays into human settlements from nearby forests, and rampages through killing many cattle and goats so far, the locals said. Kedar Roila of Jantedhunga rural municipality-4 said his five goats were ate by a […]
Kathmandu / Dec 6: With the country all set to hold the second round of election to the House of Representatives and Provincial parliament Thursday, the Election Commission has urged voters to exercise their rights being confident. The country is holding the election for 128 members of the House of Representatives and 256 members of […]
Kathmandu / Dec 6: Nepal proposed to update the existing memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Labour Issue 2008 and form the Joint Technical Committee with Bahrain. Ambassador of Nepal to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Padam Sundas, made this proposal in a meeting with Jameel Bin Mohamed Ali Hamaidan, the Minister for Labour and Social Development […]
