Kathmandu / May 18: The Election Commission on Thursday informed that 4,888 representatives in 115 local bodies have been elected in 34 districts of Province number 3, 4 and 6. EC Spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma informed that 115 candidates were elected as mayors, 115 candidates as deputy mayors, 1126 candidates as ward chiefs and 1792 […]
Kathmandu / May 18: A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar on Thursday acknowledged the Madhes movement as a political one. It made a decision that the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs would present a proposal, at the […]
Kathmandu / May 17: Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) is doubling the budget for local units in the coming fiscal year compared to previous years. The MoFALD has proposed to distribute about Rs 100 billion to 744 units in Fiscal Year 2017/18, up from Rs 50 billion allocated in the current fiscal […]
Kathmandu / May 17: Chief Election Commissioner Dr. Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said that the results of the first-phase local level elections would be declared within a week. CEC Yadav said this while addressing the preliminary assessment of the first-phase local level election here today. The assessment was jointly organized by National Election Observation Committee […]
Kathmandu / May 17: Human rights activists have stressed the need to end discrimination of all kind against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI). They underlined so at a programme organised by the Blue Diamond Society (BDS) and the UN’s office in Nepal to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia […]
Kathmandu / May 16: President Bidya Devi Bhandari left Colombo for Kathmandu this afternoon upon the completion of her four-day official visit to Sri Lanka, according to the Embassy of Nepal, Colombo. She had a meeting with former President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in Colombo today itself. Views upon empowerment of women, women’s […]
Kathmandu / May 16: The Election Commission on Tuesday has decided to assign additional teams to expedite vote counting in various places. EC spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma said the additional teams would be mobilised to speed up the counting process. Sharma further said the concerned election officers would depute the additional counting teams as per […]
Kathmandu / May 16: Medicine Importers Association of Nepal has warned that it would completely halt the import of drugs if the government failed to address its demands by May 22. Claiming that the imported drugs are relatively cheaper and standard than those manufactured at home, the Association has urged the government not to clip […]
Kathmandu: As Nepali people are sincere and hard-working, they have been receiving support from different quarters. Many foreigners who come to visit Nepal have found their heart in Nepal. Scott H. DeLisi is one such person who came to Nepal as a diplomat and continues to support the country even completing his assignment as US […]
Kathmandu / May 15: Counting of votes is underway in 243 local level units among 281 in 34 districts where elections were held yesterday. Two local units, one each in Dolpa and Manang, did not have to go for voting it as their leadership was chosen unanimously. According to the Election Commission, counting of votes […]
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