
Kathmandu / Jun 5: The Supreme Court has ordered the Election Commission (EC) to put on hold its decision on Bharatpur vote counting row until Sunday. A bench of Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana issued the verdict on Monday directing the Election Commission to put on hold Saturday’s decision to conduct re-polling at Ward-19 of Bharatpur […]

Kathmandu / June 4: Ncell has paid Rs 13.6 billion to the government as Capital Gain Tax. The amount was paid to Large Taxpayers’ Office. Spokesperson of Inland Revenue Department, Chandra Kala Paudel, confirmed the tax payment. The Ncell earlier had paid Rs 10 billion as the CGT. Ncell has paid the amount when there […]

Kathmandu / June 4:The House meeting that was supposed to begin at 3:00 pm today has been postponed till Tuesday after the political parties failed to forge consensus on resuming the parliamentary proceedings. The Parliament-Secretariat had scheduled to hold the Prime Ministerial election at 11:00 am today. After the main-opposition CPN-UML warned of obstructing the […]

Kathmandu / June 4:Nepal’s National Football Team has left for India today to play an international friendly match with Team India. At a farewell programme organized at Satdobato-based All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) Complex, member-secretary of National Sports Council (NSC) Keshab Kumar Bista and ANFA Chairperson Narendra Shrestha bade farewell to the squad with best […]

Kathmandu / Jun 3: Only one candidacy – that of the Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba – has been filed so far for the election of the 40th Prime Minister of the country. The Parliament Secretariat had fixed 11:00am to 4:00pm today as the time for registering candidacy for the post of the Prime […]

Kathmandu / Jun 3: The Canada-based Albert Einstein Foundation has nominated Nepali ophthalmologist Dr Sanduk Ruit as one of the 100 leading global visionaries. The foundation had asked on May 28 if Dr Ruit would accept the nomination and share his wisdom and vision in a 250-word essay to be included in historic publication Genius, […]

Bhaktapur / Jun 3: CPN (UML) Chairman and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday said the decision of the Election Commission calling a re-poll in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-19 was not acceptable to his party, claiming that the decision was taken under the pressure from the government. He also urged for the resumption of […]

Kathmandu / Jun 3: The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division announced that jaywalkers throughout the Kathmandu Valley will face the music from next week. In a bid to decrease road casualties and make pedestrians adhere to road safety culture in the Valley, from May 30, the MTPD has started to fine Rs 200 to a person […]

Kathmandu / June 2: The Secretariat of the Legislature-Parliament has published the election schedule for the post of prime minister. According to the schedule, any legitimate member of the Legislature-Parliament willing to contest the election can register his/her candidacy for the post of prime minister from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday at the […]

Kathmandu / June 2: This year’s spring climbing season has ended with the total 500 climbers having made it to the top of Mt. Everest. The expedition that started from May 15 lasted about 15 days and 500 mountaineers scaled the tallest peak of 8,848 meters, according to the Department of Tourism. The total 500 […]