Lalitpur / October 11: The bhoto jatra or the display of the jewel-studded vest of Rato Machhindranath is to take place at Jawalakhel on Monday. The chariot procession of Rato Macchindranath had stopped since the April 25 earthquake. It resumed on September 21 and reached Jawalakhel on October 9. The chariot of Rato Macchindranath, revered […]
Kathmandu, Oct 11: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Chairman of the CPN-UML and its parliamentary party leader KP Sharma Oli for being elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal. Indian PM Modi made a telephone call and congratulated leader Oli, expressing his best wishes and invited the latter to visit India, said UML […]
Kathmandu / October 11: CPN-UML chairperson Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (KP Sharma Oli) has been elected as the 38th Prime Minister of the country defeating President of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala, who is also the outgoing Prime Minister. KP Sharma Oli secured 338 of the 587 votes cast, giving him a majority. Koirala, however, got […]
Kathmandu / October 11: The International Day of the Girl Child is being marked across the country today by organising various programmes. By prominently featuring girls’ rights in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development last month, the international community has responded enthusiastically to the evidence that investing in girls yields huge returns. Issuing a press […]
(Nepalekhabar Commentary) Kathmandu / October 10: The election of the Prime Minister has brought faction within major political parties. Breaking the politics of consensus the two major political parties Nepali Congress and CPN-UML filed their nomination of the post of Prime Minister. As per earlier agreement, CPN-UML was scheduled to lead the government after the […]
By Manoj Karki : Nepal is gradually running out of essential commodities including fuel as imports from all accessible transit points to the landlocked country have come to a grinding halt. There have been reports of hospitals across the country too running out of stock of their medicines and other goods essential to keep themselves […]
Kathmandu / October 10: CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala registered their nomination for the prime ministerial election on Saturday. Senior leader of the party Sher Bahadur Deuba proposed Koirala as the PM candidate and party Vice-President Ram Chandra Paudel seconded him. Before filing his nomination, Koirala had called on […]
Kathmandu / October 10 : Neglecting the request of coalition partners and breaking its gentleman’s agreement, Nepali Congress (NC) has decided party president Sushil Koirala for the post of Prime Minister. A meeting of the top three leaders— President Sushil Koirala, senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and Vice-President Ram Chandra Paudel of the largest party […]
Kathmandu / October 9: The Public Accounts Committee under the Legislature-Parliament today has directed the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and Nepal Oil Corporation to initiate measures to ease the supplies of petroleum products. The committee has further directed the concerned bodies to accept the proposal within two hours when any organization submits proposal for […]
Kathmandu / October 9: After the major political parties failed to pick the consensus Prime Minister, an election to the post of Prime Minister would be held on October 11 at 11:00 am as per the provision of the new constitution. Sharing information about this in today’s meeting of the Legislature-Parliament, Speaker Suabs Nembang said […]