Archive for: May, 2016

97 mountaineering teams off to different peaks

Kathmandu / May 09: A total 97 mountaineering expedition teams comprising 1,432 members from various countries have set out to different peaks including the world’s highest Mount Everest, this season. Of them, 34 have set out to the Mt Everest. According to Tourism Department’s Director General Sudarshan Prasad Dhakal, despite the last year’s devastating earthquake, […]


Writ petition against nine-point pact between PM Oli, Dahal

Kathmandu / May 9 : A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday against the nine-point agreement reached between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal last Thursday. The joint writ filed by advocates Ananta Raj Luitel, Kedar Luitel, Manoj Khadka, Pravindra Raj Joshi and […]


CIAA indicts DDC manager of illegally amassing properties

Kathmandu / May 09: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority on Monday indicted Dr Shatrughna Prasad Saha of illegally amassing properties through abuse of authority while he served at the state-owned Dairy Development Corporation (DDC). The anti-graft body filed a charge sheet at the Special Court, stating properties worth Rs 23.868 million […]


Handicraft Trade Fair records sales of Rs 60 million

Kathmandu / May 9: The 13th Handicraft Trade Fair and 11th Craft Competition concluded on Monday recording Rs 60 million worth of transactions and participation of around 250,000 visitors. Participating handicraft producers also received several orders during the five-day fair, according to officials of Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal (FHAN) – the organizer of […]


President urges scribes to follow media ethics; President’s India visit cancelled

Kathmandu / May 06: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the journalism sector should win hearts of readers disseminating true, factual and balanced news following the media ethics. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the first National Journalism Day and the 116th anniversary of the Gorakhapatra National Daily today, President Bhandari urged the […]


Govt decides to recall ambassador Upadhyay

Kathmandu / May 06: The government has decided to recall Nepal’s Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyaya, on the charge of non-cooperation and working against Nepal’s interests. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ambassador Upadhyaya had “confronted” with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli regarding the cancellation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s scheduled visit […]


Govt policy and programme revised

Kathmandu / May 06: The government has made some changes in its policy and programme approved yesterday. The meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday made some changes in the policy and programme including some addition to it, said Deputy Prime Minister Bhim Rawal following the meeting. “Some issues left out in principle were […]


PM Oli rules out possibility of dissolving parliament

Kathmandu / May 5: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has dismissed the rumours that the Legislature-Parliament is being dissolved. He reiterated his commitment to abide by the parliamentary practice. Addressing the Legislature-Parliament on Thursday, PM Oli made it clear that he has no intention to take any undemocratic step and would not stand against democratic […]


Discussion on post-quake reconstruction over at parliament

Kathmandu / May 5: Lawmakers have completed putting their views on the post-earthquake reconstruction in the Legislature-Parliament on Thursday. As per the parliament’s agenda, the lawmakers were allocated time to express their opinion on the topic on Wednesday and Thursday. Lawmakers, speaking on the topic in parliament, had suggested for expediting the reconstruction works, review […]


Talks between MoE and Student Unions end inconclusively

Kathmandu, May 5: The meeting between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the 13 different student unions regarding consultations on monitoring of the fees charged by the private schools ended inconclusively. The meeting failed to reach a decision after the ministry could not fulfill the unions’ demands. Spokesman of the Nepal Students Union, one of […]




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