Archive for: May, 2016

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NC launches signature campaign; RPP Nepal stands by the side of government

Kathmandu / May 4: The Nepali Congress (NC) has started a signature campaign without mentioning the purpose, said lawmaker Ram Hari Khatiwada. The name of party’s president Sher Bahadur Deuba is at the top of the list. The signature campaign by the largest political party follows soon after the announcement by the UCPN (Maoist) to […]

SC stays Deepak Pathak’s appointment at Press Council

Kathmandu / May 04: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order staying the appointment of Deepak Pathak to the post of member of the Press Council Nepal. A single bench of Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana on Wednesday issued the interim order in the name of the government, directing it not to implement the […]

CBS predicts 0.77 % GDP growth for current fiscal year

Kathmandu / May 3: The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has predicted that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will expand by 0.77 percent in the current fiscal year. The prediction was made on the basis of economic data of the first nine months of the fiscal year 2015-16 and assumption that the situation will be […]

Five farmers receive President Excellence Award

Banepa / May 3: The government awarded top performing farmers of Central Development Region amid a function organized in Dhulikhel on Tuesday. Minister for Agricultural Development Haribol Gajurel gave away President Excellence Awards to top performing farmers of the central region. Ghana Nath Mahato of Madi-2, Chitwan, received President Excellence Award in recognition of his […]

UN Under-Secy-Gen pledges int’l support to Nepal for reconstruction

Kathmandu / May 2: Visiting United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General Jan Kenneth Eliasson has pledged the support of international community to Nepal for the reconstruction of quake-damaged infrastructure. In an on-site visit to Bungamati in Lalitpur on Monday, Under-Secretary-General Eliasson said that although the reconstruction of the quake-ravaged infrastructures is challenging, collaboration and cooperation among government, […]

Supreme Court orders Kanak Mani Dixit’s release

Kathmandu / May 02: The Supreme Court of Nepal on Tuesday ordered the release of journalist and Sajha Yatayat Chairman Kanak Mani Dixit, who was detained by the anti-graft body CIAA on April 22. After conducting a hearing on the writ of habeas corpus filed by Dixit’s wife, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice […]

Govt. honors Lhotse, Manaslu Climbers

Kathmandu / May 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari honored mountaineers on the occasion of the Mt Manaslu and Mt Lhotse Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in Kathmandu on Saturday. The President felicitated Manaslu summiteers, including Minoru Higeta, Pertemba Sherpa, Billi Berling, Mingma Sherpa and Ted Atkins, and Lhotse summiteer Pemba Norbu Sherpa. On the occasion, President Bhandari […]

Number of wild buffaloes on the rise in Koshi Tappu

Inaruwa / May 01: The number of wild buffaloes in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve has increased by 105 in the last two years. A census carried out two years ago had counted the wild buffaloes at 327 which grew to 432 this year. This is the first time that such a large number of […]

Rasuwa woman murdered on witchcraft charge

Rasuwa /May 01: In a barbaric incident, a 55-year-old woman was murdered in Rasuwa on the charge of practicing witchcraft. Tulu Sarki Thing of Yarsa VDC-9, Ghurmu was murdered on the charge of witchcraft. Police have arrested Kanchha Sherpa Thing (27), Lawang Buti Tamang (40), and Chhenarbu Tamang of the same location on the murder […]