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Surakchya Panta with Lee Jung Jae in Cannes Red Carpet

Published On: May 22, 2022 03:30 PM NPT By: Republica

Nepali actress Surakchya Panta met Lee Jung Jae, the award winning South Korean star of Netflix’s “Squid Game” at The Cannes Red Carpet.

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Ruling coalition meeting underway at Baluwatar

Published On: May 22, 2022 02:29 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: A meeting of the ruling coalition parties has started at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar. The meeting has been convened to discuss the policies and programs to be brought by the government for the new fiscal year 2022-23.

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Independent candidate Hark Sampang wins mayorship of Dharan Sub-metropolis

Published On: May 22, 2022 02:17 PM NPT By: Republica

DHARAN, May 22: Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai (Sampang) has secured his victory in the mayoral race of Dharan Sub-metropolis. There are only 3,284 votes left to count while Sampang is leading by 4,281 votes against his closest rival from the five-party alliance Kishor Rai. Even if Kishor receives all the remaining votes, Sampang will still win the elections.

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Vote counting concludes in 703 local bodies

Published On: May 22, 2022 01:27 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22:The counting of votes of the local elections has concluded in 703 out of the 753 local bodies so far. According to the Election Commission (EC), vote counting has concluded in 252 municipalities and 450 rural municipalities. Out of the total 753 local units in the country, vote counting has concluded at 93.94 percent.

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US Under Secretary Zeya meets Foreign Minister Khadka

Published On: May 22, 2022 01:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: A delegation led by the US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya today paid a courtesy call on Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka at the ministry.

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Home ministry urges help in investigating video clips related to VAW

Published On: May 22, 2022 12:59 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The home ministry has urged one and all to help in investigating a video clip related to violence against women which has been circulated on social media lately. A probe committee was formed and the government is committed to investigate and take action against those involved in the matter, according to a statement issued by the ministry on Saturday.

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US Under Secretary of State Zeya calls on PM Deuba

Published On: May 22, 2022 12:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: A delegation led by US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, held a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today.

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Independent candidate Hamal elected as mayor of Dhangadhi

Published On: May 22, 2022 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica

DHANGADI, May 22: Independent candidate Gopal Hamal has been elected the mayor of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolis. He won with 26,865 votes while his closest rival, the common candidate of ruling alliance, Nrip Bahadur Oda of the Nepali Congress, received 14,817 votes.

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Education Minister Poudel visits UK

Published On: May 22, 2022 11:26 AM NPT By: Republica

LONDON, May 22: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Poudel has arrived in London to attend an international conference on education in the UK. A team including Education Minister Poudel arrived in London on Saturday evening to attend the World Conference of 112 ministers from 107 countries.

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Partly to generally cloudy weather predicted throughout Nepal

Published On: May 22, 2022 10:55 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The weather today is expected to remain partly to generally cloudy throughout the country.

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Acharya continues to lead vote count in Pokhara

Published On: May 22, 2022 10:23 AM NPT By: Republica

POKHARA, May 22: The ruling coalition candidate Dhanraj Acharya continues to lead the vote count for the post of Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City. Acharya of the CPN (Unified Socialist) has received 40,434 votes.

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Balen Shah maintains lead, Sthapit in third place

Published On: May 22, 2022 10:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The counting of votes of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is currently underway. According to the latest results, Balen Shah, an independent candidate for the post of mayor of KMC,  has got 39,006 votes so far.

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Poudel elected Itahari Mayor

Published On: May 22, 2022 09:38 AM NPT By: Republica

ITAHARI, May 22: Nepali Congress candidate Hemkarna Poudel has been elected the mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City. He won the election to the post with 33,049 votes, beating his closest rival Yam Kumar Chongbang Subba of the CPN-UML, who got 28,031 votes.

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70 percent of votes counted in Bharatpur, Renu's lead exceeds 7,000

Published On: May 22, 2022 09:31 AM NPT By: Republica

CHITWAN, May 22: Seventy percent of the votes of Chitwan's Bharatpur Metropolitan City have been counted. A total of 88,284 votes have been counted in a period of 9 days. In Bharatpur, 127,839 votes were cast in the local elections held on May 13.

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Yarsagumba collection to start in Dolpa from May 25

Published On: May 22, 2022 09:07 AM NPT By: Republica

DOLPA, May 22: The collection of Yarsagumba or the caterpillar fungus in Dolpa district will be open for the public from May 25. This was decided by an all-party meeting convened by the District Coordination Committee (DCC) Dolpa.

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Five killed, 11 injured in storm, lightning

Published On: May 22, 2022 09:02 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: Five persons were killed and 11 others injured in adverse weather events in the past 36 hours.

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Demonstration held in Kathmandu demanding action against Dilip Mahato's murderers

Published On: May 22, 2022 07:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: A group of youth environmental activists have staged demonstration in Kathmandu on Saturday demanding justice to Dilip Kumar Mahato, who was murdered by crusher operators after he protested their illegal activity some three years ago.

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IRD meets 90 percent of its revenue collection target in the first 10 months of current FY

Published On: May 22, 2022 06:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) collected revenue of Rs 377 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, which was around 90 percent of the amount targeted for the given period.

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Kathmandu: Balen Shah leading with 38,333 votes

Published On: May 22, 2022 05:47 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading in the mayoral race for Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) with 38,333 votes in the ongoing vote counting. Shah’s closest rival Nepali Congress(NC) leader Sirjana Singh of the ruling alliance is trailing behind with 21,299 votes.

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Police arrest the alleged rapist Pandey

Published On: May 21, 2022 10:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 21: Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD), Kathmandu on Saturday arrested Manoj Pandey, who faces allegation of raping a teenager some eight years ago.

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