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EC directs Home Ministry to make necessary arrangements to hold re-election in Budhiganga Municipality
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the election officer to scrap vote counting process, and immediately hold re-election by arranging time in Budhiganga Municipality of Bajura district.
Published: 6 minutes ago
Balen Shah is the new Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: Independent candidate Balendra Shah has been elected as Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). He has received 61,767 votes.
Published: 51 minutes ago
SC revokes its earlier decision, sentences murderer Koirala to life imprisonment
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Armed Police Force (APF) Ranjan Koirala, who was convicted of murdering his wife, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Published: 1 hour ago
Local bodies elect 14,402 women representatives
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: A total of 14,402 women have been elected out of 55,699 women candidates in the local bodies from the recently held election, the Election Commission (EC) shared as per the details received so far. This accounts for 40.89 percent of the total elected representatives.
Published: 1 hour ago
Minister Ale urges EU envoy to help remove ban on Nepal from EU's safety list
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, has requested the European Ambassador to Nepal, Nona Deprez, to lift the ban placed on Nepal from EU's safety list.
Published: 1 hour ago
HoR meeting: Parliamentarians focus on making independent economy
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: Taking part in Wednesday’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on the government's annual policies and programs, parliamentarians have stressed on the need to advance an independent economy.
Published: 2 hours ago
DoC asks cooperatives to invest at least 51 percent of their loans in production businesses
Republica
KATHMANDU, May 27: Cooperatives now have to invest at least 51 percent of their issued credit on production businesses, abiding with the unified directives endorsed by the Department of Cooperatives (DoC) on Thursday.
Published: 2 hours ago
Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine, May 27: Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products while under attack.
Published: 3 hours ago
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