Minister Khadka meets regional leaders on sidelines of BIMSTEC

Published On: March 29, 2022 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Narayan Khadka who is presently in Sri Lanka to attend the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the  Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi–Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) remained busy throughout the day today in bilateral talks and meetings with his counterparts from several countries.

Govt approves several Chinese proposals

Published On: March 29, 2022 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: The government has decided to approve the grant assistance and the technical assistance related to the feasibility study of trans-border railway to be received under the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement proposed by the government of the People's Republic of China.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Foreign Minister Dr Narayan Khadka has held a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting being held in Sri Lanka.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The office of Bibeksheel Sajha Party in Bakhundole has been closed owing to a dispute between two factions of the party. At present, a large number of security personnel have been deployed on the party office premises.

NC to decide on electoral alliance today

Published On: March 29, 2022 02:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: The Nepali Congress (NC) is set to make a decision on forming an electoral alliance involving the current ruling coalition for the upcoming local level elections.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has been meeting royalist forces and making ‘dangerous plans’.

Nepal, South Sudan establish diplomatic relations

Published On: March 29, 2022 10:41 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 29: Nepal and the Republic of South Sudan have established diplomatic relations. With this, the number of countries with which Nepal has bilateral diplomatic relations reached 175.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has decided to provide separate election symbols to all the political parties registered for the purpose of contesting local level polls.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota has said that the people should elect representatives that are capable, honest and change-maker in the upcoming local level election.

Over 10 million voters registered for upcoming elections

Published On: March 28, 2022 05:52 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 28: As many as 10.7 million voters have been registered for the local level elections scheduled for May 13, according to the Election Commission (EC).