KATHMANDU, July 25: Stating that the possibility of the split of his party is not over yet, chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has alleged that a group of people registered the CPN-UML at the Election Commission (EC) at the behest of the party’s another chairman and Prime Minister KP Oli.

FNCCI election postponed yet again amid COVID-19 fear

Published On: July 25, 2020 07:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 25: The Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has decided to defer its general assembly yet again, citing the containment measures enforced by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Sexagenarian arrested on rape charge

Published On: July 24, 2020 08:50 PM NPT By: Chuman Basnet

MORANG, July 24: Police arrested a person on rape charge from Kerabari Rural Municipality in Morang on Thursday evening.

LAHAN, July 24: Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Hospital in Rajbiraj, Saptari, has been sealed off after a patient who is undergoing treatment at the emergency ward tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday.

Bhuwan KC files defamation suit against actress Samragyee

Published On: July 24, 2020 08:07 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 24: A defamation suit was filed by noted actor Bhuwan KC against actress Samgrayee Shah on Friday at the Kathmandu District Court (KDC), demanding a huge compensation from the actress.

Govt decides to allocate budget for flood, landslide control

Published On: July 24, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 24: The government has decided to allocate a budget to control flooding and landslides occurring in different parts of the country.

KATHMANDU, July 24: A mass demonstration was held in the capital on Friday demanding impeachment against the Supreme Court (SC) justices freeing murder-convict former Armed Police Force (APF) DIG Ranjan Koirala

From American to European exceptionalism

Published On: July 24, 2020 06:10 PM NPT By: Stephen S Roach

American exceptionalism has long been the icing on the cake for the Teflon-like US dollar. Those days are gone.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepal has reported 133 new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Dhanraj Chitrakar started drawing serpentine deities from the age of 14. It has been over five decades since he has been into this business but now fears for a technological take over as people have shifted onto printed versions of Naag Posters. Now he is fearing for his profession which in some decades can be the rarest-of-rarest as the younger generation are drifting away from it.