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National Assembly endorses nominations for its thematic committees

Published On: May 26, 2022 05:19 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: A session of the National Assembly today endorsed the nomination of members to various thematic committees functioning as the subordinate bodies of the upper house.

National Assembly begins deliberation on government’s new policies and programs

Published On: May 26, 2022 03:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: The National Assembly has begun deliberations on the government’s policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2022/23. The policies and programs for the new fiscal year were presented by President Bidya Devi Bhandari before a joint session of the Federal Parliament on May 24.

Counting of votes of KMC in the final stage

Published On: May 26, 2022 03:14 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: The counting of votes of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has reached the final stage. The counting of votes of wards no 14 and 15 is underway under the local level election held on May 13.

Country not being run by 'rule of law', but by 'rule of Congress': Oli

Published On: May 26, 2022 02:34 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said that the citizens will not be happy with the policy of the Nepali Congress (NC) and that they are already disappointed to see the country being on the 'rule of Congress'.

Eight municipalities of Lamjung have only men as mayors

Published On: May 26, 2022 12:24 PM NPT By: Republica

LAMJUNG, May 26: All men have been elected to major posts in the eight local levels in Lamjung district. This includes the position of mayor in four municipalities and four positions of chairpersons of rural municipalities.

Financial Bill certified by Karnali Province Chief

Published On: May 26, 2022 10:16 AM NPT By: Republica

KARNALI, May 26: Karnali Province Chief Tilak Pariyar has certified a bill introduced to amend the Karnali Province Financial Procedures Act, 2074 BS.

Use of social media sites reviewed during May 13 local elections

Published On: May 26, 2022 09:27 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: The Social Media Sites Monitoring Committee of the Election Commission (EC) has reviewed the use of social sites and digital media during the local level elections held on May 13.

UML failed to achieve expected results in local polls due to betrayal: Chairperson Oli

Published On: May 26, 2022 09:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 26: Chairperson of the CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, has said that the UML could not achieve the results as per the expectation in local-level election held on May 13.

Dharan’s new mayor pledges to serve people, renouncing lavish perks

Published On: May 25, 2022 06:50 PM NPT By: RSS

DHARAN, May 25: A swanky four-wheeler with registration number Ko 1 Ja 640 arranged by the Sunsari district's Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City was readied for the newly elected mayor Harkaraj Rai (Sampang) to ride while he spartanly assumed office on Tuesday.

UML candidates win mayor/deputy mayor in Tulsipur

Published On: May 25, 2022 05:35 PM NPT By: Republica

DANG, May 25: CPN-UML candidates Tikaram Khadka and Syani Chaudhary have been elected as the mayor and deputy mayor of Tulsipur Sub-metropolis, respectively, of Dang. Khadka won against his closest rival from the ruling coalition Gehendra Giri of Nepali Congress (NC) with 39,408 votes while Giri had received 27,717 votes.