Three-day NIICE Global Conclave kicks off

Published On: June 26, 2021 03:32 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 26: Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Former Minister and Indian Emissary to the G20 & G7, Dr. Abdulla Rasheed Ahmed, Minister of State for Education, Maldives and Prof Dr Taniguchi Tomohiko, Professor, Keio University and Special Adviser to PM Shinzo Abe (retd.) inaugurated the three-day NIICE Global Conclave on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 26: The power-sharing deal among the coalition partners in the Gandaki Provincial government has been finalized two weeks after the formation of a new government led by Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel. The official announcement of the allocation of ministerial portfolios, however, has not been made public yet.

KATHMANDU, June 25: Friday’s hearing on the writ petitions registered against the ‘unconstitutional’ dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) has concluded.

KATHMANDU, June 25: Three senior leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) - Bimalendra Nidhi, Dr Shashank Koirala and Prakash Man Singh - have held a lunch meeting at the residence of Dr Koirala in Maharajgunj on Friday. All three leaders are seen as the aspirants of the party's central president in the upcoming 14th general convention scheduled to be held from September 1 to 4 in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, June 24: Two days after the Supreme Court annulled the cabinet expansions following the dissolution of the lower house of federal parliament, the existing five members of the KP Sharma Oli-led Cabinet have been assigned additional ministerial portfolios.

KATHMANDU, June 24:  President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called the summer session of the Upper House from July 1.

KATHMANDU, June 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed 20 commissioners of various constitutional bodies including the Public Service Commission and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

KATHMANDU, June 24: The hearing on the writ petitions filed against dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Supreme Court on Thursday too.

A former leader of CPN-UML affiliated All Nepal National Free Students Union, Jiwan Rai has registered a new political party called CPN (United). The aim of the new political party is said to unite all fringe leftist parties in the country.

NRNA, Japan facing financial irregularities dispute

Published On: June 23, 2021 01:18 PM NPT By: Republica

TOKYO, June 23: A dispute over financial irregularities has surfaced in the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), Japan.