KATHMANDU, March 6: The newly-appointed Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra presented his credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari amidst a special ceremony held at the President’s Office in Shital Niwas on Thursday.

Defense minister, army chief skip House inquiry meeting

Published On: March 6, 2020 08:06 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 6: Defense Minister Ishwar Pokhrel and Chief of Nepal Army Purna Chandra Thapa on Thursday skipped the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) meeting which was scheduled to inquire with them about alleged corruption in the military.

House panel's direction for completion of the postal highway

Published On: March 5, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: RSS

ATTARIYA, March 5: Chairperson of the Development and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives (HoR) Kalyani Khadka has directed the stakeholders to complete the construction of the Kailali section of the postal highway in the given deadline.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Defense Minister Ishwar Pokharel and Chief of the Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa skipped a meeting of State Affairs and Good Governance Committee under the House of Representatives on Thursday which was supposed to witness a deliberation on the alleged corruption in the Nepal Army.

KATHMANDU, March 5: The government has decided to put in place additional strong measures at all the border points to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus to the country.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Rival faction within the main opposition party Nepali Congress has decided to stand against the unilateral move of the party president Sher Bahadur Deuba to form the party's central department and nominate Central Working Committee (CWC) members even as the date for the 14th general convention has already been declared.

NCP unable to fill one upper house seat

Published On: March 5, 2020 10:04 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 5: With the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) unable to fill one of the 19 National Assembly seats, 18 newly-elected upper house members attended the parliament meeting on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 5: A day after he tendered his resignation as minister of finance as well as communications and information technology, Yuba Raj Khatiwada again took the oath of office and secrecy as finance minister amidst a special function held at Shital Niwas, Wednesday.

NC postpones meetings, gatherings, citing COVID-19 threat

Published On: March 5, 2020 08:17 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 5: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has decided not to hold any big gatherings, meetings and conventions of the party until further notice in view of the coronavirus outbreak in various countries.

Newly appointed Finance Minister Khatiwada takes oath

Published On: March 4, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 4: Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada who was re-appointed as the Minister for Finance earlier today took oath of office and secrecy in the afternoon.