Gemstone processing centre to be set up in Surkhet

Published On: January 13, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: RSS

SURKHET, Jan 13: A province-level gemstone processing centre is to be set up in Surkhet. The federal government has made preparations for establishing such a centre for mining and processing of precious and semi-precious gemstones found in Karnali.

Province 3 named Bagmati, Hetauda is the capital

Published On: January 13, 2020 08:58 AM NPT By: Ashok Sujan Shrestha

MAKAWANPUR, Jan 13: Almost two years after the provincial government was formed in Province 3, it has been named as ‘Bagmati’ and Hetauda has been fixed as its capital.

Hetauda appropriate to be permanent capital: CM Poudyal

Published On: January 12, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: RSS

HETAUDA, Jan 12: Province 3 Chief Minister Dormani Poudyal said it was the need to choose Hetauda as the permanent capital of the state bearing in mind physical infrastructure available here, regional balance and the issue of security sensitiveness.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kamal Thapa on Sunday demanded the government to issue currency notes with the portrait of late Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founder of modern Nepal.

NA sends bill to committee for clause-wise deliberation

Published On: January 12, 2020 05:45 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Today's meeting of the National Assembly (NA) sent the ' Industrial Enterprises Development Institute (first amendment) Bill, 2076 BS' to the Legislation Management Committee for clause-wise deliberations.

HoR session adjourned today as well

Published On: January 12, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) re-scheduled for today has been put off by pasting a notice.

Hetauda declared as permanent capital of Province 3

Published On: January 12, 2020 12:22 PM NPT By: Raghav Pande

Kathmandu, Jan 12: Hetauda has been declared as the permanent capital of Province 3. Earlier, it was the provisional capital for the province and now it has been confirmed as the permanent capital by the state assembly.

Police crackdown leaves Chand-led party in shambles

Published On: January 12, 2020 09:28 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Faced with massive police crackdown that has left the party’s organizational structure in shambles in recent months, the outlawed CPN (Maoist) led by Netra Bikram Chand has devised a new strategy to ‘accumulate strength’, while making its presence felt through explosions time and again, according to senior police officials.

Province 1 fails to pick name, awaits center's nod

Published On: January 12, 2020 08:55 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 12: Even though ruling party members of the provincial assembly of Province 1  have been saying in public that an 'agreement will be reached among political parties over naming the province', the process of formally deciding a name has been in limbo for the past several months while the provincial government awaits a nod from the center.

NCP urges deputy speaker to resign for electing new speaker

Published On: January 12, 2020 08:15 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: More than three months after then speaker of the House of Representatives  Krishna Bahadur Mahara resigned from the position,  the ruling Nepal Communist Party has sought the resignation of Deputy Speaker Shivamaya Tumbahangphe also.