Gagan Thapa calls for withdrawal of civil servants ordinance

Published On: December 29, 2018 07:55 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) leader Gagan Thapa has demanded withdrawal of the Civil Servants Adjustment Ordinance stating that it contains discriminatory provisions for civil servants enrolled under the same services.

Final judgments through stay order?

Published On: December 29, 2018 07:16 AM NPT By: Ananta Raj Luitel

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: With the issuing of few stay orders that are like final orders in relation to various cases, the Supreme Court has been facing controversy in the exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction and seems to be deviating from earlier principles.

NC Gen Secy Koirala focuses on internal unity in party

Published On: December 28, 2018 09:21 PM NPT By: Republica

BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Dec 28: Nepali Congress general secretary Dr. Shashanka Koirala has urged party leaders and cadres for unity.

Current statute won’t bail country out of present crisis: Yadav

Published On: December 28, 2018 07:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Chairman of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) Upendra Yadav has called for an amendment to the Constitution stating that the current statute will not bail the country out of the current crisis.

Integrate civil servants pronto: Gagan Thapa

Published On: December 28, 2018 03:46 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Nepali Congress (NC) Lawmaker Gagan Thapa has urged the government to withdraw ordinances and formulate acts to sort out the issue of integration of civil servants at the earliest.

NCP standing committee endorses chairmen's political document

Published On: December 28, 2018 01:31 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A standing committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Friday endorsed a political document jointly presented by Party Chairmen KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal last week.

SC annuls action against Social Science Baha

Published On: December 28, 2018 07:42 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has scrapped the actions taken by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and the District Administration Office (DAO), Lalitpur, against Social Science Baha, a research organization established a few years ago.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) not to bar businessman Ajeya Raj Sumargi from withdrawing the USD 7 million that he had brought from foreign banks and has been blocked at the central bank for lack of clear sources for the money.

Serious allegations against CJ nominee Rana at hearings committee

Published On: December 28, 2018 06:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Serious allegations have been registered against Chief Justice-nominee Cholendra Sumsher Rana at the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) ahead of his confirmation hearings.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The government has recommended ambassadors from among career diplomats to various five countries including Thailand, Switzerland, Canada, France and Kuwait. A cabinet meeting held last week also decided to recall Nepali ambassadors to South Korea, Spain and Bangladesh appointed by the erstwhile Sher Bahadur Deuba-led cabinet.