Law passed for allocating civil servants under federal setup

Published On: October 7, 2017 07:29 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Paving the way for adjusting the civil servants in the new federal setup, the parliament on Friday endorsed a much-awaited Civil Servants Adjustment Bill.

RJPN, FSFN to share constituencies 50-50 in Madhes

Published On: October 7, 2017 07:24 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Although the Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) are in negotiations with the NC and UML-led alliance for electoral alliance, the two Madhes-centric parties have reached an understanding among themselves to forge electoral alliances in core Madhes constituencies on 50/50 basis.

House fails to pass key bills in the absence of lawmakers

Published On: October 7, 2017 07:18 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: House meeting on Friday failed to pass key bills due to lack of quorum as lawmakers remained busy in meetings at securing candidacy for upcoming parliamentary elections from their respective parties.

EC tells govt not to reshuffle cabinet

Published On: October 7, 2017 07:10 AM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: The Election Commission (EC) has warned the government not to reshuffle the cabinet until after the provincial and parliamentary elections.

Provinces, local units get 25% royalty for natural resources

Published On: October 7, 2017 07:05 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Local level units and provinces will get 25 percent each of the royalty collected on the use of natural resources, according to the bill on Inter-Governmental Financial Management  endorsed on Friday. The remaining 50 percent remains with the central government.

POKHARA, Oct 7: The number of female voters for the parliamentary and provincial elections has increased significantly in Kaski. There are 39,599 new female voters as per the latest voter's list.

Political parties in Pokhara struggle to pick candidates

Published On: October 7, 2017 01:02 AM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, Oct 7: Political parties in Pokhara have unveiled a long list of prospective candidates for the parliamentary and provincial elections. Unable to finalize the candidate, parties have forwarded the names to their party headquarters for the final decision.

Nepal's ambassador to India resigns

Published On: October 6, 2017 04:13 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Ambassador of Nepal to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay has resigned from his post.

Employee adjustment bill passed

Published On: October 6, 2017 04:07 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: A meeting of the Legislature-Parliament today passed the 'Employees Adjustment Bill, 2017 by a majority.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: A meeting of the Nepali Congress central committee today discussed the issues of candidate nomination process and its criteria for the forthcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies slated for late this year.