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NCP asks EC to strike off Ansari’s name from PR list

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: After the controversy over National Muslim Commission chairperson nominee Samim Miya Ansari's affiliation with ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the party has written to the Election Commission to withdraw his name from the party's closed list of Proportional Representation (PR)...
Feb 27, 2019
POLITICS

Dahal promises punishment for conflict-era atrocities

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday said that the government was sincere about concluding the remaining work of the peace process by punishing perpetrators of atrocities committed during the decade-long insurgency.
Feb 27, 2019
POLITICS

Former Prez Yadav admits elusive political consensus behind...

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has admitted that it was difficult indeed to forge political consensus in the fluid time, so the Chief Justice had to be picked for the Chairman of the Council of Ministers to conduct election to the second Constituent Assembly so that country w...
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

PM urges experts to put views confidently in Nepal-India joi...

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the Nepali delegation taking part in a joint meeting of experts of Nepal and India beginning tomorrow to openly put their views in the interest of the nation.
Feb 26, 2019
ECONOMY, POLITICS

Lower House endorses Economic Procedure and Fiscal Responsib...

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada presented the 'Economic Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility Bill - 2075 BS' today in a meeting of the House of Representatives.
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

'Adjustment also not going to solve shortage of employee at...

NUWAKOT, Feb 26: Chief Minister of State-3 Government, Dormani Poudel, has expressed concern, saying it appears that the shortage of employees seen in the State and the local level government offices would remain even after the employee adjustment.
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

National Assembly passes Pension Fund Bill

KATHMANDU, Feb 26 : A meeting of the National Assembly (NA), the Upper House in the Federal Parliament, today endorsed the 'Pension Fund Bill- 2075 BS'. Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada presented the proposal to this end before the session.
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

NC's intra-party dispute surfaces as major factions boycott...

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The intra-party dispute in the main opposition Nepali Congress has surfaced after the two disgruntled factions of the party boycotted the party's Central Working Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

Minister Gyawali bats for protection of welfare of Nepali wo...

Kathmandu, Feb 26 (RSS): Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is in Geneva to attend the 40th session of UN Human Rights Council, has laid emphasis on the protection of the welfare of Nepali immigrant workers.
Feb 26, 2019
POLITICS

Oppn MPs against harsh punishment for social media posts

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Over a dozen lawmakers from the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) party have registered a joint amendment to the Informational Technology Bill, demanding removal of provisions for harsh punishment against certain social media posts.
Feb 26, 2019