Govt sacks Sajha chief

Published On: September 25, 2017 06:45 AM NPT By: Bishnu Prasad Aryal

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Sunday sacked Dolindra Prasad Sharma, chairman and general manager (GM) of Sajha  Prakashan, for being involved in multiple irregularities.

UN Secretary-General Guteress lauds Nepal's elections

Published On: September 24, 2017 11:52 AM NPT By: Republica

NEW YORK, Sept 24: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guteress has lauded Nepal's efforts for concluding the local level elections in the recent days and wished for the success of upcoming elections.

Heads of all three branches of govt out of country

Published On: September 24, 2017 06:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The heads of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government are all out of the country at a time when the country is passing through a series of crucial elections. Many see this as serious negligence towards domestic priorities and the important happenings within the country.

Parliamentary panels acting as govt's mere shadow

Published On: September 24, 2017 04:45 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal

KATHMANDU, Sep 24: Instead of working as watchdogs over the government, the parliamentary committees have become loyal to it and favor its policies and decisions, recent decisions of some of these committees show.

30 amendments in three bills

Published On: September 23, 2017 01:17 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: As many as 65 lawmakers have registered amendments over the 30 points of the three bills: 'Bill Related to Election of the President and the Vice-President-2074 BS and bill related to 'Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Bill-2074 BS'.

NC wins in Kamala, UML in Mithila and Maoist Center in Bideha

Published On: September 23, 2017 11:22 AM NPT By: Suresh Yadav

JANAKPUR, Sept 23: Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Center have won elections in Kamala, Mithila and Bideha municipalities respectively.

NC candidates win in Nagarain

Published On: September 23, 2017 09:11 AM NPT By: Republica

NC candidates win in Nagarain

EC endorses ballot design for provincial parliamentary, polls

Published On: September 23, 2017 08:36 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sep 22: As part of the preparations to hold the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday finalized the design of the ballot papers to be used for the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system.

UML still tops local polls despite poor showing in Province 2

Published On: September 23, 2017 08:11 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: The CPN-UML looks set to emerge as the largest party in the local polls despite the party’s poor show in Province 2 elections.

Maoist Center wins in Sahidnagar, NC in  Dhanushadham

Published On: September 22, 2017 06:40 PM NPT By: Suresh Yadav

JANAKPUR, Sept 22: Maoist Center has clinched both the mayor and deputy mayor in Sahidnagar Municipality in Dhanusha district. Udaya Yadav has been elected as mayor with 50,91votes while his closest rival of Nepali Congress Debendra Bharkher Yadav got 4,239 votes.