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Designate judges for Constitutional Bench pronto: Supreme Court
Published On: March 23, 2017 06:56 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal has issued a mandamus to Chief Justice (CJ) Sushila Karki to designate judges for the Constitutional Bench.
China to train Nepal Army for disaster management
Published On: March 23, 2017 05:45 PM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, March 23: Chinese Defense Minister General Chang Wanquan, who is on a three-day official visit to Nepal, has held a meeting with his counterpart Balkrishna Khand on Thursday.
China pledges Yuan 200 m in grant assistance
Published On: March 23, 2017 04:09 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: China has committed to provide assistance worth to 200 m Chinese yuan assistance to Nepal Army (NA).
Govt condemns London attack
Published On: March 23, 2017 02:16 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Government has condemned the terrorist attack outside the British parliament building in London on Wednesday.
Experts suggest PM to focus on implementing past agreements with China
Published On: March 23, 2017 12:19 PM NPT By: Mani Dahal
KATHMANDU, March 23: Former ambassadors and foreign affairs experts suggested Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to focus on implementing the agreements and treaty signed with China in the past rather than focusing on signing new ones.
11 fringe parties merged into one party
Published On: March 23, 2017 09:45 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Eleven small parties likely to lose political identity under “one fast-the-post voting seat and three percent threshold system” have decided to be united into a single party in a bid to pre-empt their possible extinction from the political arena.
Parties missing deadline in some districts allowed to contest polls
Published On: March 23, 2017 08:31 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to allow some parties, which missed an earlier deadline to register for the upcoming local election in some districts, to participate in the polls in those districts. Parties including the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) had not registered for the polls in some districts and the EC said they could miss the elections in those districts.
Nepal ready to sign OBOR, other major deals: Mahat
Published On: March 23, 2017 07:52 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat said on Wednesday that Nepal has almost completed all the preparatory works to sign major agreements with China including One Belt One Road (OBOR), energy cooperation, cross-border economic zone, transit protocol and upgrading roads connecting Kodari and Rasuwagadhi border points.
Threshold of 3pc plus one FPTP seat for national party
Published On: March 23, 2017 07:42 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Amid pressure from fringe political parties, parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill imposing a three-percent threshold in upcoming parliamentary elections for becoming a national political party.
Poll security in 8 tarai districts a big challenge
Published On: March 23, 2017 07:32 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 23: Even as nearly all polling stations in the tarai plains remain susceptible to election-related violence and possible disruptions, the biggest challenge for poll security may come from the eight districts of Province 2, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has concluded on the basis of threat assessment reports received from local administrations across the country.
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