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CIAA begins probe against Pathak on bribery charges

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has formed a three-member panel to launch probe into the allegation of corruption against former CIAA commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak, on Tuesday.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

Supreme Court Senior-most Justice Deepak Raj Joshi resigns

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Senior-most Justice at the Supreme Court Deepak Raj Joshi resigned from the post on Tuesday.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

Prez, PM calls for unity to bring prosperity and devt in the...

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended her best wishes on the 69th National Democracy Day and has urged all to move ahead by upholding fundamental principles and values of democracy.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

Song removal from YouTube raised in parliament

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh flayed the government for forcing popular folk singer Pashupati Sharma to remove his satirical song against corruption in the country from YouTube in parliament on Monday.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

NCP top guns to consult taskforce before wrapping up merger...

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Top leaders of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have agreed to take a final call on merger of party committees in consultation with the members of the party unification taskforce as three days of internal deliberations to resume the stalled work ended inconclusively.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

OAG advises CIAA to probe ex-commissioner Pathak

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KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Confusion over whether or not to initiate investigations into Raj Narayan Pathak, who resigned as a commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority last week, has been cleared with the Office of the Attorney General, the apex legal advisory body to the gover...
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY

TU names panel for holding student elections

TU names panel for holding student elections
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The Tribhuvan University (TU) has started preparations to hold the elections of the Free Students Unions (FSU) at its colleges.
Feb 19, 2019
POLITICS

Candidacy announced for NBA election

Candidacy announced for NBA election
KATHMANDU Feb 18:  Nine lawyers are in the fray for the post of President of the Nepal Bar Association, an umbrella organization of lawyers across the country. The NBA election is scheduled for March 30.
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS

Ministers reply to lawmakers' queries

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KATHMANDU, Feb 18: In a meeting of the House of Representatives today, lawmakers put questions before Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun about the respective issues.
Feb 18, 2019
POLITICS, SOCIETY

Parliamentary committee discusses land use issues

Parliamentary committee discusses land use issues
KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Experts have suggested for an act granting the people's right to the use of land with the provision of state control over it, if necessary.
Feb 18, 2019