President to visit India soon: Envoy Upadhyaya

Published On: March 4, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 4: Nepali ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhyay has said that President Bidya Devi Bhandari will 'soon' travel to India on a state visit.

Japan pledges Rs 8,587,000 in financial assistance

Published On: March 3, 2017 06:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: The Government of Japan has pledged Rs 8,587,000 in financial assistance for Nepal Social Development and People Empowerment Center (NESPEC) under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) scheme of the Fiscal Year 2016 of Japan government.

UML leaders in Jhapa for Mechi-Mahakali campaign

Published On: March 3, 2017 05:23 PM NPT By: Raju Adhikari

JHAPA, March 3: CPN-UML leaders have arrived in the district to participate in the Mechi-Mahakali campaign set to begin from Saturday.

India's Finance Minister returns home

Published On: March 3, 2017 04:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley returned home today. He had arrived here Thursday afternoon in connection to a two-day official visit at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Krishna Bahadur Mahara.

RPP picks cow as poll symbol

Published On: March 3, 2017 04:20 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: Settling the month-long row over the party's election symbol, the newly-unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) finally decided cow as its election symbol on Friday.

I didn't mean to disrupt Mechi-Mahakali campaign: DPM Nidhi

Published On: March 3, 2017 02:50 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi clarified that he did not make any statements to disrupt mass meetings of any political parties.

FSU election results from campuses across the country

Published On: March 3, 2017 12:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: A joint panel has emerged victorious in the Free Student Union (FSU) elections held in two campuses in Bhaktapur.

BARDIYA, March 3: Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Prem Bahadur Singh has pledged to supply arsenic free water in 20 districts of Tarai.

Police round up Chitwan Medical College chief's assailant

Published On: March 3, 2017 11:02 AM NPT By: Republica

RATNANAGAR (Chitwan), March 3: A youth who had been on the run after attacking Prof Dr Harish Chandra Neupane, Chairperson and Managing Director of the Chitwan Medical College, was arrested on Wednesday.

Govt to certify health service quality

Published On: March 3, 2017 07:37 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 3: In a bid to ensure the people’s right to health services provisioned in the constitution, the government is all set to establish the Nepal Health Institutions Quality Certification Council soon.