KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday directed Young Communist League (YCL) to mobilize its cadres at colleges and universities during the election of Free Students Union.

MAHOTTARI, Jan 31: Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party Chairman Sarat Singh Bhandari has warned that the Madheshi Front, an alliance of Madhesh-centric political parties, will not vie in the local elections until new constitution is revised.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr Daljit BK Shreepaili, participated in the ministerial roundtable of the 2017 Youth Forum of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) entitled 'the role of youth in poverty eradication and promoting prosperity' in New York on Monday.

Caste-based discrimination intolerable for govt: PM

Published On: January 31, 2017 03:01 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ' 'Prachanda' has said the government was working with full dedication to addressing political, social and cultural problems facing the Dalit community since long.

SAARC Programming Committee meeting on Wednesday

Published On: January 31, 2017 12:39 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The SAARC Programming Committee meeting is taking place in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

CIAA charges surveyor with bribery

Published On: January 31, 2017 09:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against Machakaji Maharajn, a surveyer at the Kalanki Survey Office, at the Special Court on charge of taking bribe from service seekers.

Lokman Singh Karki cannot be impeached:  Parliamentary panel

Published On: January 31, 2017 08:12 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: A parliamentary probe committee has stated that the then CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court earlier this month, cannot be impeached by the parliament.

Maoist Center’s Upadhyay elected PAC chair

Published On: January 31, 2017 07:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Breaking with the parliamentary practice of entrusting the post of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson to the opposition party, the committee elected the chairman from the ruling CPN (Maoist Center) on Monday.

PM’s four questions to Madhes leaders

Published On: January 31, 2017 07:28 AM NPT By: Nabin Khatiwada

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday asked four questions to the agitating Madhes-based political parties with regard to ending the ongoing political deadlock and urged them to come up with clear answers.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: At a time when around 2,600 engineers and technical staff deployed by the government have been forced to stay idle due to sluggish progress in reconstruction of private buildings in the 14 earthquake-affected districts, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is making preparations to deploy around 3,500 final year civil engineering students as volunteers for 'facilitating the victims in constructing earthquake resilient houses'.