House meeting postponed for Tuesday after obstruction

Published On: January 3, 2017 09:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: After the top leaders of the major political parties skipped a meeting called by Speaker Onsari Gharti Monday, she dropped an earlier plan to hold House meetings in short intervals and postponed the meeting for Tuesday.

EC ‘not well-prepared’ as elections draw near

Published On: January 3, 2017 08:11 AM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: With just a year remaining till the January 2018 deadline for conducting three sets of elections, the Election Commission (EC) is not  “well-prepared” for undertaking the task when it comes.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue an interim order in writ petitions challenging the constitution amendment bill, which is currently going through the parliamentary process.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Four months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced in the parliament to operate 100 city buses in major cities of the country, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) has asked four municipalities based in the Kathmandu Valley to register a joint company to operate large buses across Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Survey for housing grant to be complete only by February

Published On: January 3, 2017 12:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the body entrusted with the responsibility to carry out survey for identifying earthquake victims eligible for the housing grant, has said that the damage assessment survey in the remaining 17 earthquake-affected districts will be completed only by the first week of February, meaning that the quake victims will still have to wait longer to receive the housing grant.

Government officer among three held for land forgery

Published On: January 3, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested three persons including a section officer of Land Revenue Office for their alleged involvement in forgery of valuable land in Bhandara of Chitwan district.

Ruling parties to delay tabling bill for a few days

Published On: January 3, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) have made an informal understanding to delay tabling the constitution amendment bill in parliament for a few more days.

PM directs ministers, secys to boost development spending

Published On: January 3, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal on Monday directed the government officials and ministers to expedite development spending.

House meeting postponed for Tuesday after obstruction

Published On: January 2, 2017 09:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: After the top leaders of the major political parties skipped a meeting called by Speaker Onsari Gharti Monday, she dropped an earlier plan to hold House meetings in short intervals and postponed the meeting for Monday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Naya Shakti Party Coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that the current political imbroglio will get an outlet once the major political parties strike a deal on power sharing, claiming that they have no differences on major political