Tourism Minister off to Australia

Published On: December 14, 2016 12:29 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Jiwan Bahadur Shahi, on Tuesday evening left for Melbourne, Australia to take part in the Grand Nepal Festival.

PM takes stock of Mahottari's security scenario

Published On: December 14, 2016 12:04 PM NPT By: Republica

BARDIBAS, Dec 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday took stock of the security scenario and the progress on infrastructure development of Mahottari district.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14:  Education Minister Dhani Ram Paudel has said that the government will need an additional Rs 27 billion per year to implement the new education regulations, which are awaiting approval from the Ministry of Finance.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: CPN-UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai on Monday said that open border between Nepal and India has to be regulated in order to open doors for equal rights of citizenship for men and women.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: As disputes over the number and delineation of local units under the federal setup are likely affect the prospects of holding local level elections on time, the ruling parties have proposed holding the polls under the existing structure of VDCs and municipalities.

LALITPUR, Dec 13: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has revealed that three big political parties have agreed to hold local body election on the old structure.

Big 3 agree to hold local polls under existing structures

Published On: December 13, 2016 05:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Major three political parties have agreed to hold local elections under the existing structures.

Minister Sharma to fight any hurdle in no load-shedding campaign

Published On: December 13, 2016 04:50 PM NPT By: Republica

PATHARI, Dec 13: Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma has pledged to take action against anyone causing hurdle in the implementation of load-shedding free campaign.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: A joint meeting of eight political parties including the main opposition CPN-UML that are against the constitution amendment bill decided to continue the House obstruction and intensify their protests until the bill is withdrawn.

Big 3 agree to resolve imbroglio in package

Published On: December 13, 2016 02:17 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Top leaders of the three major political parties have held a meeting at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar in a bid to seek a solution to the current imbroglio.