POLITICS
Left merger talks hit roadblock
Left merger talks hit roadblock
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The unification talks between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have hit a roadblock with a section of UML leaders objecting to Maoist's proposal to rotate the party leadership.
Jan 22, 2018
POLITICS
EC publishes voter list for upper house polls
EC publishes voter list for upper house polls
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: As part of holding the upper house election slated for February 7, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday made public the name list of voters who will elect 56 members of the 59-member upper house of federal parliament.
Jan 22, 2018
POLITICS
Modi calls Oli to wish Happy New Year
Modi calls Oli to wish Happy New Year
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: In what has been described as a manifestation of India's policy of engagement with Nepal's upcoming leftist government, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called CPN-UML Chairman K P Sharma over the telephone.
Jan 22, 2018
POLITICS
Provincial Assembly members arrive by chopper for oath
Provincial Assembly members arrive by chopper for oath
SURKHET, Jan 22: On the day of the oath-taking ceremony, Provincial Assembly members of Province 6 were still in the capital instead of being in their own province from where they got elected to serve the people.
Jan 22, 2018
POLITICS
Govt for maintaining 'status quo' in use of problem land on border
Govt for maintaining 'status quo' in use of problem land on...
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Nepal has taken a diplomatic initiative to maintain 'status quo' in the use of some pieces of land which are said to have fallen on the Indian side in Parsa district in the course of carrying out maintenance of old border pillars and erecting new ones along the Nepal-India border.
Jan 22, 2018
ECONOMY
Youth entrepreneur Manish Kumar Agrawal no more
Youth entrepreneur Manish Kumar Agrawal no more
KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Youth entrepreneur and Executive Member of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Manish Kumar Agrawal, passed away at Medanta Hospital, India, on Saturday night.
Jan 22, 2018
ECONOMY
Hike in the prices of construction materials halts reconstruction again
Hike in the prices of construction materials halts reconstru...
SINDHULI, Jan 22: The long-delayed reconstruction process which had finally picked up pace has again been halted with the sudden hike in the prices of construction materials.
Jan 22, 2018
SOCIETY
CJ urges press to refrain from commenting on sub-judice cases
CJ urges press to refrain from commenting on sub-judice case...
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Chief Justice (CJ) Gopal Parajuli urged the media on Monday to refrain from commenting on sub-judice cases pending at courts.
Jan 22, 2018
SOCIETY
10-year-old girl carries disabled brother to school every day
10-year-old girl carries disabled brother to school every da...
GORKHA, Jan 22: Ten-year-old Susmita Baram, a second grader at Shree Madane Danda Secondary School (SMDSS) of Palungtar Municipality-5, carries her elder brother Laxman, 12, to the school every day.
Jan 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Elephants terrorizing locals of Damak
Elephants terrorizing locals of Damak
DAMAK, Jan 22: Since the last few weeks, Nabin Baral, chief of ward no 3 of Damak Municipality, Jhapa, comes out of his home holding a blazing torch. His neighbors, on the other hand, are found beating plates, blowing conch shells and lighting firecrackers.
Jan 22, 2018