Published On: December 3, 2022 10:45 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed best wishes to all people living with disabilities, national and international organizations working in this sector, Nepal government, and guardians' associations on the occasion for the International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD).
Published On: December 3, 2022 10:15 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) has clarified that he held a meeting with US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thompson only after the permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
Published On: December 3, 2022 10:12 AM NPT By: Republica
DHANUSA, Dec 3: Five people were killed when a jeep carrying attendants of a wedding ceremony met with an accident in Dhanusa. Nine people were injured in the accident.
Published On: December 3, 2022 09:35 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Among the 753 local levels across the country only 115 municipalities have established gender-based violence (GBV) prevention funds.
Published On: December 3, 2022 09:15 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Most of the public vehicles in the Kathmandu Valley have failed the pollution test. On Friday, a team comprising members of the Department of Environment, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division and the Department of Transport Management conducted pollution test of vehicles at Babarmahal in Kathmandu.
Published On: December 3, 2022 08:45 AM NPT By: Republica
As a rule of thumb, the largest political party in parliament always gets the first chance to form the government in any democratic system. The second and third largest parties get the opportunity to form a government only when the first largest party fails to garner the required majority in parliament. In that sense, the NC -- the single largest party in parliament -- should lead the new government. This is the mandate given by people through the recently-held parliamentary election.
Published On: December 3, 2022 08:15 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU: In an effort to develop skilled human resources for increasing trade capacity with better preparation for Nepal’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, the European Union has extended support for grooming Tribhuvan University (TU) professors as experts in international market intelligence.
Published On: December 3, 2022 08:00 AM NPT By: Republica
Emergence of Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party and CK Raut-led Janamat Party as two new national parties
Published On: December 3, 2022 07:52 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Center for Media Research (CMR)-Nepal has launched CMR Journalism Academy to help enhance professional skills of journalists in Nepal. The Journalism Academy has been launched in Kathmandu in partnership with Interlink Academy, a media training institute based in Germany.
Published On: December 2, 2022 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The CPN (Unified Socialists) has said that the rumors spread about its unification with the Maoist center is baseless.
Published On: December 2, 2022 05:30 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The National Land Commission (NLC) has said works are going on to collect and verify details of landless dalits, landless squatters and those residing unsystematically. According to NLC Vice-Chair and Spokesperson Nahendra Khadka, though such works were suspended for a certain time with the enforcement of the Election Code of Conduct, they will resume very soon.
Published On: December 2, 2022 05:00 PM NPT By: Republica
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dheeraj Pratap Singh and US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean R Thompson, held a meeting at the Police Headquarters, Naxal, today.
Published On: December 2, 2022 04:35 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The police have started an investigation into the citizenship dispute of Rabi Lamichhane, the chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and elected member of the House of Representatives from Chitwan-2.
Published On: December 2, 2022 03:00 PM NPT By: Republica
The CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate for the House of Representatives in Dolakha, Ganga Karki, is leading in the vote count which is underway.
Published On: December 2, 2022 01:58 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Under the election to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies, as many as 10,382,085 votes cast under the proportional representation have been counted so far.
Published On: December 2, 2022 01:39 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Nepali Congress leader Prakashman Singh, who has been elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-1, has said that bringing water from the Melamchi river in Sindhupalchowk to Kathmandu needs to be carried out systematically with priority.
Published On: December 2, 2022 12:20 PM NPT By: Republica
DOLAKHA, Dec 2: The CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate for the member to the House of Representatives in Dolakha, Ganga Karki, is leading in the vote tally.
Published On: December 2, 2022 11:57 AM NPT By: Republica
Two persons died in separate road accidents in Jhapa district last night.
Published On: December 2, 2022 11:40 AM NPT By: Republica
The newly-formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has taken the country by surprise with its success in posing a stiff competition to the old political parties. Youths around the country are expressing happiness over the victory of the new party formed by former journalist Rabi Lamichhane. The party is set to be the fourth largest party in parliament as it has already secured seven seats under the FPTP electoral system and currently maintains lead as the fourth largest party under the Proportional Representation(PR) electoral system. Republica talked to youths in the Kathmandu Valley to know what they think should be the immediate priorities of RSP. Excerpts:
Published On: December 2, 2022 11:16 AM NPT By: Republica
SYANGJA, Dec 2: Nepali Congress (NC) candidate of Province Assembly (PA) member from Syangja constituency Number 2 A Bhojraj Aryal won the election by defeating his nearest contender Mohan Regmi of CPN-UML.