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Citizenship Bill withdrawn from parliament due to lack of unanimous position among parties: Govt

Published On: July 6, 2022 07:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The government has said that it decided to withdraw the Citizenship Bill as it aimed to forge a consensus unanimously on the citizenship-like sensitive issue.

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UAE envoy Al Naqbi calls on Labor Minister Kunwar

Published On: July 6, 2022 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Sher Bahadur Kunwar and Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nepal,  Saeed Hamdan Al Naqbi  held a meeting on Wednesday.

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FinMin Sharma resigns following allegations of manipulating tax rates in budget and hiding evidence

Published On: July 6, 2022 06:06 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma, who has been facing accusations of manipulating tax rates in the budget for fiscal year 2022/23 just to favor a handful of business houses and attempting to hide the evidence, resigned from his post on Wednesday.

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Two more cholera cases detected in Nepal

Published On: July 6, 2022 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Cholera has been confirmed in two more persons. According to the Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Chuman Lal Das, cholera patients were found in Hetauda and Changunarayan municipalities.

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Nepal records 113 new cases, 20 recoveries and zero death on Wednesday

Published On: July 6, 2022 05:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Nepal recorded 113 new cases of COVID-19 along with 20 recoveries and zero death from the virus on Wednesday, according to the information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

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Lesson learned from Rolpa incident: ID card with a photo for prisoners a must

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:41 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, JULY 6: A prisoner was found hanging in the toilet of Rolpa Prison on May 18. According to the prison office, the prisoner was Vijay Bikram Shah, 27, of Barahatal Rural Municipality-1 of Surkhet. He was serving a five-year prison sentence in an arms and ammunition case.

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Breaking : Finance Minister Sharma resigns

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:34 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma has resigned from his post on Wednesday. His resignation comes amid allegation that he had employed 'unauthorized' persons to tweak tax rates in the annual budget presented in parliament.

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LIVE: HoR meeting underway

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: A meeting of House of Representatives is currently underway at federal parliament building in Kathmandu.

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Parties agree to form 11-member panel to probe FinMin Sharma’s role in involving ‘outsiders’ in budget preparation

Published On: July 6, 2022 04:02 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The main opposition and the ruling parties have agreed to form an 11-member parliamentary probe committee to investigate the role of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma in involving ‘outsiders’ to revise tax rates in the course of the preparation of the annual budget for the fiscal year 2022/23.

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Nepse inches up 13.33 points on Wednesday

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:52 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse), after two days of consecutive fall, inched up 13.33 points on Wednesday.

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Indian envoy meets Energy Minister Bhusal

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:49 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The newly-appointed ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava has paid a courtesy visit to Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal. During the meeting held at the Ministry today, they discussed the mutual relations and cooperation between Nepal and India.

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National Assembly Chairman Timilsina gets stuck in Chandragiri cable car for a while

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:43 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina got stuck in a cable car in Chandragiri for a while.

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Govt announces public holiday on Sunday

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 9: The government has decided to grant a public holiday on the day of the Muslim festival of Bakra Eid (Eid ul Adha). The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that a public holiday will be given across the country next Sunday (July 10).

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Labor minister monitors Korean Language Test Center

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:14 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, JULY 6: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Sher Bahadur Kunwar has monitored the language test center for workers going to Korea through the EPS system.

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KMC urges cinema halls, other entertainment businesses, to pay entertainment tax

Published On: July 6, 2022 03:05 PM NPT By: Republica

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has urged the entertainment sector including cinema halls to pay business and entertainment tax.

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UML demands resignation of FM Sharma before formation of parliamentary probe panel

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:52 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has insisted that Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has to step down before a parliamentary probe committee is formed to investigate his involvement in changing tax rates in the interests of certain business groups in the annual budget for the fiscal year 2022/23.

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Rihana, Kim Kardashian and Diane Hendricks declared ‘America’s Youngest Self- Made Billionaire’

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:36 PM NPT By: Republica

Forbes has revealed that 34 years old singer, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman Rihana is the richest self-made billionaire woman on list of ‘America’s Richest Self-Made Women’ 2022 .

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Only five percent of paddy transplanted in Banke till June end

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:30 PM NPT By: Republica

BANKE, July 6: This year, paddy plantation has been delayed in Banke district. The plantation was delayed due to the incessant rain. According to Sagar Dhakal, Chief of Agricultural Knowledge Center, Banke, only about five percent of paddy has been transplanted till June end.

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Maoist Central Committee meeting postponed till Thursday

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 6: The Central Committee meeting of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been postponed till tomorrow. The meeting scheduled for today has been postponed till Thursday as the top leaders including the party chairperson have to attend the parliament meeting.

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Badi settlements at high risk of landslides

Published On: July 6, 2022 02:10 PM NPT By: Republica

BIRENDRANAGAR, July 6: The settlements of the Badi community in Ganesh chowk of Dailekh district are at a high risk of landslides.

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