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EU decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines

Published On: December 22, 2020 06:48 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The European Union (EU) has decided to continue its ban on Nepali airlines through a recent update in the EU Air Safety List, although the Himalayan country has been making efforts to get delisted from the EU blacklist for a long time.

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Dahal-Nepal faction expels KP Oli from post of NCP chairman

Published On: December 22, 2020 06:32 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)’s Central Committee members close to Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal that was organized by the rival faction of the ruling party has decided to expel chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the post of party chairman.

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Nepal restricts passengers originating from or transiting through UK to board flights to the country from Dec 23 until further notice

Published On: December 22, 2020 06:07 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Nepal has implemented travel restrictions to and from the United Kingdom (UK) owing to the severe contagion of a new strain of the novel coronavirus discovered in the European country.

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Rival faction of NCP picks Madhav Kumar Nepal as party's second chairman

Published On: December 22, 2020 05:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A Central Committee meeting of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided to name Madhav Kumar Nepal as the party's other chairman.

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Demanding reinstatement of dissolved parliament, NCP rival faction lawmakers file writ petition at Supreme Court

Published On: December 22, 2020 05:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22:  A group of lawmakers close to the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court demanding the reinstatement of the House of Representatives (HoR). Those registering the writ petition include NCP's Chief Whip of the dissolved HoR Dev Gurung.

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China has no preference about which party comes to power in Nepal, but it wants a stable government, says a Chinese expert

Published On: December 22, 2020 04:57 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: China has no preference about who the ruling party is, but only hopes that Nepal has a stable government, a Chinese scholar has said.

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Oli-led NCP faction to hold party’s ‘unity’ convention in November next year

Published On: December 22, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A meeting of the Central Working Committee members of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has decided to hold the party’s ‘unity’ convention in November 2021.

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Israel on cusp of fourth national elections in two years

Published On: December 22, 2020 03:22 PM NPT By: Republica

JERUSALEM, Dec 22: Israel appeared headed to its fourth election in two years on Tuesday after a last-ditch effort to keep the government afloat and push off the automatic dissolution of parliament failed.

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Central committee meeting of Dahal-Nepal faction underway, leader Nepal set to become party chairperson

Published On: December 22, 2020 03:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A central committee meeting of the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal is currently underway at a party venue in Babarmahal.

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Pradeep Gyawali named new spokesperson of Oli-led NCP faction

Published On: December 22, 2020 12:49 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: A Central Working Committee meeting of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has named the party leader and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali the new spokesperson of the party.

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Oli administers oath to 556 new members of NCP central committee led by his faction

Published On: December 22, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: As many as 556 new central committee members nominated by NCP’s Chairman and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli took oath on Tuesday.

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NHRC calls for payment of outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers

Published On: December 22, 2020 12:39 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the stakeholders concerned to settle the outstanding dues of sugarcane farmers with a sense of urgency.

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As an exercise of party split, rival factions of ruling NCP holding parallel central committee meetings today

Published On: December 22, 2020 11:54 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: As the final preparation to announce formal split of the party, rival factions led by KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the ruling Nepal Communist Party are holding separate central committee meetings in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

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Foreign exchange reserves above 15 billion, remittances increase to 11.2%: NRB

Published On: December 22, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Food and beverage inflation stands at 5.73 percent

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Nepal and World Bank sign 9.3 billion rupees agriculture project

Published On: December 22, 2020 08:39 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: The Government of Nepal and the World Bank have signed a $80 million (around 9.3 billion rupees) project to bolster Nepal’s agriculture sector by strengthening rural market linkages and promoting entrepreneurship while creating jobs to support post-COVID-19 recovery.

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Daily Commentary: Nepse ends firmly in green after early-session sell-off

Published On: December 21, 2020 10:12 PM NPT By: Republica

Benchmark index up 30.33 points

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Inflation stands at 4.05 percent in first four months

Published On: December 21, 2020 07:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Consumer inflation stood at 4.05 percent in the first four months of the current fiscal year – owing to a spike in prices of vegetables and legumes in particular.

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Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology files cases against five firms for cheating consumers

Published On: December 21, 2020 07:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) filed cases against five firms in the Kathmandu Valley on the charge of cheating consumers.

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Parliament dissolution is an assault on spirit of constitution: all-party meeting

Published On: December 21, 2020 06:49 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: A meeting of the three party represented in the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) that was held at the headquarters of the main opposition party Nepali COngress (NC), has concluded that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s move to dissolve the HoR is an severe assault on the spirit of the Constitution of Nepal.

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742 new COVID-19 cases detected through 6,351 PCR tests

Published On: December 21, 2020 06:29 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed 742 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

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