Published On: December 24, 2020 04:25 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal has decided to take to the streets against the government's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.
Published On: December 24, 2020 04:15 PM NPT By: Republica
Deepak-Deepa's super hit movie 'Chakka Panja-3' has been made public on YouTube.
Published On: December 24, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: A secretariat member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Ram Bahadur Thapa has reached Baluwatar in the capital to attend the ongoing central working committee meeting of a faction close to the party Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Published On: December 24, 2020 02:56 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Nepal’s trade deficit in the first five months of the current fiscal year declined by 10.91 percent compared to the same period last year, providing some cushion to the country’s foreign currency reserve being spent to settle the huge imports bills.
Published On: December 24, 2020 02:50 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, December 24: United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres has appointed Indigenous Television's Chairperson Dev Kumar Sunuwar as a member of the Advisory Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, as per General Assembly resolution 40/131.
Published On: December 24, 2020 01:44 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The government has decided to deposit Rs 15.50 billion in the Business Continuity Loan Repayment Account.
Published On: December 24, 2020 01:10 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The two rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which suffered a split recently, are holding parallel central committee meetings on Thursday.
Published On: December 24, 2020 12:12 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Two days after the ruling Nepal Communist Party suffered a split, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi held a meeting with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the chairperson of the rival faction of the party, on Thursday morning.
Published On: December 24, 2020 12:07 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: A group of civil society activists has announced a mass civil movement considering the impending constitutional crisis that the country may face after the dissolution of parliament by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Published On: December 24, 2020 10:56 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The government of Nepal and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed US dollar 150 million concessional loan agreement to finance South Asia Sub regional Cooperation (SASEC) Airport Capacity Enhancement Project and US$ 40 million concessional loan and US$10 million grant for the implementation of Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management Project.
Published On: December 24, 2020 10:37 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Gradual loss of jungles and wetlands has continued to take a toll on birds and other wildlife worldwide, and this reflects no less vividly in Nepal, according to ornithologists. Responding to a recently released 2020 red list updates on birds by IUCN, they said that 'single year's update alone may not look that worrisome, but the graph of trend is upsetting.'
Published On: December 24, 2020 08:26 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has finalized the route for laying pipes for the proposed Jhapa-Siliguri petroleum pipeline project.
Published On: December 24, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Republica
BUTWAL, Dec 23: General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Bishnu Prasad Poudel has claimed that the House of Representatives (HoR) would not be reinstated.
Published On: December 23, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The local share market opened Wednesday’s trading in an upbeat note climbing over 2,100’s level in the morning. The index retraced sharply within the beginning trading hour and hovered around 2,100 mark at mid-day. Stocks saw further decline in the latter trading hours pushing the benchmark towards the opening level. At the close, Nepse stood at 2,068.46 – up a modest 7.04 points against the session earlier.
Published On: December 23, 2020 05:44 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said that it will conduct a thorough investigation to verify claims made by the rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party before granting an official recognition to one of them.
Published On: December 23, 2020 05:14 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The total number of people dying of COVID-19 infection in Nepal has surpassed 1,800-mark on Wednesday as five more people succumbed to this viral infection that was first reported in the Chinese province of Wuhan in December last year.
Published On: December 23, 2020 04:29 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was elected as the parliamentary party leader by a rival faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmakers close to Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, has said that his first priority would be to restore the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) and form a new government.
Published On: December 23, 2020 04:07 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday inaugurated the recently constructed building of the Office of Attorney General.
Published On: December 23, 2020 02:57 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has elected Pushpa Kamal Dahal as their parliamentary leader.
Published On: December 23, 2020 02:12 PM NPT By: Republica
Although the writ petitioners demanded an interim order against the decision to dissolve the HoR, the apex court has denied issuing any such order.