Published On: March 10, 2023 01:15 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Purna Bahadur Khadka, the vice-president of the Nepali Congress, has said that no decision has been taken yet to give the vice presidency to the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP). He said so after reaching the ashram of former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai in Bode of Lalitpur on Friday.
Published On: March 10, 2023 01:09 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Hearing on a writ petition filed against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Supreme Court has started. Petitioners’ lawyers have started making their arguments before a single bench of Justice Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada.
Published On: March 10, 2023 01:05 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding the immediate arrest of and investigation into Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also the chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), holding him responsible for the deaths and destruction during the decade-long Maoist armed insurgency, could not be heard on Thursday. The first hearing of the case was scheduled for Thursday, but the hearing did not take place because the bench could not manage time to hear the case. The next hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Published On: March 10, 2023 01:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The Election Commission (EC) has directed parties in parliament to register candidates of a different gender or community from that of the president for vice president.
Published On: March 10, 2023 12:39 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: President-elect Ram Chandra Paudel performed worship and paid homage at the Pashupatinath Temple Friday morning. He also received prasad (food offered to god) on the occasion.
Published On: March 10, 2023 12:30 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The expansion of the cabinet will take place only after March 19. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is in charge of all the important ministries now after the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) CPN-UML and Rastriya Swatantra Party(RSP) quit the government.
Published On: March 10, 2023 12:29 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Women traveling on a Buddha Air flight on Wednesday were surprised when the airline staff handed them a bag along with their boarding passes. Inside each such bag was a book authored by a female writer. There were story collections, novels, autobiographies etc penned by female writers. The text written on that bag read ‘Nepali woman: They read and they fly.
Published On: March 10, 2023 12:15 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has directed the Shree Airlines to ground all its aircrafts until security checks of the engines is completed.
Published On: March 10, 2023 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) has given permission to open 20 branches of stock brokers at once to facilitate share trading.
Published On: March 10, 2023 11:40 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The gold price has risen by Rs 800 per tola in the domestic market on Friday.
Published On: March 10, 2023 11:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The country has a general influence of westerly winds at present. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), there is a partial shower in the hilly areas of the country this morning. The weather in the rest of the country is generally clear.
Published On: March 10, 2023 10:45 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Jazeera Airlines has resumed its flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) after a hiatus of two and a half months.
Published On: March 10, 2023 10:20 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: A joint meeting of the top leaders of various Maoist factions has decided to hold a joint press conference and an interaction on March 14.
Published On: March 10, 2023 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The Election Commission (EC) is to submit a report along with the result of the presidential election held on Thursday to President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday.
Published On: March 10, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Nepali commercial banks will be reducing their premium interest rate on loans by one percent with effect from March 15.
Published On: March 10, 2023 08:45 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The cases against Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal will be heard at the Supreme Court today. The hearing on the petitions that was adjourned on Thursday has been scheduled for today.
Published On: March 10, 2023 08:30 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: The Special Court on Thursday slapped former Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Badri Prasad Neupane, who was found guilty in the Fun-park lease scam, with a nine years jail term and a cash penalty of Rs 24.36 million.
Published On: March 10, 2023 08:15 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 10: Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has decided to make its Parliamentary Party (PP) leader Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav as its vice presidential candidate.
Published On: March 10, 2023 07:45 AM NPT By: Republica
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report last week indicating that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2022 were the highest since 1900. The primary source of these emissions is the combustion of fossil fuels, which are responsible for the rising temperatures on Earth.
Published On: March 9, 2023 07:56 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, March 9: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has asked the contractors concerned to complete the construction of 220/400 kV Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line by mid-July.