Across the world, 49.3 percent of people live in some form of democracy with only 4.5 percent living in full democracies. That’s according to a new study spanning 165 countries conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

SURKHET, Feb 6: CPN (Maoist Center) leader Janardan Sharma has said that party unification between his party and CPN-UML was almost finalized with only the formalization part left.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) has given permission to issue an initial public offering worth Rs 27.76 billion in the past six months of the current fiscal, said data published by the Board.

Special Court, 17 per cent of cases settled

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: IME General Insurance Limited, a general insurance company promoted by a team of reputed industrialist and business houses, has extended three additional branches.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Supreme Court (SC) has refused to register a writ petition against Chie Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli.

HUMLA, Feb 6: Humla is experiencing heavy snowfall from early morning today. The freezing temperature has halted daily activities of people in the district.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Election Commission has completed all the preparations for the election to the member of National Assembly taking place in all the seven provinces of the country tomorrow.

Hopes the ozone layer is recovering have been dashed by new research showing it continues to decline in the most populated areas of the world.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: An unidentified gang has vandalized suspended Director General of Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma’s house based in Budhanilkantha on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: CPN (UML) senior leader Jhalanath Khanal has said that left alliance unification process would be concluded soon by resolving ideological and organisational problems with CPN (Maoist Centre).

She recently admitted to having vaser liposuction to remove her 'lumps and bumps'.

It's taken only 18 months, but Android Nougat is finally the most widely-used version of Google's smartphone OS.

Nine hundred military personnel have been called in to address a shortfall in security at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after illness resulted in the quarantine of 1,200 staff.

MAHOTTARI, Feb 6: Manara Siswa Municipality of Mahottari district has passed a budget of Rs 338.6 million for the fiscal year 2018/19.

PARBAT, Feb 6: All government health institutions at the Mahashila Rural Municipality in Parbat can now avail of 24-hour maternity services.

CHITWAN, Feb 6: Devghat, the famous pilgrimage site, will have an electric crematorium soon. Started on the initiatives of the Devghat Area Development Committee (DADC), a detail study of the project has been completed by.......

BEIRUT, Feb 6: U.N. representatives in Syria called on Tuesday for an immediate cessation of hostilities lasting at least month throughout Syria to allow aid deliveries and evacuations of the sick and wounded.

POKHARA: Six people including five police personnel sustained injuries on Tuesday after a clash broke out between police and protesters in Prithivi Narayan Campus. One media personnel also injured and 16 students have been.......