- by Ishwari Subedi
KATHMANDU, March 6: With the recent shift in the power alliance, the question has been raised as to how secure the positions of chairpersons of the parliamentary committees are. While the chairpersons of these committees are elected by a majority vote, a two-thirds majority is required to remove them, making their position somewhat insecure.
- by Republica
MALEKHU (DHADING), March 6: The death toll in a bus accident that occurred at Gajuri Rural Municipality-5 in Dhading district this morning has reached seven.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 6: At least four people died when a passenger bus on its way to Kathmandu from Padaria in Rupandehi plunged into the Trishuli River at around 5 AM today.
- by Associated Press
LONDON, March 6: A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms Tuesday.
- by Republica
NAIROBI, March 6: A student pilot and instructor died on Tuesday when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 6: Top leaders of the ruling parties–CPN(Maoist Center) and CPN-UML– have intensified their efforts to solicit support of the CPN (Unified Socialist) to the new government.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 6: There is a possibility of snowfall in the hilly and mountainous areas of the country today. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD), there is a partial influence of a westerly low-pressure system in Nepal at present.
- by Rajaram Bartaula
The year 2024 is becoming an election year in the global arena. An overwhelming 2 billion voters in 50 countries will turn to the polling centres to cast their ballots exercising their universal franchise, a beauty of democracy to elect their representatives to govern.
- by Dilip Paudel
KATHMANDU, March 6: Dairy industries across the country are struggling to sell the milk produced by farmers as the consumption has decreased. The farmers’ representatives say that although they supply 3.1 million liters of milk to the market daily, dairy industries sell only 2.8 million liters of milk.
- by Republica
Nepal finds itself under the critical scrutiny of analysts and economists, who decry its inability to curtail unnecessary expenses in the wake of sluggish revenue collection. As the nation grapples with a soaring public debt, experts are urging the government to take austerity measures to safeguard public finances and foster sustainable economic growth.
- by Reuters
LONDON, March 5: Meta Platforms-owned (META.O), opens new tab Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 5: In preparation for the Maha Shivaratri festival on March 8, the District Administration Office (DAO), Kathmandu, and the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) have banned the sale of meat and meat products and alcohol in the Pashupatinath temple area.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 5: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Tuesday nosedived 70.31 points to close at 2,007.69 points.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 5: The Department of Tourism (DoT) has sought the names of employees who want to become government liaison officers for mountain climbing in the upcoming climbing season.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 5: The Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) held at party President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s residence has decided to withdraw the support given to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
- by Republica
DANG, March 5: The 'Lautreates and Leaders' Summit scheduled to be organized by the Lumbini province government has been postponed. The Lumbini province government was set to organize the Summit in Lumbini from March 11.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, March 5: The discussion on the principles and priorities (pre-budget) of the Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2024/25 in the House of Representatives has been affected. The pre-budget discussions were disrupted after the collapse of the current alliance led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
- by Republica
BELBARI (MORANG), March 5: Increasing pollution and haphazard use of pesticides in crops have contributed to the declining numbers of birds in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KWR) and the vicinity. Human activities have caused loss of birds' habitats.
- by Republica
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is going to hold the first phase of the women's football league in Surkhet.
- by Republica
TANAHU, March 5: Bhanu Municipal Executive has decided to keep the Adikavi Bhanu Bhakta Birthplace Development Committee under the federal government’s jurisdiction.