February 1, 2023 14:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: There was a dispute between MP Amrit lal Rajbanshi and MP Amrita Agrahari on the issue of landlessness. In the meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the two MPs quarreled.
February 1, 2023 13:55 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Amresh Kumar Singh has demanded the government form a high-level committee to identify the real reasons behind the increasing cases of self-immolation and suicide and resolve them.
January 2, 2023 13:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Dilli Chaudhary has been elected as the Parliamentary Party (PP) leader of the Nepali Congress in Lumbini Province Assembly. A NC PP meeting held in Lumbini Province Assembly held on Monday unanimously elected Chaudhary as the leader of the party.
September 18, 2022 15:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Former Member of Parliament (MP) Renuka Gurung has joined the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). She was elected an MP from the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP).
August 2, 2022 16:11 pm
KATHMANDU, August 2: Prem Suwal, Member of Parliament from the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, has said that the government has not paid attention to seeking an alternative to fossil fuels.
July 26, 2022 19:00 pm
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepali Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Min Bahadur Bishwakarma has expressed his suspicion that the country may have gone down due to wrong statistics. MP Bishwakarma said this while participating in the discussion on the data bill presented by the government in the House of Representatives meeting on Tuesday.
July 26, 2022 17:20 pm
KATHMANDU, July 26: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary and Member of Parliament (MP) Gagan Kumar Thapa has said that it is necessary for the government to focus on the way to build a university and fulfill the responsibilities assigned by the constitution. Speaking at a meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, MP Thapa said that the government is not going the right way, but is going the wrong way in managing the university.
February 22, 2021 18:29 pm
CHITWAN, Feb 22: Former Member of Parliament (MP) Eknath Ranabhat passed away on Monday while undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College. He was 69. He had been hospitalized since the past 16 days after he suffered a stroke. He was hypertensive. He breathed his last at 1:58 pm.
September 20, 2019 15:18 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 20: Former member of parliament Hari Bairagi Dahal passed away on Friday. He was 62.
June 19, 2019 09:05 am
Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol took oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
May 16, 2018 07:22 am
RAUTAHAT, May 16: Rautahat District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Kundan Kushahawa, provincial assembly member of the ruling CPN (Maoist Center), for smuggling timber.
March 9, 2018 05:41 am
DANG, March 9: Born in an economically weak family, Shanta Chaudhary of Dang district was made to work as a housemaid for a landlord of the district at a tender age of 10. From that age, she spent the next ten years working as a kamlari (indentured laborer).
November 8, 2017 07:39 am
ITAHARI, Nov 7: Nepali Congress leader Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, who has been elected as member of parliament (MP) for five times, is contesting the upcoming elections from Sunsari-3. CPN-UML's Bhagbati Chaudhary, who was narrowly defeated by Gachchhadar in the second Constituent Assembly elections in 2013, is challenging the veteran NC leader's regime as a common candidate of the left alliance.
October 14, 2017 01:42 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 13: The Election Commission (EC) has fixed Rs 2.5 million as an election expenditure limit per candidate contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system. A candidate contesting the provincial assembly elections, however, can spend up to Rs 1.5 million.
September 9, 2017 06:29 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 9: A ruling party lawmaker has come down heavily on Supply Minister Shiva Kumar Mandal for overlooking the corruption scandal within an entity under his ministry.
July 25, 2017 03:30 am
KATHMANDU, July 24: Drawing attention of the parliament to the ongoing standoff between neighboring India and China at their tri-junction border point with Bhutan over the Doklam plateau, a lawmaker from the main opposition CPN-UML has urged the government to make Nepal's position clear.
April 28, 2017 08:34 am
Veteran actor and Member of Parliament Vinod Khanna - the Bollywood heartthrob best known for his roles in films such as “Amar Akbar Anthony,” “Qurbaani” and “Insaaf” - died of cancer at a hospital on Thursday morning.
January 13, 2017 10:05 am
KANCHANPUR Jan 13: Member of Parliament, Diwan Singh Bista, on Thursday expressed his commitment towards continuing development programmes.
December 16, 2016 07:53 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 16: UML lawmaker Lal Bahadur Rawal has been physically assaulted by his own cadres in a dispute related to local bodies restructuring.
December 12, 2016 08:35 am
PARBAT, Dec 12: Member of Parliament (MP) Bikash Lamsal on Sunday donated Rs 2 million for the Srimad Bhagawad Gyan Mahayagya at Triveni in southern Parbat.
November 29, 2016 11:00 am
JUMLA, Nov 29: Member of Parliament (MP), Dilli Prasad Kafle, has blamed foreign support as the reason for the failure of Nepal's agriculture policy.
November 12, 2016 01:00 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: CPN-UML lawmaker Rajan Bhattarai has sought clarification of the government on the Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba's controversial presence in a conference in Goa, India recently.
October 19, 2016 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The government on Tuesday registered a bill at Parliament to revise upwards the pay and perks for members of Parliament and other office-bearers, including the speaker and deputy speaker.
October 5, 2016 01:20 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 5: CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker Aman Lal Modi has criticized the government for being reluctant to listen to the demands raised by Dr Govinda KC.