March 31, 2023 21:19 pm
KATHMANDU, March 31: After a long gap, Prakash Sharan Mahat has been appointed as the new finance minister of Nepal.
February 2, 2023 13:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Nepali Congress (NC) Spokesperson and Member of the House of Representatives Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the NC will soon come to the government.
May 4, 2018 18:03 pm
KATHMANDU, May 4: Nepali Congress has appointed office bearers on Friday, 26 months after the General Convention of the party, breaching party statute rules.
April 7, 2018 15:13 pm
CHITWAN, April 7: Nepali Congress central member Dr Ram Sharan Mahat today stressed the need for NC leaders and cadres to strengthen and expand party organisations across the country with high morale.
February 4, 2018 16:06 pm
BIRATNAGAR, Feb 4: Nepali Congress central committee member Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the country could face problem in bearing the cost of implementing federalism.
December 10, 2017 09:29 am
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: CPN-UML’s Ishwor Pokharel secured his win at the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-5.
November 22, 2017 03:30 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: The Special Court on Tuesday sent former chairman of the Tax Settlement Commission (TSC) Lumbadhoj Mahat and former member Umesh Dhakal to Dillibazar prison for their failure to post bail imposed by the court in relation to tax settlement cases.
November 18, 2017 08:04 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The leader of Nepali Congress Ramesh Kumar Mahat has accused that the opposition party for inciting violence due to fears of defeat in upcoming House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections. He stated that continuing attacks targeting election candidates was against constitutional laws and order and created fear among voters.
October 23, 2017 22:04 pm
KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Former officials of the Tax Clearance Commission, Chudamani Sharma and Lumbadhoj Mahat, who have been facing corruption allegation at the Special Court, have received the court summons after repeated attempts to face the charges.
September 9, 2017 15:38 pm
BHAKTAPUR, September 9: Nepali Congress leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that position of the Nepali Congress (NC) remains poor for giving more attention to money, post, prestige and power instead of embracing the ideals of BP Koirala.
July 30, 2017 13:54 pm
KATHMANDU, July 30: Former Foreign Minister and Nepali Congress leader Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat on Saturday stressed on the need for support from the Indian side for foreign access and international market to Nepal.
July 24, 2017 12:47 pm
KATHMANDU, July 24: Nepali Congress central committee member Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the cabinet would be expanded soon after the conclusion of ongoing central committee meeting of the party.
June 4, 2017 00:45 am
KATHMANDU, June 3: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat has said Nepal has proposed with China to open two all-weather customs points for Nepal.
June 3, 2017 00:20 am
KATHMANDU, June 3: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat has said Nepal has proposed with China to open two all-weather customs points for Nepal.
May 22, 2017 17:15 pm
KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepali Congress leader and former Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the government could not make public its new policy and program before the second-phase local level election slated for June 14.
May 5, 2017 13:42 pm
Kathmandu, May 5: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, said that special security would be provided to foreign investment in Nepal.
April 22, 2017 10:17 am
CHITWAN, April 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, today expressed his belief that the Madhes –centric parties will also participate in the local level elections slated for May 14.
April 19, 2017 21:30 pm
KATHMANDU, April 19: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat has termed the visit of President Bidya Bhandari 'important' and 'fruitful'.
April 18, 2017 21:15 pm
KATHMANDU, April 18: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, who is accompanied with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari for her five-day state visit to India, has shortened his visit and is scheduled to return on Wednesday.
April 3, 2017 18:33 pm
KATHMANDU, April 3: Minister for Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat said that if the charges leveled against him by the International Relations and Labor Committee of the Legislature-Parliament is proved, he will step down from his post.
March 26, 2017 17:40 pm
KATHMANDU, March 26: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat, who accompanies Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on his official visit to China, has viewed that Nepal wants to get as much as benefits from the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative proposed by China.
March 23, 2017 07:52 am
KATHMANDU, March 23: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat said on Wednesday that Nepal has almost completed all the preparatory works to sign major agreements with China including One Belt One Road (OBOR), energy cooperation, cross-border economic zone, transit protocol and upgrading roads connecting Kodari and Rasuwagadhi border points.
March 22, 2017 15:49 pm
KATHMANDU, March, 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that no agreements would be made during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to China.
March 18, 2017 16:46 pm
DHULIKHEL, March 18: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the local level elections would be successful only when the Madhesi Front also moved together with their demands addressed.
March 1, 2017 20:33 pm
KATHMANDU, March 1: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, has addressed the High-level Segment of the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday afternoon.
February 25, 2017 15:44 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is leaving for Geneva Saturday to participate in the High Level Segment of the thirty-fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held from 27 February to 3 March, 2017.
February 16, 2017 13:05 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat requested the European Union to lift the ban imposed by the EU on Nepali airlines.
February 15, 2017 18:57 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat on Wednesday claimed that the Nepal's peace process that began in November 2005 with the signing of 12-point agreement in Delhi has concluded and acknowledged India in this regard.
February 15, 2017 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Brushing aside claims from various quarters that Nepal's constitution is not inclusive, Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Nepal's constitution is the most inclusive as it encompasses the main features of a democratic and inclusive polity.
February 15, 2017 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Brushing aside claims from various quarters that Nepal's constitution is not inclusive, Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Nepal's constitution is the most inclusive as it encompasses the main features of a democratic and inclusive polity.
February 14, 2017 19:59 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that making democratic practices more inclusive and accommodative is an important yet difficult challenge to contemporary democracy and is even more challenging to a country like Nepal with huge diversity in ideas, religion, culture, language and ethnicity.
February 1, 2017 08:42 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Stating that relations with both India and China are improving, Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to visit Nepal in the near future.
January 25, 2017 14:28 pm
TULSIPUR (Dang), Jan 25: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that relations with the neighboring countries have improved.
January 15, 2017 13:29 pm
NEW YORK, Jan 15: Foreign Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the government is committed to providing the Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs) the right to vote in elections in Nepal.
January 15, 2017 09:47 am
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 15: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, has urged the Nepali diaspora in the United States to invest in Nepal and seriously contemplate on how the knowledge and skills they have gained could be used for Nepal's development.
January 9, 2017 23:55 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is leaving for Qatar on Tuesday for a three-day official visit.
December 31, 2016 13:36 pm
CHITWAN, Dec 31: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, has said that BP Koirala's Reconciliation Theory is very significant in the present context to make the nationality stronger.
December 28, 2016 17:47 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat on Wednesday said that there are no plans of deploying Nepal Army (NA) peacekeepers in UN peacekeeping missions under Indian Army.
December 24, 2016 21:00 pm
MALEKHU, Dec 24: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has asserted that the obstruction of the parliamentary proceedings would only profit autocracy and extremism in the country.
December 16, 2016 23:30 pm
KATHMADNU, Dec 16: Ruling Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has said that the local level elections should be held by putting off the constitution amendment proposal for the time being.
December 16, 2016 18:55 pm
PARSA, Dec 16: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the country should not be taken a hostage of indecisions by continuing obstruction in the House.
December 8, 2016 15:29 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the world can learn from the success of Nepal's peace process as the conflict was resolved through talks.
November 24, 2016 15:36 pm
CANBERRA, Nov 24: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat has requested Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to establish an Australian visa center in Kathmandu.
November 23, 2016 08:20 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat on Tuesday left for Australia on a five-day visit.
November 22, 2016 19:27 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is visiting Australia from Tuesday.
November 18, 2016 18:01 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Ambassador of China to Nepal, Yu Hong met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat at the latter's office in Singha Durbar today.
November 11, 2016 00:07 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Even as former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his aides have continued to dismiss media reports that he met head of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay at a conference in Goa, India, many photos that came out in public on Thursday show him sitting next to Sangay.
November 9, 2016 00:20 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Minister for Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Nepal is committed to its long-held 'One-China' policy.
November 9, 2016 00:20 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Minister for Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Nepal is committed to its long-held 'One-China' policy.
November 7, 2016 21:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 7: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries should conclude SAARC Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment (SAPPI) at earliest for deeper economic integration, Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat said on Monday.