KATHMANDU, Feb 20: In a leaked audio recording of a conversation between Information Minister Gokul Baskota and Swiss Company local agent Bijaya Prakash Mishra, the minister is heard bargaining for Rs 700 million in bribe over the procurement of security printing press for the government.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting on Thursday morning.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Nepali Congress on Thursday demanded that the government should immediately sack Minister Baskota.

LONDON, July 21: In an audio recording released Sunday, a British naval officer insists that a British-flagged oil tanker must be allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian paramilitary forces demand that the vessel change course before commandeering it.