KATHMANDU, May 3: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed the confidence that the Muslim community’s great festival of Eid would help protect and promote the Muslim community’s unique culture and tradition.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Foreign Minister and State Councilor for People’s Republic of China Wang Yi paid a courtesy call to President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Shital Niwas.

KATHMANDU, March 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended her best wishes to all Nepalis at home and abroad on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri today. In a message of best wishes, President Bhandari extended her wishes that my Maha Shivaratri usher our society to the path of progress and may it spread the light of spiritual awakening to the lives of Nepalis.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said it would be a true tribute to the martyrs to ensure durable peace, good governance, development and prosperity in the country by effectively implementing the federal democratic republic achieved with the sacrifices of martyrs.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that we all were responsible to usher our country in the path of progress, which was built due to the sacrifice of our brave ancestors.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has inaugurated the ‘National Census 2021’. President Bhandari formally inaugurated the ‘National Census 2021’ by providing her family's data to the enumerator's team who arrived at Sheetal Niwas on Thursday morning.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: On the occasion of Nepal's Constitution and National Day, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has expressed his best wishes.

KATHMANDU, May 31: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has sent a letter to the Queen of the United Kingdom (UK), Elizabeth II asking her support to send COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal.

KATHMANDU, May 23: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued an ordinance which amends the existing act on citizenship in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, May 6: A senior leader of the CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal has called on President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Shortly after the Standing Committee meeting of the ruling CPN-UML, Prime Minister and chairman of the party, KP Sharma Oli reached Sheetal Niwas to meet President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

KATHMANDU, March 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to fly to Bangladesh by Nepal Airlines' narrow-body A 320 aircraft on Monday.

KATHMANDU, March 6: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has congratulated acid attack survivor Muskan Khatun for receiving the prestigious  US State Department's International Women of Courage Award-2021.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: President Bidya Devi Bhandari affixed the first cancellation mark on a postage stamp bearing the image of centenarian person Satya Mohan Joshi, at a program organised at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas, today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that a fresh mandate is must for peace, stability and development in the country.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli presented the government's annual report for fiscal year 2019/20 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has termed the recent move of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) as constitutional.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday issued an ordinance that amends the prevailing working procedure of the Constitutional Council (CC).

KATHMANDU, Nov 20:  President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended her best wishes to all Nepalis sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of the Chhath festival that is being celebrated today.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday Administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed ambassadors of Nepal to Belgium, Pakistan and Germany.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has congratulated Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah for assuming the post of Emir of Kuwait.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday authenticated two ordinances at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday remitted the remaining jail terms of 290 prisoners at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, July 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has wished a speedy recovery and good health to the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

KATHMANDU, July 5: Amid growing intra-party rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), top leaders of the rival factions have held a meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday morning.

BAITADI, Feb 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to arrive in Sudurpaschim Province on Wednesday for a three-day visit.

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated a special program organised on the premises of Kantipath-based Election Commission on the occasion of fourth Election Day on Wedndesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has wished happiness, peace, prosperity and progress to all Nepalis at home and abroad on the occasion of the Sonam Lhosar today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called on the government and bodies concerned to scale up investment in children who are the responsible citizens of the future.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been dragged into yet another controversy after she summoned influential ruling Nepal Communist Party leaders, ministers and advisors of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at her office to discuss about contemporary politics.

TOKYO, Oct 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, currently on an official visit to Japan, has said that Japan is the major development partner of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is paying a state visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar from October 16 to 20 at the friendly invitation of the President of Myanmar U Win Myint, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Kwaneya, the first day of the chariot procession of the Living Goddess Kumari and the most important day of Indra Jatra, one of the biggest festivals in the Kathmandu Valley has been observed at Basantapur Durbar Square on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed Dr Bansidhar Mishra and Dr Narad Nath Bharadwaj as the ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh and Qatar respectively.

NEPALGUNJ, June 4: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has today arrived in Nepalgunj to participate in Iftar ceremony of the Muslim community. President Bhandari, who landed at Nepalgunj airport at 2 pm, is scheduled to take part in the ceremony slated to take place at 5 pm at Siddhartha Cottage.

KATHMANDU, May 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari returned home on Wednesday morning.

KATHMANDU, April 29: China on Monday pledged RMB 1 billion (Rs16.8 billion) grant assistance to Nepal.

BEIJING, April 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari who is presently on the nine-day State Visit to China has said economic transformation is the agenda of priority of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, April 19: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed Dinesh Chandra Thapaliya as the Chief Election Commissioner and five justices at the Supreme Court.

RANJHA, April 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari discussed matters relating to development works with people's representatives in Banke and Bardia districts.

KATHMANDU, April 15: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli submitted the annual report of the government for the fiscal year of 2018/19 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari amid a special programme here on Monday at the president's residence in Sheetal Niwas.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has stressed promotion of promoting export in the country in the wake of the ballooning trade deficit.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended the Basanta Shrawan ritual on the occasion of Basanta Panchami at Nasal Chowk in Hanumandhoka Durbar premises this morning.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3 : President Bidya Devi Bhandari sent a message of congratulations to Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on the occasion of his proclamation as the 16th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, the King of Malaysia, on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Prime Minister and National Security Council (NSC)'s chairperson KP Sharma Oli today presented the Council's annual report for the fiscal year 2074-75 BS report before President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has promulgated the Ordinance designed to provide for Employee Adjustment, 2075.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: There are still challenges for the protection of human rights in Nepal despite the formulation of laws in this regard.

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KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Amid a public outcry against the latest move of the President’s Office to buy a new fleet of cars and expand the office premises, the government has come to the defense of President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended a tea reception hosted by Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat 1139 festivals in the capital on Monday.