KATHMANDU, June 12: Monson that had entered the country four days ago is yet to become fully active nationwide.

Most contracts go to limited few

June 6, 2018 09:08 am

According to knowledgeable sources, most construction projects are likely to get completed on time if work could be distributed equally among all contractor companies.

GUATEMALA: People of the villages skirting Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire began mourning the few dead who could be identified after an eruption killed dozens by engulfing them in floods of searing ash and mud.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Investors will have to wait for few more few weeks to get margin trading facility from brokerage firms as Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) needs to get the nod of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) to start such service.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Chief Minister of Province 4, Prithvi Subba Gurung is having tough time giving full shape to his cabinet as there are multiple aspirants for the remaining three ministerial posts.

Party unification within few days: Dahal

February 16, 2018 20:22 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said efforts were on to conclude the process of unity with the CPN-UML within few days.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will step down in the next few days paving the way for the formation of new government, a cabinet minister said.

Dahal says left unity in next few days

February 2, 2018 06:00 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The proposed unification between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center), Nepal's two major parties, would take place in the next few days, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said, hinting at a possibility of a tentative deal on l the ft merger before the formation of the new government.

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ILAM, Jan 5: A few years back, the government initiated the Social Security Program from Ilam to educate people about the importance of health insurance. But still the number of people having health insurances is disappointingly low. Only nine percent people in the district have life insurance.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the present row over the formation of the National Assembly (NA) will be resolved in the next few days.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: The dispute between Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML over the system for constituting the National Assembly (NA) has delayed authentication of the upper house election ordinance by the president and the formation of the new government.

The judiciary continues to be a male bastion with women comprising less than 28% of the current strength of 17,160 judges across all courts in the country. In the Supreme Court, there is just one among 25 judges is a woman.

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Nepali Congress central committee member Dr. Dila Sangroula has stated that women contestants are very few on first-past-the-post electoral system of upcoming election to the House of Representatives and state assembly, because of defeating fear.

BIRATNAGAR, September 11: Deputy Prime Minister Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar said that acceptance of constitution has increased after participation of Madhes-based political parties in the election.

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Domestic airlines have announced that their flights to Biratnagar will be halted for a few more days.

KATHMANDU, July 14: Lawmakers were  surprised at the meeting of the Parliamentary Hearings Special Committee (PHSC) on Friday morning when officials informed them that not a single complaint had been registered at the committee secretariat against Chief Justice-designate Gopal Parajuli.

'Dahal to resign within few days'

May 23, 2017 01:00 am

KATHMANDU, May 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has finally decided to step down from the post within few days and informed top leaders of his party about the decision on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The government health workers, who also work in the private sector, have shown reluctance to seek mandatory permission from the Ministry of Health (MoH) for the extra work.

KATHMANDU, May 17: Heavy rainfall the Kathmandu Valley is witnessing these days is expected to continue for a few more days.

KATHMANDU, May 14: Though the time for voting has officially ended at 5 pm, the voting is still underway at few polling centers.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Although the government started distributing the second tranche of the reconstruction grant some four months ago, less than one percent of the earthquake victims have taken the amount so far.

KATHMANDU, March 18: The Election Commission (EC) has delayed its plan to print the ballot papers starting from Saturday, citing lack of internal preparations in arranging the election symbols for political parties and independent candidates, among other things.  The ballots will now be printed a couple of days later.

MAHENDRANAGAR (Dhanusha), March 2: A seven-year-old boy of Dhanusha who had gone missing last Monday was found dead on Wednesday evening.

FSU polls underway at few campuses

March 1, 2017 11:33 am

KATHMANDU, March 1:  The Free Student Union (FSU) elections is underway at a few campuses affiliated with Tribhuvan University (TU) across the country on Wednesday, while most of the constituent campuses and affiliated campuses of the university remain padlocked.

SYDNEY, Jan 17: After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended in futility and frustration Tuesday, as crews completed their deep-sea search of a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean without finding a trace of the plane.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the announcement of election date was forthcoming with the commencement of the processes of tabling the constitution amendment bill and the election-related bills at the Legislature-Parliament.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the announcement of election date was forthcoming with the commencement of the processes of tabling the constitution amendment bill and the election-related bills at the Legislature-Parliament.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) have made an informal understanding to delay tabling the constitution amendment bill in parliament for a few more days.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government is preparing to register an amendment proposal in parliament to address constitutional grievances of various agitating parties.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: At a time when many political leaders go abroad for medical treatment at huge expense to the government, some of them opt for treatment within Nepal. They have faith in the medical services that the ordinary people have been getting.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: It started with a photograph of a smirking, young man wearing a heavy-metal band T-shirt and selling tea on the streets of Kathmandu. It has become a wildly popular blog chronicling street life in the Himalayan nation of Nepal.

'SAG preparation to begin in few days'

August 24, 2016 00:40 am

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Newly appointed Minister for Youth and Sports Daljit Sripali has vowed to start the preparations for c after few days. He also stated that the upcoming 7th National Games will be held in time.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The incessant rain following the active monsoon activities has gradually started receding.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Though the devastating earthquakes last year damaged nearly 800,000 houses, only 18 individuals have taken advantage of a subsidized loan scheme under which only 2 percent interest is charged.

On Social Media: Few assertions

June 14, 2016 14:47 pm

In social observations, the (act of) study itself might sometimes alter the outcome. This intriguing idea stems up from the notion that collecting information itself is a social action, and the actual opinions may be altered or solidified even by clean objective questionnaire.

KATHMANDU, June 5: Water vapour-rich winds rising from the Bay of Bengal and local winds caused rainfalls that continues in various parts of the country for the past few days, said the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD).  The MFD said that as a result of this, there is a weather change across various parts of the country today and some parts of eastern, western and mid western regions received rainfalls.