KATHMANDU, July 17: Bijay Bahadur Yadav, a former minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Lumbini Province, has been arrested by the police for alleged banking offenses. The District Police Office, Banke, said that Yadav was arrested on Sunday.

ITAHARI, Nov 13: Today is the 18th Remembrance Day of Nepal's noted diplomat Rishikesh Shaha. Born on 16 May 1925 at Tansen of Palpa district, Shaha breathed his last at Kathmandu on 13 November 2002.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Former Minister and chairman of Nepal Pariwar Dal Eknath Dhakal held meetings with political leaders of Fiji and Samoa recently.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Former Minister of State for Finance, Roop Jyoti, has clarified that he is neither a director nor a shareholder of Landmark Developers Pvt Ltd.