KATHMANDU, March 1: The National Assembly (NA) today endorsed a condolence motion on the demise of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, who was killed in a chopper crash in Taplejung Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: The National Assembly has passed a condolence proposal over the demise of former lawmaker Kamal Pangeni.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has unanimously passed the condolence motion on the demise of former lawmaker Kamal Prasad Pangeni.

KATHMANDU, July 17: Today's meeting of the National Assembly has unanimously passed a condolence motion on the demise of former lawmaker Mohammed Mustaq Alam.

KATHMANDU, July 9: While Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa commemorated the deceased laborers of tipper accident and said that the government would provide Rs. 500,000 each to the victim’s family; he skipped talking about Dr. Govinda KC, his demands and Ganga Maya’s quest for justice as he addressed the federal parliament today.

KATHMANDU, July 2: Today's meeting of House of Representatives has passed the motion on suspension of rules of House of Representatives Regulations 2075 with majority of votes.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Lawmaker Khagaraj Adhikari tabled the motion of public importance, drawing the government's attention to make appropriate arrangement for under construction drinking water, road, bridge and irrigation projects.

KATHMANDU, March 17: A meeting of the House of Representatives on Monday endorsed a special condolence motion and observed a minute of silence over the demise of 49 people in the US-Bangla aircraft crash in Kathmandu on Monday.

House passes condolence motion

March 16, 2018 14:48 pm

KATHMANDU, March 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has addressed a meeting of the Federal Parliament on Friday.

HETAUDA, Feb 2: The first meeting of the provincial assembly of Province 3 held in Hetauda on Thursday has set February 10 as the date for the election of the assembly speaker.

POKHARA, Jan 25: Member of Province Assembly from Kaski, Rajiv Pahari has expressed his commitment to the conservation of Pokhara's iconic natural landmark – the Phewa Lake.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 15:  In a move virtually unprecedented, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was revoked Saturday by its board.

MAHENDRANAGAR, Sept 30: Two persons were killed in a road accident in Dhanusha last night.

KATHMANDU, Sep 1: In the wake of the exposure of several corruption cases by media, lawmakers have registered a resolution motion in parliament, demanding action against the corrupt and strengthening the anti-corruption bodies.

Poetry in motion

August 19, 2017 00:17 am

During the grind, are my hips supposed to move sideways, up-down, or front-back?

Republica and Nagarik dailies have in the past one month uncovered many cases of irregularities and corruption, amounting to billions of rupees, in our public entities. But no one has been punished so far. Is corruption in our public entities so pervasive that fighting it is a lost cause? And what is the judiciary’s role in it? Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki who during her nine months in office successfully prosecuted many senior corrupt government officials shared her insights with Mahabir Paudyal.

KATHMANDU, July 13: The hearing of the writ petition filed against the impeachment motion registered in the parliament against the then chief Justice Sushila Karki, will take place in constitutional bench of the Supreme Court.

KATHMANDU, May 29: Lawmakers Meen Bahadur Bishwakarma and Tek Bahadur Basnet, who proposed and seconded the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki, said that withdrawing the motion would be against the prerogative rights of the parliament.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Nepali Congress lawmaker Meen Bishwakarma has requested the Parliament Secretariat not to move forward the impeachment motion registered against Chief Justice Sushila Karki in the parliamentary proceedings.

KATHMANDU, May 7: Senior leader of the main opposition CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that there has been crossing the line in both registration of the impeachment motion against CJ and the interim order by the Supreme Court.

KATHMANDU, May 5: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a stay order to parliament not to move forward with the impeachment motion brought against Chief Justice Sushila Karki, and to immediately allow her to resume  work in her capacity as chief justice.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Nine opposition parties including the main opposition CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and the CPN-ML among others issuing a joint statement on Thursday have demanded withdrawal of the impeachment motion filed against Chief Justice Sushila Karki.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Parliament meeting on Thursday is set to fix the date for discussion on the impeachment motion filed against Chief Justice Sushila Karki, according to the Parliament Secretariat.

KATHMANDU, May 3: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international human rights non-governmental organization, has urged the Nepal Parliament to immediately reject the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki terming it 'unprecedented'.

KATHMANDU, May 2:The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said that the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki threatens the independence of judiciary and rule of law in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Various groups and political parties on Monday organized demonstrations in the capital protesting against the impeachment motion registered against Chief Justice Sushila Karki.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Four former chief justices of the Supreme Court have urged the government to withdraw without further delay the impeachment motion filed at the parliament secretariat against Chief Justice Sushila Karki,  arguing that the motion was tabled without sufficient evidence.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Federal Socialist Forum Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav has strongly criticized the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) for bringing the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Nepal Congress (NC) General Secretary Shashank Koirala has said that the NC had co-sponsored impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki after her impartiality in delivering justice was increasingly questioned.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The Nepali Congress has said that the impeachment motion was brought against Chief Justice (presently suspended) Sushila Karki to maintain the prestige of an independent and impartial judiciary.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Various youth organizations have taken to the streets to protest the impeachment motion filed against Chief Justice Sushila Karki at the parliament by the ruling CPN (Maoist Center) and Nepali Congress.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Chairperson of the Federal Socialist Forum, Upendra Yadav has strongly criticized the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) for registering the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice Sushila Karki.

KATHMANDU, April 30: In a dramatic development, lawmakers from the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center)  registered an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki at the parliament secretariat on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 30: A group of lawmakers from the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center)  registered an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki at the parliament secretariat on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 30: Former Prime Minister and the coordinator of Naya Shakti Party Nepal Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has strongly condemned the registration of the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice Sushila Karki.

UML objects impeachment motion to CJ

April 30, 2017 17:18 pm

KATHMANDU, April 30: Main opposition CPN-UML have expressed serious objection over the impeachment motion registered at the Parliament Secretariat by the lawmakers of Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, April 30: Rastriya Prajatantra Party has expressed serious objection over the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki registered by the lawmakers of Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: After a month-long hiatus, the constitution amendment bill has been set in motion in parliament, with the opposition parties softening their stance and allowing deliberations on it.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Impeachment Recommendation Committee (IRC) of the Parliament on Wednesday formed a sub-committee to carry on with the impeachment motion of former CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Impeachment Recommendation Committee (IRC) of the Parliament on Wednesday formed a sub-committee to carry on with the impeachment motion of former CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18:  The Impeachment Recommendation Committee (IRC) on Wednesday formed an Impeachment Recommendation Sub Committee to take forward the impeachment motion against former CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Impeachment Recommendation Committee of the parliament has decided to consult with legal experts of the government over the fate of the impeachment motion filed against the disqualified CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: The impeachment motion filed against CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki in parliament is likely to go into hibernation.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: After months of delay, the Legislature-Parliament on Sunday forwarded the impeachment motion against the suspended Chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Singh Karki to a House committee.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament on Sunday passed a condolence motion on the demise of the former Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker, Maniram Pokharel.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament on Tuesday mourned the demise of Nepa Rastriya Party leader and former lawmaker Buddharatna Manandhar.

In the latest salvo in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s bitter divorce proceedings, the actor has accused Jolie of releasing sensitive details of their custody agreement to the media through public court filings.

DAMAK, Dec 16: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has called on the government to withdraw the constitution amendment motion tabled at the parliament.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Forty-two days after the registration of an impeachment motion in parliament against the now suspended CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki, the parliament is likely to forward the motion to the Impeachment Recommendation Committee for further action on Thursday.

Parliament discusses impeachment motion

November 29, 2016 17:45 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: The Legislature-Parliament today held discussions on the impeachment motion registered against the Chief (now suspended) of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lokman Singh Karki.