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COMMENTARY: What made you wait for a month, Mr Prime Minister?

July 11, 2021 15:29 pm

Whatever Oli has announced for the people of flood- and landslide-hit Helambu and Melamchi is too little and too late.

Majority of population will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by 2021: PM Oli

July 11, 2021 12:02 pm

KATHMANDU, July 11: Inaugurating the new surgical building of Bir Hospital in Kathmandu, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has maintained that the majority of the population of Nepal will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021.

PM Oli visits Helambu, almost a month after flood and landslide

July 10, 2021 12:26 pm

KATHMANDU, July 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has arrived in Helambu Rural Municipality for onsite observation of the flood and landslide-ravaged Helambu and Melamchi area.

Oli expands Cabinet, Khagraj Adhikari appointed new Home Minister

June 10, 2021 15:07 pm

KATHMANDU, June 10: Caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has given a full shape to his Cabinet.

PM Oli to expand Cabinet today

June 10, 2021 12:44 pm

KATHMANDU, June 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to expand his 17-member Cabinet on Thursday afternoon.

PM Oli addressing nation (Live Video)

May 28, 2021 16:06 pm

KATHMANDU, May 28: Prime Minister KP Shamra Oli is addressing the nation from the Prime Minister’s Office at Singha Durbar.

Budget will be introduced through ordinance on May 29: PM Oli

May 23, 2021 16:30 pm

KATHMANDU, May 23: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday said that the government will introduce the next year’s budget through an ordinance, asserting that he is firm to implement the programs that he announced earlier.

No complaint can be filed against president’s discretionary rights: PM Oli

May 23, 2021 15:33 pm

KATHMANDU, May 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has claimed that no complaint can be lodged against the president while she exercises her discretionary rights over the implementation of the articles of the constitution.

PM Oli asks Election Commission to take initiatives for November polls

May 22, 2021 15:19 pm

KATHMANDU, May 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asked the Election Commission to initiate necessary preparations for the upcoming elections for the House of Representatives (HoR).

Actions of PM Oli and Prez Bhandari cannot be pardoned: Parties

May 22, 2021 07:10 am

NC: Unconstitutional; Maoist: Oli on Gyanendra’s path

Nepal Constitutional Crisis: What happens after 5 PM today?

May 21, 2021 12:54 pm

“He might be preparing to impose a state of emergency in the name of the COVID-19 crisis and curtail political rights.”

PM Oli violates election code of conduct, EC warns of action

May 19, 2021 16:41 pm

KATHMANDU, May 19: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has violated the election code of conduct indirectly, asking the National Assembly by-election voters to vote for Ram Bahadur Thapa during the silence period.

SC refuses interim order, seeks written response from defendants within 15 days

May 18, 2021 15:27 pm

KATHMANDU, May 18: The Supreme Court has asked the defendants to submit a written response, refusing to issue an interim order on a writ petition filed against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and six other ministers.

Hearing on writ petition filed at SC against PM Oli demanding to scrap his oath of office and secrecy today

May 18, 2021 11:07 am

Hearing to be conducted by a single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR

New budget won’t be brought through ordinance: PM Oli

May 16, 2021 18:05 pm

KATHMANDU, May 16: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday said that the annual budget 2021/22 will be introduced through the due parliamentary process amid growing concerns if the new fiscal year’s budget will come through an ordinance.

PM Oli takes oath of office and secrecy

May 14, 2021 15:06 pm

KATHMANDU, May 14: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took the oath of office and secrecy Friday afternoon.

PM Oli fails to secure parliament’s confidence, what next now?

May 10, 2021 20:35 pm

KATHMANDU, May 10: Prime Minister KP Oli has failed to secure confidence of parliament during a vote of trust motion held in parliament.

PM Oli is seeking a vote of confidence today in parliament. Will he survive?

May 10, 2021 12:22 pm

Oli has announced to seek a vote of confidence in parliament two months after the Supreme Court invalidated the unity reached between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center). The two parties had formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) after the merger deal on May 17, 2018.

PM Oli urges UML lawmakers not to resign en masse, says party leadership won’t be biased

May 9, 2021 18:09 pm

KATHMANDU, May 9: A day before the lawmakers of the lower house of parliament are scheduled to vote on the house’s trust on Prime Minister and Chairman of the ruling CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, the latter has urged the lawmakers representing the party not to take any ‘undesirable’ step such as resigning en masse .

Congress formally decides to vote against PM Oli

May 8, 2021 18:24 pm

KATHMANDU, May 8: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has formally decided to fail Prime Minister Oli’s attempt to secure a vote of confidence during a special session of parliament on May 10.

Retired medics be hired for one year to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: PM Oli

May 3, 2021 16:12 pm

- Retired medics be hired for one year to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: PM Oli - Frontline health workers to receive additional 50 percent of their basic salary as risk allowance - Prime Minister Oli hints at further tightening the ongoing prohibitory orders in more than 40 districts across the country

VIDEO: PM Oli addresses the nation

May 3, 2021 15:33 pm

KATHMANDU, May 3: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has addressed the nation.

NC asks govt to endorse MCC deal through parliament at the earliest

April 17, 2021 15:19 pm

Leaders of political parties represented in the federal parliament asked the government to work seriously toward containing the further spread of COVID-19. They also expressed concern over the worsening situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

PM Oli calls all-party meeting as govt prepares to prorogue winter session of federal parliament

April 16, 2021 14:49 pm

KATHMANDU, April 16: Prime Minister K P Oli has called an all-party meeting to discuss various current political issues at his official residence in Baluwatar on Saturday.

PM Oli miffed at PAC directive to suspend ongoing construction works of Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Project

April 3, 2021 18:30 pm

KATHMANDU, April 3: Prime Minister KP Oli has expressed serious dissatisfaction over the directive issued by a parliamentary committee to suspend the ongoing process of awarding the contract for a section of the Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track project.

Nepal plans to add at least 2,210 kilometers of blacktopped roads at a cost of Rs 57.1 billion in three years

April 3, 2021 15:53 pm

PM Oli, during the inaugural ceremony, turned a switch on to mark the commencement of the construction of these strategic roads in all 165 electoral constituencies across the country.

First withdraw support to my government, then I will resign: PM Oli

April 3, 2021 15:28 pm

KATHMANDU, April 3: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has challenged the opposition parties to withdraw their support to his government.

NC demands resignation of PM Oli

April 3, 2021 08:28 am

NC to take initiative to form a new government under its own leadership.

PM Oli should win vote of confidence from parliament by April 5: CPN (Maoist Center) leader Gurung

March 31, 2021 16:34 pm

KATHMANDU, March 31: Chief whip of CPN (Maoist Center), Dev Gurung has maintained that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli should win a vote of confidence from parliament by April 5.

Chinese envoy hands over 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by Chinese govt to PM Oli

March 29, 2021 16:21 pm

KATHMANDU, March 29: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi on Monday handed over 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Chinese government to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

PM Oli wishes good health to Pakistani PM Khan

March 21, 2021 08:01 am

KATHMANDU, Mar 21: The Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has wished good health to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan.

Janata Samajbadi top brass in Baluwatar to discuss coalition govt with PM Oli

March 11, 2021 17:50 pm

KATHMANDU, March 11: Top leaders of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) have reached the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in Baluwatar to hold discussions with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli about the formation of coalition government.

There is no kind of unrest in Nepal now: PM Oli

March 10, 2021 17:41 pm

KATHMANDU, Mar 10: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that there is no violence and disturbance of any type in the country at present.

Parliament restoration has taken the country to a fresh round of political instability: PM Oli

March 8, 2021 16:58 pm

KATHMANDU, March 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that the restoration of the House of Representatives has taken the country toward a fresh round of political instability.

PM Oli pledges to emphatically address VAW related cases

March 8, 2021 11:34 am

KATHMANDU, March 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government of Nepal has brought into implementation the 'National Strategy and Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and Gender Empowerment' so as to empathically address the issues related to violence against women.

PM Oli calls parliamentary party meeting

March 7, 2021 17:33 pm

KATHMANDU, March 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of his party's parliamentary party within hours of Supreme Court verdict to revive the erstwhile CPN (UML) and CPN Maoist (Centre).

First meeting of the reinstated parliament begins today amid heightened intra-party row within NCP

March 7, 2021 10:45 am

PM Oli is likely to face a no-confidence motion in the House session

Olitics-politics and ethics

February 28, 2021 07:00 am

Prime Minister Oli is very much the part of the problem. Therefore, cannot be part of the solution.

PM Oli calls cabinet meeting at 5PM today

February 26, 2021 13:19 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of the Council of Ministers this evening.

PM Oli laying foundation stone for China-Nepal Friendship Industrial Park in Jhapa on Sunday

February 25, 2021 10:43 am

JHAPA, Feb 25: The foundation stone is being laid for the development of China-Nepal Friendship Industrial Park, the largest industrial estate in Nepal, in Jhapa on Sunday. The estate lies some eight kilometers south of Damak city.

NCP's Vice President Gautam urges PM Oli to step down from post without any further delay

February 24, 2021 12:18 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: Vice President of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Bamdev Gautam, has urged Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign from the post without any further delay.

National Security Council meeting dwells on matters pertaining to election security

February 23, 2021 17:17 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: A meeting of the National Security Council held on Tuesday discussed matters pertaining to election security.

Prime Minister Oli celebrates his 70th birthday (with photos)

February 23, 2021 16:53 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli celebrated his 70th birthday on Tuesday.

Any verdict on parliament dissolution case is acceptable to us: PM Oli

February 22, 2021 20:00 pm

“No matter what verdict the court may pass, we will continue our mission to build the nation. Our politics does not stop there.”

Follow spirit of brave ancestors: PM Oli

February 21, 2021 17:07 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged everyone to follow the spirit of the brave ancestors in addition to the recollection of, and honor to them. PM Oli said it while inaugurating a seminar on 'Rastriya Sewa Dal on volunteering role' organized at Nepal Army Headquarters today.

PM Oli is headed toward authoritarian path with backing of Deuba: NC leader Poudel

February 21, 2021 13:39 pm

ITAHARI, Feb 21: Senior leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) Ram Chandra Poudel on Sunday said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is headed toward an authoritarian path and has the backing of NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba for that.

Oli's threat to launch protest if verdict on house dissolution case goes against people and country draws flak

February 20, 2021 21:34 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Nepali Congress (NC) has taken strong exception to the remarks of Prime Minister K P Oli that they will launch protests if the apex court passed a verdict on parlaiment dissolution against people and the country.

Vice-president, Speaker acting as if they were the opposition: PM Oli

February 20, 2021 17:33 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Stating that they have failed to act in line with the duties assigned to them by the constitution, Prime Minister KP Oli has accused the Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun and Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota of acting in such a way as if they were opposition to the government.

Oli wants SC to discourage people's tendency to file contempt of court case against PM to earn cheap popularity

February 18, 2021 18:33 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Prime Minister KP Oli has claimed that a contempt of court case against him was filed with the intention of earning cheap popularity.