KATHMANDU, June 11: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang who is also an ex-officio member of the Judicial Council (JC) said on Sunday that the government wants to slash the number of positions of judges.

KATHMANDU, April 27: A joint-taskforce formed by the ruling parties, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center), has suggested to the government not to appoint retired civil servants, army and police offices to key government offices and constitutional bodies.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Nearly 100 candidates have withdrawn their candidacy on Wednesday, the deadline given to candidates for withdrawing their names for first round of parliamentary and provincial elections slated for November 26.

UDAYAPUR, April 2: As the local level election draws nearer, political parties' have started forming strategies to grab all the higher level positions in the local units due to which smaller positions have been undermined.

JUMLA, Jan 30: Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla is on the verge of closure due to government’s inability to make key appointments. For the past nine months the academy has been operating without vice chancellor and director. This has affected thousands of people in the Karnali zone that visit the academy’s teaching hospital for medical services.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Positions for a total of 21,484 health staffs including 675 doctors at hospitals, health centers, health posts and other health institutions are vacant across the country.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: Nepali cyclists on Thursday secured top five positions with the completion of the first stage of The Mustang Madness, a cross-country mountain bike stage race, being held in upper and lower Mustang.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Federal Socialist Forum chairman Upendra Yadav has demanded that the provinces should be made autonomous and vested with full powers while amending the constitution.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: A group of youths have taken to the street saying that the government is preparing to amend the constitution so as to allow naturalized citizens to hold key state positions.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: An alleged draft of the constitution amendment proposal so as to allow naturalized citizens to hold top state positions has been made public.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Nepal has climbed two positions up in the latest FIFA World ranking to 186 with 74 points.