LALITPUR, July 30: Various speakers have stressed the need to expand people's access to clean energy in the rural area.

KATHMANDU, July 11: Opposition parties have accused Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara of working at the behest of the government after the speaker pressed ahead with parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday ignoring protests and sloganeering by the opposition parties.

ROLPA, May 17: The departmental teams Nepal Police Club and Armed Police Force (APF) have lifted the first Speaker’s Cup National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament, in men’s and women’s categories respectively, on Wednesday.

ROLPA, May 16: : The departmental teams have dominated the semifinals of the ongoing first Speaker’s Cup National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament in Liwang, Rolpa, on Tuesday.

ROLPA, Maay 14: The departmental teams along with Province 3 and Province 4 teams have advanced into the quarterfinals of the ongoing first Speaker’s Cup National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament being played in Liwang, Rolpa, on Sunday.

ROLPA, May 13: The first Speaker’s Cup National Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament, the highest prize money tournament outside the valley, has started in Liwang, Rolpa on Saturday. The tournament which is organized by the National Sports Council (NSC) will conclude on May 16. A total of 20 teams each (seven each from seven provinces and three each from three departmental teams) of both men’s and women’s are taking part in the tournament being organized in league cum knockout format.

KATHMANDU, March 6: A meeting of the House of Representatives today constituted the 'House of Representatives Rules Drafting Committee'. The 13-member committee comprises Krishnabhakta Pokhrel, Juli Kumari Mahato, Dilendra Prasad Badu, Dev Prasad Gurung, Prem Suwal and Brijesh Kumar Gupta.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: As the schedule for the election of speakers draws nearer, the left alliance and Madhes-based political parties have either finalized their candidates for speakers or are working to finalize them.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The provincial assembly maiden meeting of Province 7 has set February 12 for the election of province's speaker.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: With all seven provinces likely to fix the date for the election of the speakers of their provincial assemblies by Monday, the race for speakers in all seven provinces has begun and aspirants have expedited lobbying for themselves in their parties.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: With all seven provinces likely to fix the date for the election of the speakers of their provincial assemblies by Monday, the race for speakers in all seven provinces has begun and aspirants have expedited lobbying for themselves in their parties.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The first meeting of provincial assembly of Province 3 has set February 10 for the election of province's speaker.

DHANGADHI, Feb 1: The topic of provincial parliament speaker of Province 7 has become the talk of the town. Of late, conversations on who would be chosen as the speaker can be heard in almost every nook and corner of Dhangadhi and other districts of the province.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Negotiators from UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have decided to finalize the division of power at provincial level through a high-level meeting after a taskforce comprising the second-rung leaders failed to reach to a consensus despite several rounds of talks.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5: Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business as it competes with a surge of devices from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O).

KATMANDU, July 13: Nepali speakers in Nepal, India, Bhutan and the rest of the world celebrated the 204th birth anniversary of Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya on Thursday, organizing various programs in their areas.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The members on the Public Account Committee (PAC) of the Legislature-Parliament are to draw the attention of the Speaker towards the need of appointing Committee President at the earliest.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: A meeting of the three major parties has started at the office of Speaker Onsari Gharti at Singha Durbar on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: President Bidya Bhandari has halted the nomination of Gopal Nath Yogi as parliament secretary for more than two months, said sources at the parliament secretariat.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: Speaker Onsari Gharti has cancelled her Switzerland visit. The Speaker aborted her week-long scheduled visit to Geneva due to special political developments surfaced of late in the country, Gharti's press advisor Basudev Sharma said.

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KATHMANDU, June 21: Speaker of the Legislature-Parliament Onsari Gharti has drawn the government's attention to provide immediate relief to the earthquake-affected people.