KATHMANDU, July 18: Senior Orthopedic Surgeon Govinda KC has been on a fast-unto-death for the last 19 days in Jumla, demanding endorsement of Medical Education Act that bars establishment of medical colleges in the Kathmandu Valley for 10 years.

KATHMANDU, July 11: Nepal Rastra Bank has reduced the spread in interest rate to 4.5 percent from 5 percent. Unveiling the monetary policy on Wednesday, according to the central bank, now the interest gap between the savings and the loan provided by banks will be 4.5 percent from the new fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, July 5: Nepali Congress has slammed government for annulling all political appointments made by the then government after the election code of conduct were introduced for the Province Assembly and Federal Assembly elections 2017.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The government has presented a 1.315 trillion rupees full-fledged budget for the fiscal budget 2018/19.

KATHMANDU, April 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have stressed the connectivity and infrastructure development. During the press meet PM Oli has stated that after the landmark political transformation, his government has given priority to economic transformation with the motto ‘Samriddha Nepal Sukhi Nepali’.

KATHMANDU, March 23: Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh has submitted a nine-point proposal at the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting underway at the Central Party headquarters, Sanepa.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Patan High Court has paved out a way for Nepal Police to seek sources of news from online news portals.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: A writ petition has been registered at Supreme Court demanding immediate endorsement of the National Assembly ordinance.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal (FSFN) has unveiled its manifesto targeting the upcoming elections of Federal Parliament and Provincial Assembly.

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS, Nov 7: The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, a member of First Baptist, before the attack, authorities said Monday.

KATHMANDU, August 25: Nepal and India issued a joint statement during the state visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India.

KATHMANDU, August 25: Nepal and India have signed eight separate Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) during the visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India. Four of these MoUs are related to post-quake reconstruction in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, August 25: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured India that the ruling parties would make another attempt to bring an amendment to the new constitution  of Nepal to accommodate the concerns of all groups  in the country.

DARJEELING, June 12: Nepali-speaking community in Darjeeling has been on a warpath over the West Bengal government’s decision to include Bengali language as a compulsory text in schools’ curriculum.

KATHMANDU, May 29: Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara has presented the budget for the fiscal year 2017/18.

KATHMANDU, May 25: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has unveiled the government's policies and programs of the Fiscal  Year 2017/18 at the Legislature-Parliament meeting on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal  has resigned from  his post on Wednesday.

In today’s so-called smart home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or tell the kids to go to bed simply by talking to a small Wifi-connected speaker, such as Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Home.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Various student unions protesting the constitution amendment proposal today sent texts through mobile phone sets to lawmakers representing Legislature-Parliament in order to press them to withdraw the proposal.