KATHMANDU, May 26:  An emergency meeting presided by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has directed the DAOs and security agencies to further tighten security across the country.

Deposits grew by Rs 72 billion, while lending saw a rise of Rs 68 billion Q3

DADELDHURA, Nov 20: Amid ongoing attacks on election candidates of various parties, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured that security would be tightened to conclude the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections in a peaceful manner.

KATHMANDU, June 30: Early vote counting points to a tight race between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in most of the local units that went to polls in the second phase local elections Wednesday. CPN (Maoist Center), as in the first phase polls, appears headed for a distant third position.

BIRGUNJ, March 28: Cargo clearance process at the Kolkata port of India is getting delayed as port authorities are thoroughly scanning foreign cargoes coming via the port on the request of Indian intelligence agencies.

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton waged a tight battle in several crucial battleground states on Tuesday in their bitter race for the White House, although opinion polls showed Clinton had an edge in the closing hours of the campaign.

SYDNEY, July 10: Australia's opposition leader conceded defeat on Sunday in a chaotic national election that has left Australia in a state of political paralysis for more than a week, while officials scramble to sort out who, if anyone, actually won the tight race.