KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Vice President of the European Investment Bank Andrew McDowell is arriving in Kathmandu today for a four-day visit.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Departmental teams Armed Police Force (APF) and Tribhuvan Army Club of Nepal Army are locking horns for the title of Vice President Cup Women’s National League Football Tournament on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) objurgated the government move to prevent Vice Chancellor of Nepal Sanskrit University, Kul Prasad Koirala, and his team from taking part in the World Sanskrit Conference going to be held in Canada.

KATHMANDU, June 11: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli has appointed Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada as the vice chairman of Investment Board Nepal (IBN).

KATHMANDU, May 4: Nepali Congress has appointed office bearers on Friday, 26 months after the General Convention of the party, breaching party statute rules.

KATHMANDU, April 24: The government has appointed office-bearers of the National Planning Commission (NPC).

ILAM, April 15: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has stressed on the need of making the year 2075 as the year of development and prosperity.

NEW DELHI, April 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is presently on the three-day State Visit to India, paid a courtesy call on India's Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has said the investment-friendly environment was created in the country with the timely reforms in laws and administration enabled by the stable government.

Dahal elected NA vice chair

March 19, 2018 05:00 am

KATHMANDU, March 19: Shashi Kala Dahal, 60, of the CPN (Maoist Center) was elected the vice-chairperson of the National Assembly (NA), defeating Brinda Devi Ale of the Nepali Congress (NC) in an election held on Sunday.

Pun re-elected vice president

March 19, 2018 04:00 am

KATHMANDU, March 9: Incumbent Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has been reelected to the post for the next five years on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Mar, 18: Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Dr Shibamaya Tumbahamphe, and Vice Chair of the National Assembly, Shashikala Dahal, has been administered the oath of office and secrecy Sunday.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Following the re-election of President Bidya Bhandari last week, the incumbent Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, too, is poised to get reelected to the post for the next five years on Sunday

KATHMANDU, March 17: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has filed his candidacy for the post of Vice President of Federal Nepal again on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, March 14: The Election Commission (EC) has set March 23 for the election of Vice President.

KATHMANDU, March 9: The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has demanded the post of vice president and three ministries in the ongoing power-sharing talks with the ruling left alliance.

HETAUDA, Jan 10: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has underlined the need of systematizing the transport sector as per the need of time with the use of developed technology.

RAJBIRAJ, Sept 4: Cadres of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) have locked vice chairperson of the party Renu Kumari Yadav inside her residence in the district headquarters Rajbiraj on Monday, accusing her of picking candidates for the third phase of local polls in an unfair manner.

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: Visiting Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yang, has promised full support from the Chinese government to the development and promotion of Ayurved in Nepal.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang arrives

August 15, 2017 04:00 am

KATHMANDU, August 13: Chinese Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Yang arrived in Kathmandu on Monday on a four-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of the government.

KATHMANDU, Aug 13 : Chinese Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Yang is arriving in Kathmandu on Monday on an official visit to Nepal at the invitation of the Government of Nepal.

Vice President Pun returns home

July 10, 2017 20:30 pm

KATHMANDU, July 10: Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun has returned home Monday after attending the 23rd China-Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair organized in China.

KATHMANDU July 6: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair and High-end Forum for Cooperation and Development along the Silk Road in Lanzhou, China today.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun left for China today to attend the 23rd China-Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair being held in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun is leaving for China on Tuesday to attend the 23rd China-Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair being held in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province.

KATHMANDU, July 2: MetLife has appointed Nirmal Kajee Shrestha as Vice President and General Manager of MetLife Nepal.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, May 24: Most parts of the Jugal Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchowk district lack electricity, communication services, and proper road networks. Residents here walk miles through dusty and very risky hilly routes to reach from one place to the other. In dry season, they at least use wooden bridges for crossing rivers but in monsoon such bridges are often washed away by heavy rains and floods.

BUTWAL, May 10: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has observed that consciousness for peace has evolved in Nepal due to the Buddhist philosophy and its advancement.

KATHMANDU, April 9: The 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) is scheduled to kick off on Monday.

KATHMANDU (REPUBLICA) Vice President of Bundestag (lower house of German parliament) Claudia Roth is arriving in Kathmandu on a three-day official visit to Nepal on April 9.

Kathmandu, April 5: Vice President of the Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, Claudia Roth, is scheduled to pay a four-day visit to Nepal on April 9.

KATHMANDU, April 4: Shekhar Golchha and Kishor Pradhan will contest for the post of senior vice president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) in the upcoming elections. According to a new amendment made in 2016, whoever becomes vice president from this election will automatically become the president after three years.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun inaugurated the recently reconstructed building of Sukman Memorial Polyclinic in Kumar VDC of Nuwakot district amid a function on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Akhanda Nepal Party's central vice- chairperson Rupa Bhandari has announced here disassociation from the party to join the CPN (UML).

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended a reception hosted by Ambassador of India to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, on the occasion of the 68th Republic Day of India, here today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday appointed Dr Ram Kantha Makaju as the vice chancellor of the Kathmandu University (KU). He has been appointed VC of KU for the second time for four years.

Infographics: Forbidden cost of vice?

January 19, 2017 00:05 am

Indulging in a weekly habit of drugs, booze and cigarettes can cost you as little as $41.40 in Laos and a whopping $1,441.50 in Japan, according to the Bloomberg Vice Index.

IILAM, Jan 1: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun on Saturday called for prioritizing organic tea production.

BANEPA, Dec 17: Kathmandu University (KU) Registrar Dr Bhola Thapa has been appointed the acting vice chancellor of the varsity.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Pradip Kumar Shrestha has been reelected as the vice president of Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI).

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Plagiarism is a serious crime of intellectual property theft. At a time when only politicians and bureaucrats are courting criticism from various quarters for corruption cases, intellectuals and academicians have also started following suit, hitting headlines for intellectual property theft or ‘plagiarism.’

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has wished that may the Chhath festival motivate all Nepalis to move ahead towards the successful implementation of the Constitution of Nepal by maintaining national unity, integrity, cooperation and consensus.

ITAHARI, Oct 23: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has urged all parties to make a single stand for holding three-tier elections successfully in the country.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has stressed the need of modernizing agricultural sector, remaining as the backbone of nation's economy.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: Former captain of Nepali national football team Uprendra Man Singh has announced his candidacy for the post of vice president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Former national player and former captain of Nepali National Football team Upendra Man Singh has announced his candidacy for the post of vice president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Ingrid van Wees as vice president for Finance and Risk Management.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The two-day South-Asian Community Radio Conference kicked off here today. Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun inaugurated the conference amidst a special ceremony at Thamel-based Hotel Marshyangdi.

KATHMANDU, June 11: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun 'Pasang', who is on an official visit to China, was paid a courtesy call Saturday by Governor of Yunnan Provincial People's Government, Chen Hao. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged their views on cooperation between Nepal and the Yunnan Province of China, the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing said in a press release.