KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) on Wednesday dropped 18.60 points to close at 2,004.30 points.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of the Constitutional Council for Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) has yet again failed to endorse acting Chief Justice Deepak Raj Joshee as the country’s new chief justice.

KATHMANDU, July 25: The meeting of the National Assembly (NA) has been adjourned for Wednesday after the ruling and opposition lawmakers could not agree on who should speak first.

KATHMANDU, May 1: At the official invitation of Chief of the Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri, the Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Force of Thailand Thanchaiyan Srishuwan is arriving here today on a four-day visit to Nepal.

KATHMANDU, April 10: The 47th general convention of the central assembly of Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is beginning in Biratnagar from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: CPN (UML) Secretary Pradip Kumar Gyawali has said that the cabinet would get a complete shape by Wednesday.

KATMANDU, Feb 11: The Election Commission (EC) is preparing to submit the overall poll results to the president by Wednesday at any cost.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Martyrs’ Week, during which the nation pays rich tributes to the known and unknown martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of the country and the people and their freedom, has begun from Wednesday.

KATHAMDNU, Jan 16: Without political agreement on the issues of provincial chiefs and temporary capitals, the Council of Ministers scheduled for 4:30 PM today has been postponed for tomorrow.

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Detained orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC will remain in detention as the hearing of the case of contempt against him did not start on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: The Election Commission (EC) is all set to publish final lists of the nominated candidates of first round of the federal and provincial elections scheduled for November 26.

KATHMANDU, September 12: The Bir Ganeshman Memorial Cup Open Futsal Competition is going to be organized in Kathmandu from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, September 4:  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara will pay an official to the People's Republic of China from Wednesday, leading a Nepali delegation at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

KATHMANDU, August 1: Residential doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital(TUTH) have made a decision to shun  the OPD services from Wednesday in protest of the government ’s cavalier attitude toward Dr Govinda KC’s demand for the overhaul of medical education system.

KATHMANDU, July 18: The hearing on a writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding release of suspended Director-General of Inland Revenue Department, Chudamani Sharma, from jail has been put for continuation for tomorrow.

KATHMANDU, July 11: In view of the mounting traffic congestion during the rush hours in the Kathmandu Valley, the government has planned to ban tippers, trucks and mini trucks along the ring road from 9:00am to 11:00pm and from 4:00pm to 7:00pm from Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 23: After being rescheduled for twice, the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has deferred till Wednesday morning at 11

BHAKTAPUR, May 16: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a circular to hold re-election at Changunarayan-6 based voting centre in the district. The re-election is taking place on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 28: Police has arrested four persons on charge of selling Nepali women to Oman for more than one hundred thousand under the pretext of foreign employment on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 26: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has been deferred on Wednesday after the obstruction of main opposition party CPN-UML.

KATHMANDU, April 25: Student unions affiliated to various political parties have decided to padlock the accounts sections and administrative offices of private schools from Wednesday against the schools' unilateral fee hikes.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, who is accompanied with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari for her five-day state visit to India, has shortened his visit and is scheduled to return on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Election Commission (EC) is preparing to enforce the election code of conduct from Wednesday, barring the government from carrying out any recruitment, promotion or transfer of civil servants and from allocating budgets for new development projects.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Speaker Onsari Gharti deferred Tuesday's parliament meeting for Wednesday as leaders from the ruling as well as the main opposition CPN-UML urged the speaker to postpone it.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The SAARC Programming Committee meeting is taking place in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 30: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on  Monday held consultations with the ruling coalition partners, the Nepali Congress and the Madhesi Front, and the Federal Alliance on constitution amendment and election of the local bodies, among other issues.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: Nepal Mobile Traders Association is organizing Mobile Expo from December 28 to January 3 in New Road.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The opposition parties obstructed the meeting of Parliament for the third consecutive time on Sunday demanding to withdraw the constitution amendment bill.

Lufthansa said it was canceling more than a third of its flights on Wednesday due to a 24-hour strike by its pilots, the latest disruption to its operations to be caused by a long-running pay dispute.

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is currently in Beijing on a six-day China tour, will meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 2: A week after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli submitted his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Parliament is set to elect the 39th prime minister, on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: The Legislature-Parliament will hold a voting to elect a new Prime Minister on Wednesday.

LONDON, July 11: Prime Minister David Cameron said he will step down on Wednesday, making way for Theresa May to succeed him as British leader.

Kathmandu, July 5: The Home Ministry has said that its attention has been drawn towards news reports of Wednesday being a public holiday on the occasion of Eid al-fitr.

KATHMANDU, July 4: The electric crematorium at Pashupatinath Temple that had malfunctioned after the damage incurred by the flood is to resume by Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 28: The Legislature-Parliament meeting has been postponed until 11:00 am on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 28: The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament that was rescheduled for 5:30 pm on Tuesday evening has been postponed till 11 am tomorrow.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The parliamentary hearings special committee is set to elect Nepali Congress lawmaker Kul Bahadur Gurung as its chairman by Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June21: The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is set to hold the Coca Cola Girl's District Level (Kathmandu) Inter-school Football from Wednesday at Sano Gaucharan in Kathmandu.