Second round of voting for NC President concludes

The second round of voting for Nepali Congress (NC) President in the 14th General Convention of the party has concluded.

Unknown disease kills sheep in hordes in Taplejung

Kailash Rai, a local of Sadewa, said that Budhachhetri, Rai and Khadka have been raising sheep jointly and so far about 45 of their sheep died due to unknown diseases.

Tea farmers demand to fix minimum support price of green leaves

Stating that the future of tea is getting uncertain every year due to the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, the farmers said that the support price of organic and quality tea should be fixed by the federal government.

Vote count to begin at 9:30 pm, result by 1 am

Keshav Rijal, secretary of the central election committee of the NC, informed that the count of the votes cast for electing the party president is scheduled to begin at half-past nine with the estimate the vote cast will end by 8 pm.

NC 14th General Convention: 1,300 votes cast till 5:00 pm in re-election

Prime Minister and NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba and leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala are vying for the presidency in the second phase of the election.

BFIs demand refinance facility of Rs. 56 billion

Spokesperson of NRB, Narayan Prasad Pokhrel, said that the demand for the refinancing facility of Rs 56 billion is submitted to the NRB. He said that the central bank will assess the extent of the need of the demand and provide facilities accordingly.

China, France vow to strengthen economic and financial cooperation

France is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with China on multilateral issues including the response to climate change, biodiversity protection and the WTO reform, said the French minister.

COVID-19 update: 229 new infections, 362 recoveries in 24 hours

In 9,392 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 229 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

UML continues parliament obstruction, next meet on Dec 21

Despite obstruction against the meeting by the main opposition CPN (UML), Speaker Agni Sapkota proceeded with the agenda of the meeting.

Second round voting for NC president begins, PM Deuba casts vote

The second round of voting for the post of Nepali Congress Party President in the 14th General Convention has begun.