Court order protected constitution: PM

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday said the mandamus order issued by the Supreme Court was in favour of the constitution and democracy. He said the order protected the constitution and democracy.

NC general convention rescheduled for December 13-15

A day after party president Sher Bahadur Deuba’s instruction, the Nepali Congress Central Election Committee on Wednesday prepared a revised calendar for the general convention proposing to hold the central level convention on December 13-15.

Children of displaced compelled to share classroom

Children of the families displaced by the landslide in Hupsekot Rural Municipality of Nawalparasi (East) are compelled to study in the same room. A total of 17 students from Nursery to Grade IV are currently studying in the same room at a ward office building located at Jukepani, Hupsekot-1. Three teachers have been teaching the students of different grades in turns.

582 new COVID-19 cases, 495 recoveries, eight fatalities in 24 hours

In 7,167 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of  582 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Sameer Kumar Adhikari, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the weekly press briefing.

Mandamus safeguards Constitution, democracy: PM Deuba

“KP Sharma Oli (erstwhile Prime Minister) was not granted the constitutional right to dissolve the Parliament, it was the Supreme Court that had protected the Constitution twice when the Parliament was dissolved unconstitutionally,” he said, adding that it kept no meaning to argue that the government (incumbent), a coalition of five political parties, lacked people’s mandate. The government has a clear majority, according to him.

Bagmati Province CM Shakya resigns

CM Shakya tendered her resignation following her address to the Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province.

CM Shakya to seek vote of confidence today

The Bagmati Province Government led by Chief Minister Astalaxmi Shakya, which has fallen into minority, will be undergoing floor test in the Provincial Assembly on Wednesday. CM Shakya had fallen into minority within a week of her appointment as the Chief Minister. She is obtaining the vote of confidence two months after falling into minority. She had tabled the proposal of vote of confidence in the Provincial Assembly Secretariat on October 10.

PM directs NC poll body to prepare calendar for Dec-15 convention

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday instructed the party Central Election Committee to prepare the calendar of the party’s 14th general convention to conclude it by mid-December.

Blackbucks thrive after relocation to Shuklaphanta

Blackbuck antelope, known as Krishnasaar in Nepali, which had disappeared from Shuklaphanta National Park a few years ago, has started growing after relocation. A decade after the relocation, the number of Krishnasaar has quadrupled. They were relocated to Hirapur Phanta in Shuklaphanta after seeing the possibility of their favourable habitat in the Kanchanpur district. Now the number of Krishnasaar has reached 150. Since the transfer, their number has grown fourfold. Currently, there are 64 females,...

Crisis in judiciary affects justice delivery, no hearing on Tuesday as well

No hearings took place in the Top Court on Tuesday due to the dispute, which sparked after Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana's name was linked with cabinet expansion.

Let us hand over our unique culture to future generation: Vice President

Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has expressed concern over the encroachment on the indigenous art, culture and languages, and drawn the attention of the sides concerned for their preservation.    

Minister Dr Rijal inspects NA's under-construction defense university  

Defense Minister Dr Minendra Rijal inspected the under-construction national counter defense university of Nepal Army at Sanga, Kavrepalanchowk.    

PM, EC officials discuss NA, local elections

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Monday that the government would soon set the date for the elections to the National Assembly seats which will become vacant in March next year. The Prime Minister said this during a meeting with the officials of the Election Commission today.

Advertising code of conduct to be finalised in a month: Minister Karki

The Advertising Board of Nepal (ABN) has published a draft of the code of conduct for the advertising sector. In a programme organised on Monday in the Capital to celebrate the completion of two years since the establishment of the board, it said that feedbacks and suggestions from the stakeholders and experts would be sought for a month before giving the document a final shape.

NEA granted survey license for 490-MW NEA granted survey license for 490-MW Arun-IV Project

The government has given survey license of the 490.2 MW Arun-IV picking run of river hydropower project in the Arun River to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has decided to give the license of the project located in Bhotkhola and Makalu Rural Municipalities of Sankhuwasabha to the power utility. The Department of Electricity Development has already completed a detailed design and study of the project. The NEA had applied to the Department...

Manpower shortage rocks Kirtipur’s Shakti dance

It was around 6 o’clock in the evening on Kojagrat Purnima, Wednesday. Melody filled the air in Tanani, Kirtipur Municipality–10. Sounds of Khin, Taa, Ponga and Jhyali – all traditional musical instruments of Kathmandu Valley – echoed throughout the small settlement near the Bagh Bhairav temple. Suddenly, five masked figures appeared from the communal building at the central square of Tanani. Bhairav, Indrayani, Brahmayani, Khya and Kawa (Skeleton) came out, meticulously moving their bodies...

Govt forms taskforce to prepare report on damages caused to paddy by unseasonal rainfall

"Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs will be the coordinator of the taskforce and its members will be the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Avian Development, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and secretary of National Planning Commission,"

COP26: Nepal to have high-level and effective participation 

Nepal has made preparation to strongly raise issues in the COP26 like the impact of climate change on the entire Himalayan economy, on its ecosystem as well as on the ecosystem of the downstream region.  

MCC endorsement only after consensus among political parties: Foreign Affairs Minister   

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka has said that MCC could be passed only after forging a consensus among political parties. 

11 Afghan nationals arrested from Sinamangal

Police have arrested 11 Afghan nationals from Sinamangal of Kathmandu this morning.