14,184 people get Rs 1.38 billion from COVID-19 insurance

As many as 1 million 712 thousand and 470 individuals have purchased insurance policy against COVID-19 from companies such as Ajod, Everest, General, Himalayan, IME General, Lumbini, National, Neco, Nepal, NLG, Oriental, Prabhu, Premier, Prudential, National Insurance Company, Sagarmatha, Sanima, Shikhar, Siddhartha and United Insurance Company. The policy they bought stated that they would get Rs 1 lakh in case they got infected with the virus.

NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction to stage nationwide protest rallies on Dec. 29

A 2501-member struggle committee to coordinate the NCP protest against the dissolution of the HoR has been formed under the leadership of NCP spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha.

Country gains self-sufficiency in marigold: flower trade declining  

The country is becoming self-reliant in marigold in recent years. Last year 2.5 garlands of marigold were sold during the Tihar festival when the demand for marigold garlands is high. This year, however, the demand was only for 1.5 million garlands.    

Chinese ambassador meets Prachanda

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi met Chairman of Nepal Communist Party (Prachanda-Nepal faction) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' this morning.

HoR does not get dissolved as per Article 76 of Constitution: Speaker Sapkota

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has said the House of Representative (HoR) cannot be dissolved as long as the option exists before the HoR to form government as per Article 76 of the Constitution of Nepal.

Govt urges anyone coming from UK to stay in quarantine for 10 days

The government has requested the people coming to Nepal from the UK to stay in hotel quarantine for ten days. The Spokesperson at Ministry of Health and Population, Dr Jageshwor Gautam, issued a press release making such request in the wake of new strain of coronavirus found in the UK of late.

Number of men victimised by wives on the rise in Tanahu

"Men who go abroad for employment are found to have been victimised by wives. Many men come here to lodge a complaint that when they returned home from foreign employment, they found their wives eloped with other men with all the money and property," said Karki.

Sixth edition of Veterans Cup National Football in January

Teams from Birgunj, Chitwan, Pokhara, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Kolbi, Jeetpur among other places will vie in the championship. Some players in the national football team would also be playing, Club president Deepak Bajracharya said.

Prachanda elected as NCP Parliamentary Party leader

A meeting of former lawmakers and parliamentarians of Prachanda-Nepal Group held at the Parliament Building, New Baneshwor, today, elected Prachanda to the parliamentary party leader by removing KP Sharma Oli from the post, said lawmaker Dev Prasad Gurung.

Academic session, evaluation of school children uncertain

Following the Ministry guideline for school operation, many schools across the country have started running classes physically while others continue virtually. But despite resuming classes, school managements have been unable to formulate a clear-cut framework owing to the looming uncertainty over final evaluation time and method.   

Rapist sentenced to 10 years in Jail

The incident took place two years ago on Asoj 19, 2075 BS. Mehta was Saptari treasurer of Rashtriya Janta Party Nepal and sexually and financially exploited the woman by falsely promising of releasing her husband who had been jailed on a case of kidnapping at the Rajbiraj prison.

NC CWC meeting to continue tomorrow

At the meeting that began today, NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba shared the conclusions of the all-party meeting held on Monday at the onset of the meeting, said NC chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel.

NCP CC meeting of Prachanda-Nepal faction appoints Nepal as another NCP Chairman

NCP spokesperson, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, informed after the meeting that 315 out of 447 central committee members were present in the meeting and that the meeting also decided to appoint Krishna Mahadur Mahara as the Standing Committee member.

Central Committee meeting of NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction starts at Babarmahal

Central Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) as called by the faction led by one of the NCP Chairmen Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and senior leader Madhav Nepal faction has started at a party palace at Babarmahal.

Baluwatar meet decides to hold nationwide party cadres meet on Wednesday

The meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) called by Prime Minister and Chairman of the party at Baluwatar has decided to organise nationwide party cadres meet on Wednesday.

Gyawali new NCP spokesperson, General Convention next year

The meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party held on Tuesday at Baluwatar has decided to give the responsibility of party spokesman to Pradeep Gyawali.

Report: Social media manipulation affects even US senators

Researchers from the center, a NATO-accredited research group based in Riga, Latvia, paid three Russian companies 300 euros ($368) to buy 337,768 fake likes, views and shares of posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok, including content from verified accounts of Sens. Chuck Grassley and Chris Murphy.

China slams U.S. signature of bill barring Chinese firms from U.S. stock market

Noting that the move has severely distorted the basic principles of market economy the U.S. always claims to champion, he said it would deprive U.S. investors and the U.S. public of benefiting from the development of Chinese companies, weaken global investors' confidence in the U.S. capital market, and eventually damage the international status and reputation of the U.S. capital market.

Separate meetings of the NCP CC called for tomorrow

Following the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by President Bidya Devi Bhandari as per the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, two chairs of the NCP have called the CC meet separately, which indicates the party is on the verge of a split.

Decision to take fresh public mandate for protecting party's movement, future: PM Oli

Prime Minister and Nepal Communist Party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has clarified that he had decided with a heavy heart to resort to the latest mandate to secure the future of his party. The PM was referring to his move of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday.