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Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 108

Price of cooking gas decreases

The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has slashed the price of LP gas effective from this midnight.  Spokesperson of NOC Sitaram Pokharel said the price of cooking gas has been reduced by Rs 25 per cy...

Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 80

Parliamentary committee calls for cancellation of NEA solar power deal

The Public Account Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has issued directives to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to scrap the contract for the 25-megawatt solar power system. A meeting of the co...

Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 76

Lawmakers question about CIAA performance

Lawmakers have expressed concerns over the 'non-active' role of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) at time when the increasing policy-level corruption is destr...

Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 77

Seventh IHL regional conference from Aug 20

  The seventh South Asian regional conference on international humanitarian law (IHL) is scheduled to be held in Kathandu on August 20-23.   The conference to be jointly hosted by the Minist...

Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 79

Minister Basnet vows to implement minimum wage for working journalists

Minister for Information and Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet has pledged to hold discussions with media houses to ensure the professional rights of working journalists.   Speaking in a progra...

Posted on August 01, 2017 | views: 74

Dahal calls on all to unite against 'parochial' nationalism

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has called on the people of mountain, hill and Terai to unite to overcome what he claimed 'dogmatic�...

Posted on July 31, 2017 | views: 128

Re-polling in Bharatpur 19

The Election Commission had directed the the Chief Returning Officer of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan to make necessary arrangements for immediate re-election in the Ward No 19 of Bharatpur Met...

Posted on July 31, 2017 | views: 37

NWC stressed to be made more powerful

Participants attending the parliamentary committee meeting held at Singha Durbar today have spoken of the need to further empower National Women Commission (NWC) and spread its wings across the nook a...

Posted on July 31, 2017 | views: 34

NC and CPN (Maoist Centre) to make alliance in DCC election

The main ruling parties—Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) - have agreed to make alliance in the election of District Coordination Committee (DCC). A joint meeting of taskforce of both parties ...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 25

State can't offer allowance to all seekers, Minister Koirala

Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Asha Koirala has said that the government cannot dole out allowances to all the seekers. At a programme organized in Bhaktapur today, Minister Koirala ...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 29

International Tiger Day: Nepal's aim to double number of tiger by 2022 on track

Nepal's aim to double then existing number of tigers by 2022 is in the way of reality as its number has increased to 198 from 120 just within three years since the plan was made. The number of ti...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 26

Two killed in Nuwakot separate accidents

Two people have died in separate accidents in Nuwakot. Ram Bahadur Shrestha of Tadi rural municipality-4 died after being swept away by the flood water in the Amare stream. The 60-year-old was headin...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 21

Hamburg supermarket attacker 'was known Islamist'

The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a "known Islamist", police say. "He was known as an Islamist but not a jihadist," police spokesman Andy Grot...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 18

Kenya Deputy President Ruto's home stormed by gunmen

Unidentified gunmen have attacked the rural home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto's home in western Uasin Gishu county. Local reports said assailants overpowered a police officer at...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 19

Trump to sign bill imposing fresh sanctions on Russia

US President Donald Trump will sign into law a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia. The White House says both houses of Congress backed the bill, which also includes measures against Iran and North...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 7

Sri Lanka signs deal on Hambantota port with China

Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1bn dollars deal with China for the control and development of the southern deep-sea port of Ham-ban-tota. The deal had been delayed by several months over concerns that the...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 83

North Korea says missile test shows all US within range

North Korea has hailed as a success its latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), describing it as a "stern warning" for the US. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the test prove...

Posted on July 29, 2017 | views: 8

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi declared as interim Pakistan Prime Minister

Former petroleum minister Shahid Abbasi has been appointed as interim prime minister of Pakistan. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has selected Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, ...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 29

UML urges constituencies delimitation commission for impartiality

The CPN (UML) standing committee meeting has drawn the attention of the Constituency Delimitation Commission to fix the election constituencies soon.   The meeting today has urged the Commission...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 43

OPMCM's directives for speeding up road repair works

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) has issued directives to the bodies concerned for speeding up the road repair works by maintaining coordination, following a monitorin...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 34

30 hurt in bus plunge, one missing

At least 30 people were injured when a passenger bus plunged into the Rudi River at Madi Rural Municipality-8 in Kaski today.   One passenger has gone missing in the river and two people are re...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 24

Woman knifes husband to death

A man was killed when his wife reportedly attacked him with a cleaver at Panauti Municipality-2 in Kavrepalanchok district today.  Lalu Maya Tamang, 26, under the influence of alcohol attacked ...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 54

President confers titles on 399 persons for higher studies in Buddhist philosophy

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said Nepal is a multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic and a multi-lingual country.  The Head of the State said this while addressing a programme organi...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 23

Constitution amendment to move ahead: NC leader Koirala

Nepali Congress General Secretary Dr Shashanka Koirala has said the constitution amendment proposal registered in Legislature Parliament would be proceeded.  Talking with office bearers and mem...

Posted on July 27, 2017 | views: 3

Govt. to distribute ID cards to poor families

The government is to distribute identity cards to 391,831 poor households.  A meeting of Council of Ministers held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today decided to d...