A wild elephant was found dead at Hariyali Community Forest at Kachankawal Rural Municipality-3 in Jhapa district on Sunday. According to the Division Forest Office, Jhapa, the local users’ committee members informed the Division Forest Office after noticing the case. Forest employees, police personnel and veterinary doctor at the Livestock

Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina on Sunday emphasized the need to provide employment-generating education. "At present, the people acquiring academic certificates are left worried without job opportunities, thus creating negative impacts on the overall education system. Upcoming education system should be able to make academic certificates sellable

Newly elected Speaker to the House of Representatives (HoR), Agni Prasad Sapkota, has expressed the commitment that he would always do his best and remain responsible to maintain dignity of the people’s supreme institution by adopting democratic norms and values. Talking to the media persons after his election to the

Newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agni Prasad Sapkota is scheduled to take oath of office and secrecy on Monday morning. Sapkota would be sworn in at the Office of the President, it is said. As per the Constitution of Nepal, the President would administer oath to

Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada said the government would focus on escalating tax collections from high income-generating sectors. The government would not unnecessarily focus on meeting the revenue collection targets, but follow strict measures for the enforcement of related laws, he said at a programme organised here on Sunday on

Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended the welcome programme organized at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India today. The event organized by the Acting Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ajay Kumar was attended by members of the Council of Ministers, former Prime Ministers, lawmakers.

(..More) The proposal was backed by party’s Chief Whip Dev Prasad Gurung, party leader and former Speaker Onsari Gharti and Rastriya Janata Party’s Laxman Lal Karna. Commenting over the single candidacy of Sapkota for the Speaker post, former Speaker Gharti said it reflected the situation of an atmosphere of consensus,

Though Nepal had on 19th January 2010 announced the elimination of leprosy at the national level, it still makes its presence in 17 districts. The state of elimination is understood when there is no more than a single case of leprosy among per 10,000 populations. The government aims to make

The State 5 State Assembly meeting today endorsed the condolence motion at the demise of opposition Nepali Congress (NC) leader Baladev Sharma Pokhrel. With the endorsement of the motion, the meeting was put off. Presenting the motion in the meeting, SA Speaker Purna Bahadur Gharti said the demise of experienced

The main opposition Nepali Congress has demanded the government take required measures seriously for the safety of people from the deadly coronavirus as the country lies in a highly risky zone from its infection. The virus which was originated in the Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province of China, has