Leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Agni Prasad Sapkota has been elected the Speaker of the House of Representatives recently. Senior most member of the HoR, Mahantha Thakur, announced in the HoR meeting that as the candidacy of Sapkota was not contested by others, he was declared Speaker

Police here have made public three persons held on the charge of supplying cannabis illegally via ambulance. The arrested ones were Muhammad Khalid, 39, of Dumariya in Rautahat and Ashok Kumar, 19, from the same place and Indian national Binod Sahani, 22, from Indian State of Bihar, according to the

The election to the Speaker of the House of Representatives is being held shortly. As only one candidate- Agni Prasad Sapkota from the ruling Nepal Communist Party- is proposed for the post, he would be declared the Speaker unopposed after getting proposed and backed in the House of Representatives meeting

The State Assembly in Karnali is holding its winter session on coming February 7. The meeting of the Karnali State government’s council of ministers has agreed to summon the fifth session on the above mentioned date. Besides, the meeting endorsed working procedure 2076 BS relating to the legal assistance and

In a bid to address the need of Sanskrit language and knowledge, a three-month basic training in Sanskrit language is going be organized in Kathmandu from February 1. The Nepal Arya Samaj is organizing the training at its central office at Baneshwor Height in Kathmandu. It is also expected to

(Kashiram Sharma) All eight local governments in Banke except Nepalgunj sub metropolis seem to have ignored the legal responsibility of introducing the Good Governance Promotion Act thus stalling the process for forming the good governance committee. It may be noted that in November 2017, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and

Women tourism entrepreneurs have sought their additional role on tourism business. At an interaction organized by the Women Tourism Entrepreneurs Forum (WOTEF) on ‘opportunity and challenges to women in tourism business’ here today, the women entrepreneurs dwelt on how they could excel in entrepreneurship and make the management more effective.

-Narayan Dhungana The 7th international conference on developmental disability concluded here Saturday with a call to early detection and treatment of mental complications to help people with disabilities live a complete life. Issuing the Rajshahi Declaration on Disabilities, the conference called for emphasis on prevention measures to detect mental complications

One person has died and 20 others injured in a road accident that took place at Bhadrakali Dhungebhanjyang in Kamalamai municipality-2 this morning. The accident involving a micro-bus (Ba. 4 Kha. 696) took place on the BP Highway, according to DSP at the District Police Office, Sindhuli Shyam Bahadur Khatri.

Former member of Parliament Gambhir Jung Karki passed away this morning. He was 76. Ex-president of the Nepali Congress in Palpa district, Karki was suffering from kidney related ailments. He died in course of treatment at the Grande Hospital in Kathmandu, according to NC Palpa Secretary Jhapindra Gaire. Born in