The parliamentary party meeting of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has asked to begin the election process to pick the Speaker of the House of Representatives while continuing the House meeting scheduled on Monday. The PP meeting of the NC held Friday has concluded that it was the ruling party’s

Nepal-based US Embassy has clarified that there was no any military affairs in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project. The US Embassy issued a press release to clarify the MCC affairs when influential leaders of the parties, including ruling Nepal Communist Party and main opposition Nepali Congress protested the multi-million

Khagendra Thapa Magar of Dhullubaskot in Baglung, who once set Guinness world record as the world’s shortest man, died on Friday afternoon in Pokhara. Thapa breathed his last while receiving treatment at Pokhara-based Manipal Hospital, the doctors said. Suffering from respiratory related problems, he was admitted to the intensive care

Visiting Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nakayama Norihiro, today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar, Kathmandu, matters relating to existing relations between Nepal and Japan, mutual interest and concerns

Kathmandu has received continuous rain for 24 hours till Friday evening. The rain started from Thursday evening has stopped occurring late this evening. With the active westerly low pressure system, the entire nation has received rain, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. The Division said that most of the parts

-Prakash Silwal The student organizations in the country’s largest and oldest Tribhuvan University (TU) have turned their focus on educational agendas after the TU upped its preparations for holding Free Student’s Union (FUS) election on February 24. The student organizations that generally keep engaged with their maternal political parties’ activities

A psycho-social counseling centre offering free counseling services to narcotic drug abusers has come into operation in Chitwan from today. Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC) Mayor Renu Dahal and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sarbendra Khanal jointly inaugurated the Centre set up on the premises of the District Police Office, Chitwan.

-Bhishma Raj Ojha The Ministry of Forests and Environment has launched the Integrated Landscape Management to secure Nepal’s Protected Areas and Critical Corridors (ILaM) at an event in Kathmandu today. This USD 6.6 million (NRS. 726 million) project will be implemented in the Terai Arc Landscape for a period of

-Narayan Neupane Today’s meeting of the Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly has univocally noted the leadership of Nepal Media Council should be prestigious and distinguished. Council’s key responsibility is to regulate the media sector –the fourth estate of the nation. Members of the parliamentary committee suggested inserting a

The Beshishahar-Chame road section connecting Manang district with Lamjung has been obstructed following the rain-triggered landslides since 11.00 am today. The rainfall that began since Thursday caused landslides in various places along the road such as Syange of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality and Siran Lake in Chaymche and Naasong rural municipality,