Budget session commences with govt preparing 14 bills on 41 subjects

The House will pass the HoR business rules by May 10 after holding discussions on the rules Kathmandu May 6 The budget session of the Parliament commenced at 4:00 pm today, with meetings of both chambers — the House of Representatives and...

Horoscopes 07 May, 2018

"Budget Session" of Federal Parliament to begin Sunday

KATHMANDU: The second session of the Federal Parliament comprising the House of Representatives (lower house) and National Assembly (upper house), will start at 4:00 pm on May 6, Sunday at the International Convention Centre in New Baneshwar, said...

Horoscopes 05 May, 2018

Consensus eludes parties on HoR business rules

Kathmandu, May 3 Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara today held a meeting with the chief whips of political parties represented in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly to forge consensus on the parliamentary business rules, but failed...

Horoscopes 04 May, 2018

Prez Bhandari to present Govt policies, programmes on May 15

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to present the government's policies and programmes on May 15. The policies and programmes will be discussed in the third week of May before it is approved by the Parliament, said Speaker Krishna...

Travel 02 May, 2018

Multi-culture protection is federalism's essence: Speaker Mahara

KATHMANDU: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said that the essence of federalism is to preserve multiple languages, ethnicity and cultures existing in the country. Inaugurating the first Marwadi Festival here today, Speaker Mahara said...

Travel 28 Apr, 2018

UK parliamentarians arriving on May 6

Kathmandu April 26 A delegation from the British Group of Inter-Parliamentary Union led by Nigel Evans is visiting Nepal from May 6 to12 at the invitation of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The six- member delegation is scheduled to hold...

Horoscopes 27 Apr, 2018

National conference on RTI ends

Kathmandu, April 16 A national conference on ‘Right to Information’ concluded in the capital today issuing a three-point declaration. The National Information Commission organised the conference for effective implementation of the Right to...

Travel 17 Apr, 2018

Speaker Mahara and UN Assistant Secretary-General hold meeting

KATHMANDU: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara and the United Nations' Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Miroslav Jen?a held a meeting at the Speaker's office at Parliament Secretariat in Singha Durbar today. Discussions were...

Horoscopes 16 Apr, 2018

Speaker wants bills by mid-May

Kathmandu, April 11 House of Representative Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has requested Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to make sure necessary bills are tabled in the Parliament before the budget session starts in the second week of May. “I have...

Travel 12 Apr, 2018

PM Oli returns home from India

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has returned home after completing a 3-day official visit to India, on Sunday. PM Oli was received by House of Representatives Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara along with other officials upon his arrival at...

Travel 08 Apr, 2018

First session of HoR for 15 hours

KATHMANDU: The maiden session of the House of Representatives was held for 11 times in nine days over a span of one month since March 5. At the meeting of the HoR today, Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara shared that the lower house business lasted for...

Horoscopes 03 Apr, 2018

FNJ honours nine former presidents on its establishment day

KATHMANDU: The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has honoured nine of its former presidents on its 63rd establishment day, today. House of Representatives Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara was present at the programme in FNJ central...

Travel 30 Mar, 2018