PM consults NCP leaders to prepare govt response

Kathmandu May 26 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today consulted Nepal Communist Party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Attorney General Agni Kharel, former speaker Subas Chandra Nembang and NCP leader Dev Gurung on issues related to waiver of former...

Travel 27 May, 2018

Public trust is judiciary�s power: Prez

Nepalgunj, March 23 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said all Nepalis should be one on securing the national goal of economic prosperity by building on historic political achievements. Inaugurating the All Nepal Law Professionals National...

Horoscopes 24 Mar, 2018

PM Oli vows action against assailants

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday visited Ghodaghodi Municipality Mayor Mamata Prasad Chaudhary at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) at Maharajgunj and inquired about his health condition. On the occasion, the...

Horoscopes 17 Mar, 2018

THT 10 YEARS AGO: Minister Thakur, 3 MPs resign over Tarai turmoil

Kathmandu, December 10, 2007 Minister for Science, Technology and Environment and senior Nepali Congress leader Mahantha Thakur and three other lawmakers resigned from their respective posts and interim parliament, saying the move was necessary to...

11 Dec, 2017

THT 10 YEARS AGO: NC, UML discuss the gathering storm

Kathmandu, November 12, 2007 The Nepali Congress (NC) and UML today resumed talks to reach an agreement on issues thrown up by the recent parliamentary vote favouring an all-out proportional representation system for the Constituent Assembly...

13 Nov, 2017

Over 4,700 file papers for Dec 7 election

Kathmandu, November 2 Political parties’ and independent candidates of 45 districts today filed nomination papers for provincial and parliamentary first-past-the-post elections at the offices of chief returning officers and returning...

Travel 03 Nov, 2017

THT 10 YEARS AGO: Session extended Anti-climax or bathos?

Kathmandu, November 2, 2007 The meeting of the special session of the parliament was extended to Sunday in order to seek a consensus among the political parties. This happened when everybody was expecting a vote. Even after the distribution of...

03 Nov, 2017

THT 10 years ago: Prachanda talks to Mukherjee about stalemate

Kathmandu, October 31, 2007 Maoist chairman Prachanda and his deputy Dr Baburam Bhattarai this evening met Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee at the Indian Embassy and discussed the “current political deadlock.” Chairman...

01 Nov, 2017

THT 10 YEARS AGO: PM, Prachanda discuss envoys� appointment row

Kathmandu, June 29, 2007 Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today assured Maoist chairman Prachanda that the government would consider renomination of ambassadors on the basis of an eight-party consensus. Prachanda asked Koirala to make...

30 Jun, 2017

THT 10 years ago: EC seeks Rs 2b for conducting CA polls

Kathmandu, June 25, 2007 Following the announcement of November 22 as the date for constituent assembly election, the Election Commission (EC) has asked the government to allocate at least 2 billion rupees for conducting the election. “We have...

26 Jun, 2017

President confers different decorations on 258 people

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has conferred various decorations on 258 persons in different genres on the occasion of the 9th Republic Day-2017. President Bhandari gave away the decorations amidst a special function organised at the...

Horoscopes 26 May, 2017

THT 10 years ago: House stalemate will end soon, says PM

Kathmandu, May 15, 2007 Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today assured Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang that he would take steps from tomorrow to resolve the deadlock in the House. “The Prime Minister told me that he would take initiatives...

16 May, 2017