SC summons Pushpa Kamal Dahal on contempt of court writ KATHMANDU: Supreme Court of Nepal on Tuesday summoned Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on a contempt of court writ filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi. Arguing that Dahal’s recent public statements that criticised the judiciary for issuing... Horoscopes 24 May, 2016
Baidhya-led CPN-RM to join Federal Alliance�s agitation Kathmandu, May 21 After a large number of CPN-Revolutionary Maoist leaders defected from the party under the leadership of General Secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa, Chairman Mohan Baidhya today decided to join the ongoing agitation launched by the... Travel 22 May, 2016
Several Maoist parties unite to form CPN Maoist Centre Kathmandu, May 19 The Unified CPN-Maoist, which was formed by unifying several Maoist parties after the CPN-Maoist joined mainstream politics, was dissolved today to form CPN Maoist Centre, comprising 10 parties, with Pushpa Kamal Dahal as its... Travel 20 May, 2016
Conflict victims sceptical justice will be served Dhangadi, May 19 It’s been 13 years since Padamadevi Bam’s husband disappeared, but his whereabouts are yet to be known. Ganesh Bam, then CPN-UML Village Committee Secretary, has been missing ever since the then Maoist rebels picked him up... Travel 20 May, 2016
Maoist parties unite to form CPN Maoist Centre KATHMANDU: Various Maoist parties including the UCPN-Maoist, the CPN-Revolutionary Maoist and the Revolutionary Communist Party on Thursday announced the merger and renamed the unified party as the CPN Maoist Centre. The 10 parties and factions... Horoscopes 19 May, 2016
Leaders condemn nine-point agreement Kathmandu, May 18 Various political leaders and human rights activists have condemned the recently inked nine point deal, saying some of the provisions in the deal signed between CPN-UML and Unified CPN-Maoist were against universal human... Horoscopes 19 May, 2016
SC issues show cause notice to government Kathmandu, May 17 A single bench of Acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki today issued a show cause notice to the government and the leader of main opposition Nepali Congress for not holding local bodies’ election. The bench sought a written... Horoscopes 18 May, 2016
Major parties fail to forge consensus on PHC strength Kathmandu, May 14 A high-level meeting of major political parties today failed to forge consensus on the disputed issues of Parliamentary Regulations as the ruling and the opposition parties stuck to their old stances on the strength of the... Horoscopes 15 May, 2016
Mohan Baidhya-led CPN-RM splits Kathmandu, May 14 Almost four years after severing ties with the Unified CPN-Maoist citing ideological degradation in the party, majority leaders of the Mohan Baidhya-led CPN-Revolutionary Maoist formally split to return home. Holding a... Travel 15 May, 2016
Deuba yet to fill NC positions Kathmandu, May 14 Two months after Sher Bahadur Deuba was declared Nepali Congress president, he still has not taken any initiative to fill the party’s vacant posts by nominating vice president, general secretary, joint general secretary,... Travel 15 May, 2016
International bodies slam nine-point deal Kathmandu, May 13 International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International today said Nepal’s leading political parties should not bargain away justice for victims of serious human rights abuses as part of an agreement... Travel 14 May, 2016
House endorses policy, programme Kathmandu, May 13 After discussing it for four days, the Legislature-Parliament today endorsed the government’s policy and programme with majority votes. The policy and programme of the government for fiscal year 2016-17 was presented by... Travel 14 May, 2016
