'If the judiciary goes wrong, nothing goes right' Advocate Raju Prasad Chapagai is a Kathmandu-based public interest lawyer and researcher. Nepal 07 Oct, 2023
Expenditure on activities related to peace scrapped The government has decided to cancel the standards for expenditure on peace-related activities, 2022. Nepal 05 Apr, 2023
EDITORIAL: Govt and CIAA The five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the government asking why the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) cannot investigate into decisions taken by the Council of Ministers and its related committees. Opinion 06 Jan, 2023
Why can't CIAA probe Cabinet decisions, asks apex court The Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice to the government, giving it seven days to explain why it doesn’t want the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority to investigate Cabinet decisions. Nepal 05 Jan, 2023
India armed forces head among 13 dead in helicopter crash The head of India's armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, was among 13 people killed on Wednesday when the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed, the air force said. World 09 Dec, 2021
Cabinet turns down �incomplete� proposal Kathmandu, March 12 The Legislation Committee of the Cabinet has disapproved the proposal of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) to give ‘discount package’ to international airlines operating flights to and from Gautam... 13 Mar, 2020
Bangladesh grants LoI to GMR to ink PPR Kathmandu, February 10 The Bangladeshi government has granted letter of intent (LoI) to GMR to ink the power purchase agreement to buy 500 megawatts of electricity from the 900-megawatt Upper Karnali Hydro Electric Project (UKHEP). KK Sharma,... 10 Feb, 2020
Upper Karnali power purchase pact final Kathmandu, December 20 The Bangladeshi government has finalised the power purchase agreement with GMR, developer of the 900-megawatt Upper Karnali Hydro Electric Project, paving the way for the financial closure of the project. On December 18,... 21 Dec, 2019
Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday promised a strong response to a car bombing in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary that his government blamed on Pakistan, ratcheting up tensions with the nuclear-rival. The... Women 15 Feb, 2019
Bill to amend 108 laws sent to Cabinet Kathmandu, December 30 The government will register, within a week, a new bill in the Parliament Secretariat seeking to amend 108 laws that contradict the constitution. Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Rajib... Travel 31 Dec, 2018
India raises concerns around Chinese firm Fosun's takeover of Gland: source India has privately raised objections to Chinese firm Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group's proposed $1.3 billion takeover of Indian drugmaker Gland Pharma, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The deal has won the approval of the... 01 Aug, 2017
EDITORIAL: Make good pact The Nepal government and the local communities must cooperate with the project so that it can be completed within 60 months The Indian government has approved a financial arrangement for the construction of 900-MW Arun III hydroelectric project in... 24 Feb, 2017
