CIAA files charge sheet against 32 for involvement in NAC wide-body scandal The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a case against 32 individuals, including former minister for tourism, culture and civil aviation Jeevan Bahadur Shahi and Sugat Ratna Kansakar, then managing director of Nepal Airline Corporation (NAC), for their alleged corruption in the procurement of two Airbus A30-200 back in July 2018. Nepal 05 Apr, 2024
EC against extending HoR's tenure The Election Commission on Monday issued a press release opposing the government’s move to determine the end of the tenure of the current House of Representatives and provincial assemblies till the first meeting of the House after November 20 elections. Nepal 06 Sep, 2022
EDITORIAL - Split in UML, JSP-N Hours after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari issued an ordinance to amend the Political Party Act-2016 on Wednesday, at the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, the Madhav Kumar Nepal-faction of the main opposition CPN- UML and Mahantha Thakur-faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) declared their split with their mother parties and registered new parties with the Election Commission. Opinion 20 Aug, 2021
UML Parliamentary Party meeting on Friday The CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party meeting is slated to convene at the Legislature-Parliament meeting hall at New Baneshwor on Friday. Kathmandu 15 Jul, 2021
After Nepal's response to Buddha-issue, India says no doubt over Lumbini being his birthplace KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's claim that Lord Buddha was an Indian, had stated that Buddha's place of birth is undeniably Lumbini. It further stated that historical and... Travel 09 Aug, 2020
International Commission of Jurists calls for transparency and justice KATHMANDU: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international non-government organisation which works as advocate for justice and human rights, has called upon the Government of Nepal to undertake substantial reforms in order to ensure that... Travel 06 Aug, 2020
Women deliver: Let them handle GBV Although the mere presence of women in political positions does not guarantee any particular policy outcome, their greater representation in the legislature is linked to increased legislative focus on health and other social services The 16 Days of... 16 Dec, 2019
�Wide-body aircraft acquired without preparations� Kathmandu, June 7 A sub-committee of the International Relations and Labour Committee of the Parliament, which was formed to probe possible anomalies in the procurement process of two Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft by Nepal Airlines Corporation... 08 Jun, 2019
House panel seeks progress report on VNY 2020 campaign Kathmandu, June 7 The International Relations and Labour Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has directed the Visit Nepal Year (VNY) 2020 campaign committee to submit its progress report and also its work plan for the coming days. The House... 08 Jun, 2019
�Expedite construction of Postal, Mid-Hill highways� Kathmandu, May 31 The Development and Technology Committee of the Legislature-Parliament today directed the government to complete the construction of the Mid-Hill Highway and Postal Highway as soon as possible and start renovating damaged and weak... 01 Jun, 2019
NEA MD Ghising refutes corruption charges against him Kathmandu, May 21 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kul Man Ghising has refuted the corruption charges levelled against him. Addressing the meeting of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Legislature-Parliament here today, Ghising... 22 May, 2019
PAC directs CAAN to recover Rs 1.95bn dues Kathmandu, May 19 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Legislature Parliament has directed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to recover all its dues from different organisations related to CAAN. A committee meeting held today... 20 May, 2019
