The National Assembly: A perilous descent off track In the lead-up to the National Assembly (NA) elections, the political landscape is ablaze with a fiery debate surrounding the selection process of aspirant candidates. Opinion 18 Jan, 2024
SC order on pork barrel fund irks NC, UML The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have taken exception to the interim order issued by the five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha on Wednesday against the federal and provincial governments for allocating money under the constituency infrastructure development programme, also known as pork-barrel fund. Nepal 26 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: Prez poll date The Election Commission (EC) has fixed March 9 and March 17 as the dates for holding the elections of the president and vice-president respectively after consulting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Opinion 01 Feb, 2023
Bagmati guv calls for govt formation The politics of Bagmati Province has heated up after Governor Yadav Chandra Sharma asked parties for the formation of the government on Thursday. Nepal 06 Jan, 2023
'Only Maoists can change country's situation' The CPN-Maoist Centre today unveiled its election manifesto, expressing commitment to amend the constitution to introduce directly elected presidential system and fully proportional election system. Nepal 01 Nov, 2022
NA by-poll voting ends; 337 cast votes, 10 absent Voting for the vacant post of National Assembly from Bagmati Province has ended. Nepal 20 May, 2021
NCP feud ripples seen in Saptari RAJBIRAJ, JULY 8 The intra-party feud in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) seems to have trickled to the district level in Saptari as two different factions were at odds over holding a support rally in favour of the Prime Minister and party Co-chair... Travel 09 Jul, 2020
Private school teachers hit streets demanding salary of lockdown period Many teachers don’t voice their concerns fearing action from school administration ITAHARI, JULY 4 Private schools’ teachers of Sunsari district have hit the streets to press for payment of their long due salaries. Organised under the banner... Travel 05 Jul, 2020
Nine persons calling for poll boycott arrested Sunsari, November 25 Police arrested nine persons calling for a boycott of the upcoming by-election in Sunsari’s Dharan. According to Dharan Area Police Office Chief Deputy Superintendent of Police Dhundiraj Neupane, the arrests were made from... Travel 26 Nov, 2019
Oli, Nepal stick to their guns Kathmandu, January 12 A nine-member Nepal Communist Party (NCP) task force has failed to prepare roadmap for unification of lower committees due to factional conflict. The task force is represented by all three factions in the party led by... Travel 13 Jan, 2019
Three-way tussle in NCP task force Kathmandu, December 31 A nine-member task force of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) formed to finalise the party unification is likely to witness a three-way tussle among its members. The task force is represented by all three factions in the... Travel 01 Jan, 2019
300,000 children still deprived of education: Education Minister KALAIYA: Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel has spoken of the need of a revolution in the education sector. Speaking at the 'student enrollment guardianship taking and school textbooks distribution programme'... Travel 19 Apr, 2018
