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Deuba and Khadka file petition to halt NC General Convention, hearing set for Sept 11

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- Former Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and former Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka have separately filed petitions at the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to halt th... Read More


National Assembly meeting adjourned until September 1

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- The meeting of Nepal's National Assembly has been adjourned until September 1.N At Tuesday's meeting, the Assembly unanimously approved a proposal to send the Nepal Special Service ... Read More


UML decides to withdraw ministers from Gandaki province govt

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- The CPN-UML has decided to withdraw its ministers from the Gandaki Province government. UML parliamentary party board made the decision at a meeting held on Tuesday, according to pa... Read More


Ashika calls for different penalties based on nature of rape cases

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Ashika Tamang has said rape cases should not all be treated as the same type of offence, arguing that penalties should be determined based on ... Read More


'Deliberate delay' in enacting federalism laws

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- A decade after Nepal adopted its federal constitution, key laws needed to make federalism work remain unresolved. The current Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)-led government has listed... Read More


Shahi: Petition is not enough to remove MPs

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) parliamentary party leader Gyanendra Shahi has urged party leaders and cadres not to claim that its Bagmati Province lawmakers have already been remo... Read More


NA Meeting scheduled today, PM to present proposal

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- The National Assembly under the Federal Parliament is scheduled to meet today. The meeting will begin at 10:15 am. According to the agenda, Prime Minister Balendra Shah will presen... Read More


Twice-elected UML vice-chair and ward chair join RSP

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary, vice-chair of Bijaynagar Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu, and Anwar Mohammad Musalman, chair of Ward No. 5, have joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). ... Read More


New ministry, new mission: Pun's unconventional approach to science and technology

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Mahabir Pun, who had announced that he would not speak publicly, has been in office for 75 days. During this period, he has met with a... Read More


RPP removes three Bagmati provincial lawmakers for defying party directive

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has removed three Bagmati provincial lawmakers for defying the party's directive. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has removed three Bagmati... Read More