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Govt positive on legalizing commercial cannabis cultivation: FinMin Wagle

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle has said the government is positive about creating a legal framework for the commercial cultivation and medicinal use of cannabis. Responding to qu... Read More


Deuba's writ kept for study, not registered at SC

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- A writ petition filed by former Nepali Congress (NC) president Sher Bahadur Deuba seeking to halt the party's 15th general convention has been kept for study and was not registered a... Read More


PM Shah on private visit to Pokhara: PMO

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- The Prime Minister's Office has said Prime Minister Balendra Shah has travelled to Pokhara on a private visit. Speaking at a press conference held by the Prime Minister's Office on ... Read More


Can Nepal's anti-graft body act independently? Parliamentarians question executive influence in passport probe

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Lawmakers on Thursday raised concerns over reports that Chief Commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Prem Kumar Rai was summoned by the Prime M... Read More


New draft allows bank CEOs to become NRB governor after two-year cooling-off period

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Commercial bank chief executive officers (CEOs) will be eligible to become governor of Nepal Rastra Bank after completing a two-year cooling-off period. The House of Representatives... Read More


Deuba-Khadka faction moves SC seeking to halt NC general convention

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Former Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and former acting president Purna Bahadur Khadka have moved the Supreme Court (SC), seeking to halt the process for the party... Read More


RSP forms audit committee to probe delay in Madhesh convention

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has formed an audit committee to investigate the reasons behind the delay in holding its Madhesh Province convention. A meeting of the party's Cen... Read More


RSP nominates nine new Central Committee members

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has nominated nine new members to its Central Committee. A Central Committee meeting held at the party's central office in Chamati on Friday decid... Read More


Jagdish Kharel appointed RSP spokesperson

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has appointed Jagdish Kharel as its spokesperson. A Central Committee meeting of the party held on Friday assigned Kharel the responsibility. Kha... Read More


Govt must win trust of voters and non-voters: Gagan

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa has urged the current government to maintain the trust of both citizens who voted for it and those who did not. Thapa made the remarks on... Read More