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Presidential poll: Voting over; 831 lawmakers cast votes

Voting for the presidential election is over. The Election Commission (EC) had set time for voting from 10 am to 3 pm today. A total of 832 members of parliament (MPs) voted in the president elections. Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and Nepal W…

Presidential poll: 10 parties in support as RSP decides to vote for Poudel

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has also decided to vote for Ram Chandra Poudel, the candidate of the presidential elections. With this, the number of parties in support of Pouel has reached 10. Prior to this, the nine-party alliance had fiel…

Bill on completion of remaining works of peace process to be tabled in parliament

The government is registering two key bills related to transitional justice in parliament with a view to completing the remaining works of the peace process. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Prime Minister's official residenc…

Voting underway to elect new President in federal parliament building

Voting is taking place at Lhotse Hall of the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwar from 10 am. The voting will continue till 3 pm. Nepali Congress senior leader Ramchandra Poudel from nine-party alliance and Subas Chandra Nembang from CPN …

Writ against PM Dahal being heard at SC today

The hearing of the writ petition against CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias "Prachanda," has been scheduled for today.  The victims’ family filed a writ petition in the Sup…

History of presidential election in Nepal

Nepal got its first president through the voting on 19 July, 2008 after the country adopted the democratic republican system through the 2062/63 movements.  Ram Baran Yadav was elected first president of the country.  As per the then…

Nepal all set to elect new President today

The presidential election is taking place today. A new president will be elected through the polls for five years. All preparations for voting that starts from 10 am to 3 pm have been over, said assistant returning officer Amrita Kumari Sharma…

New President to receive certificate tomorrow itself, oath on Monday

The country will get a new president tomorrow (Thursday evening). One among former Speakers Ram Chandra Poudel and Subas Chandra Nembang will become the third President of Nepal.   All preparations have been completed in connection with…

Govt has policy of women empowerment and capacity dev: PM Dahal

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has reiterated that the government has the policy of empowering women and their capacity building. Addressing a programme organised by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens marki…

Rastriya Swatantra Party to decide on President election on Thursday

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is to take a decision on the Presidential election only on Thursday. The party's vice-president Dol Prasad Aryal said that the party will hold a meeting tomorrow and take the necessary decision with regards …