Politics

USAID head Samantha Power meets with FM Paudel

Visiting USAID’s Administrator Samantha Power has held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel on Wednesday. Samantha reached the Finance Ministry at Singha Durbar to meet with the Finan…

Sudurpaschim Province Assembly meeting postponed

A provincial assembly meeting of Sudurpaschim Province scheduled for today to take the vote of confidence has been postponed. The meeting has been postponed after Chief Minister Rajendra Singh Rawal was unlikely to get the vote of confidence…

High-level political mechanism meet to be held Thursday

A meeting of the high-level political mechanism will be held tomorrow (Thursday). It was decided to hold a meeting of the mechanism after the discussion between CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal…

SC hearing writ seeking scrapping facilities of NC as main opp’n leader

Supreme Court (SC) is hearing on the writ petition filed seeking cancellation of facilities enjoyed by the Nepali Congress as the main opposition party. Advocate Bimal Prasad Pokharel had filed a petition demanding that main opposition leader She…

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Valley flooding update: 32 killed, 12 missing

23 killed, 918 rescued as flooding triggered by incessant rains wreaks havoc in Valley

Downpour disrupts daily lives of Kathmanduites (watch photos)

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Prime Minister Prachanda reaches Balkot to meet Oli

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Balkot to meet CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli. A meeting was held between the two on Wednesday morning (February 8) at Oli's residence, Balkot. The meeting between them i…

Federal government demands grants distribution details from local level

The federal government has demanded details of grants distributed by local level under different headings. The government has demanded grants details including grants providing agencies, grant recipient individuals or institutions, effectiveness of …

Execution of parliamentary committees' directives to be examined

Parliamentarians put forth several demands ranging from mandatory routine presence of top leaders of the political parties in the parliamentary committees meetings and increment in the number of thematic committees in the parliament. In a m…

Sudurpaschim CM Rawal taking confidence vote today

Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Rajendra Singh Rawal is taking a vote of confidence today. A meeting of the province assembly has been called for 11 am today and the agenda of the meeting is to take the vote of confidence, said Naren…

Supreme Court scraps petition against Gurkha recruitment treaty

The Supreme Court has scrapped the writ petition filed demanding the cancellation of the 1947 Tripartite Treaty on the Gurkha Recruitment. A joint bench of Justices Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Sushma Lata Mathema on Tuesday issued a verdict scrapp…

USAID announces assistance of nearly $60 million to Nepal

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has enhanced its support to advance democratic progress in Nepal. USAID's administrator Samantha power who is on a two-day official visit to Nepal announced to provide USAID assis…