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EC to organize reception on Dec 19

The Election Commission (EC) is set to organize a reception on December 19 on the occasion of successfully organizing the elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly. The function will be organized at 1:30 pm on the EC&rsq…

EC submits election report to President Bhandari

The Election Commission (EC) has submitted a report with the election results of both the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) electoral systems to the President. The elections to the member of House of Representatives …

Japan conferring decoration on NC leader Poudel

The government of Japan is set to confer decoration on senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel. The Japanese Embassy is conferring 'Grand Cordon of Order of the Rising Sun' on Poudel by organizing a special program at P…

UML to hold on to President, alternate PM with others in power-sharing deal

CPN (UML), which took part in the general elections with the hope of securing 150 seats and forming a majority government, did not achieve the expected success. However, the UML has an equal opportunity to form the government since the ruling coa…

16 lawmakers from Dalit community elected to HoR

As many as 16 lawmakers representing the Dalit community have been elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) under the proportional represenation (PR) and first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral categories in the recently concluded parliamentary el…

EC to submit election report to Prez today

The Election Commission (EC) will present the complete results of General Election-2079 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari today (Thursday) -- about three weeks after voting concluded. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapalia said th…

India-Nepal joint military exercise to begin on Friday

India and Nepal will commence a battalion level military training exercise in Rupandehi's Saljhandi on Friday. The 16th India-Nepal military training exercise 'Surya Kiran' will last for 15 days. According to spokesp…

Writ petition filed at SC demanding to vacate Lamichhane's post of lawmaker

A writ petition has been filed at Supreme Court, demanding the cancellation of the parliamentarian post of Ravi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party. Advocates duo Yubraj Safal and Rabiraj Bartaula demanded that the court vacate L…

‘Nepal in grave danger of becoming a geo-political football' (with full text)

A group of civil rights activists have expressed concerns over the growing foreign intervention in Nepal's internal affairs. Issuing a statement on Wednesday, members of the Citizens' Forum said that the unscrupulous horse-trading for gov…

HoR elections: 40 parties forfeit their deposits

In the House of Representatives elections held on November 20, the deposits of 4,085 candidates who failed to get 10 percent of the valid votes under the proportional representation (PR) category have been forfeited. The Election Commission (EC) …