ECONOMY
Finance Committee asks govt to tighten approval of off-budget requests
Finance Committee asks govt to tighten approval of off-budge...
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: The parliament’s Finance Committee has instructed the government to tighten off-budget spending.
Nov 22, 2018
POLITICS
PM unhappy with ministries’ failure to spend budget
PM unhappy with ministries’ failure to spend budget
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Prime Minister KP Oli has expressed unhappiness over the failure of ministries to spend budget in the first quarter of the fiscal year.
Nov 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Dr KC discharged from hospital
Dr KC discharged from hospital
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Dr Govinda KC, who was being treated at the CCU of Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center in Maharajgunj since Monday after developing chest problem, was discharged on Wednesday.
Nov 22, 2018
POLITICS
Second-rung NCP leaders demand central committee meet
Second-rung NCP leaders demand central committee meet
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Disgruntled leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have submitted a memorandum to the party, demanding the immediate convening of the central committee.
Nov 22, 2018
POLITICS
PM likely to visit Switzerland in January
PM likely to visit Switzerland in January
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is preparing to travel to Switzerland in the third week of January 2019 to participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, sources said on Wednesday.
Nov 22, 2018
POLITICS
Victims demand proper role in transitional justice, reject TRC, CIEDP in status quo
Victims demand proper role in transitional justice, reject T...
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: A two-day national conference of conflict victims on transitional justice ended on Wednesday, calling for meaningful participation of the conflict victims themselves in the overall transitional justice process and related mechanisms.
Nov 22, 2018
SOCIETY
71 staffers sacked by Plan Int'l Nepal stage sit-in
71 staffers sacked by Plan Int'l Nepal stage sit-in
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Plan International Nepal has decided to fire 76 staffers with effect from December 31 citing the organization's staff restructuring policy and resource crunch.
Nov 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Sunsari tense over murder of a brick kiln supervisor
Sunsari tense over murder of a brick kiln supervisor
ITAHARI, Nov 22: An unidentified gang gunned down a brick kiln supervisor in Duhabi Municipality-9 of Sunsari while he was out on regular morning walk. The incident happened at around 6:30 am on Wednesday morning.
Nov 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Police impound four vehicles used for illegal excavation
Police impound four vehicles used for illegal excavation
RAUTAHAT, Nov 22: Shiva Shankar Crusher Plant of Garuda Municipality-5, Jhanjhpul extracts gravels, stones and sand full of 22 tippers everyday from the Bagmati River at Ramauli Ghat, which actually falls under the jurisdiction of Brindaban Municipality.
Nov 22, 2018
SOCIETY
Ex-Maoist combatant attempts suicide at home minister's office
Ex-Maoist combatant attempts suicide at home minister's offi...
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Apparently frustrated with life, a former Maoist combatant made a suicide attempt inside the home minister's office on Wednesday-- the day which marked the 12th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA).
Nov 22, 2018