POLITICS
Balen Shah is the new Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Balen Shah is the new Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City
KATHMANDU, May 27: Independent candidate Balendra Shah has been elected as Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). He has received 61,767 votes.
May 27, 2022
SOCIETY
SC revokes its earlier decision, sentences murderer Koirala to life imprisonment
SC revokes its earlier decision, sentences murderer Koirala...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Armed Police Force (APF) Ranjan Koirala, who was convicted of murdering his wife, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 27, 2022
POLITICS
Local bodies elect 14,402 women representatives
Local bodies elect 14,402 women representatives
KATHMANDU, May 27: A total of 14,402 women have been elected out of 55,699 women candidates in the local bodies from the recently held election, the Election Commission (EC) shared as per the details received so far. This accounts for 40.89 percent of the total elected representatives.
May 27, 2022
ECONOMY
Minister Ale urges EU envoy to help remove ban on Nepal from EU's safety list
Minister Ale urges EU envoy to help remove ban on Nepal from...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, has requested the European Ambassador to Nepal, Nona Deprez, to lift the ban placed on Nepal from EU's safety list.
May 27, 2022
ECONOMY, POLITICS
HoR meeting: Parliamentarians focus on making independent economy
HoR meeting: Parliamentarians focus on making independent ec...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Taking part in Wednesday’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on the government's annual policies and programs, parliamentarians have stressed on the need to advance an independent economy.
May 27, 2022
ECONOMY
DoC asks cooperatives to invest at least 51 percent of their loans in production businesse...
DoC asks cooperatives to invest at least 51 percent of their...
KATHMANDU, May 27: Cooperatives now have to invest at least 51 percent of their issued credit on production businesses, abiding with the unified directives endorsed by the Department of Cooperatives (DoC) on Thursday.
May 27, 2022
WORLD
Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
KYIV, Ukraine, May 27: Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products while under attack.
May 27, 2022
WORLD
India's Kashmir sees upsurge in violence, tense after separatist convicted
India's Kashmir sees upsurge in violence, tense after separa...
SRINAGAR, May 26: Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said on Thursday, following the conviction of the region's best-known separatist.
May 26, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepse increases marginally by 8.03 points on Thursday
Nepse increases marginally by 8.03 points on Thursday
KATHMANDU, May 26: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) on Thursday increased marginally by 8.03 points to close at 2,239.60 points.
May 26, 2022
ECONOMY
SC overturns govt’s decision to build international airport in Nijgadh
SC overturns govt’s decision to build international airport...
KATHMANDU, May 26: The Supreme Court has overturned the government's decision to build an international airport in Nijgadh, Bara.
May 26, 2022