Nepal, Thakur likely to be barred from using UML and JSP in name of their new parties

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 19: Two new political parties were registered at the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday.  Splinter factions of CPN-UML and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) r ...

Four go missing when landslide buries house in Rasuwa

3 years ago

RASUWA, August 19: Four persons have gone missing when a landslide triggered by a heavy rainfall buried a house at Koldanda of Naukunda Rural Municipality-5 in Rasuwa district on Wednesday...

SAFF Championship:  Nepal to face Maldives

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 19: Nepal is to play against Maldives in the first match under the 13th edition of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) football championship. The match wi...

Afghan President Ghani, family in UAE: ministry

3 years ago

ABU DHABI, Aug. 19: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed on Wednesday that the UAE has welcomed Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and...

Ashta Laxmi Shakya is Nepal's first woman chief minister

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 19: For the very first time in Nepal’s history, a woman has been elected the chief minister (CM). Ashta Laxmi Shakya, CPN-UML parliamentary party leader in ...

Taliban says to form inclusive gov't as int'l community urges peace

3 years ago

BEIJING, Aug. 19: The Taliban said Tuesday it intends to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan and does not want to have any internal or external enemies. The group's...

UML’s Ashta Laxmi Shakya sworn in as Bagmati Chief Minister

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Hours after Dormani Poudel stepped down from his post on Wednesday, Ashta Laxmi Shakya was sworn in as the chief minister of Bagmati Province.  Provin ...

With split in UML and JSP, CPN-UML (Samajbadi), JSP (Democratic) registered

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Main opposition CPN-UML has split formally. With this, a team of leaders led by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal reached the Election Commission on Wednesday and applied for...

UML splits, Madhav Nepal-led UML (Samajbadi) formed

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: The main opposition CPN-UML has split into two as the party's senior leader and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal formed a new party called CPN-UML (Samajbadi). ...

President Bhandari issues ordinance relating to political parties

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued an ordinance relating to political parties (second amendment), 2021 on Wednesday.  President Bhadnari, on the reco ...

72 more  Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive home

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 18: Seventy-two more Nepali migrant workers, who were rescued from Afghanistan after the Taliban insurgents took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, recently, have arrived Nepal this morning.  ...

Justice Regmi to bench writ petition filed at SC against appointment of Ghising

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 18: Hearing on a writ petition filed at the Supreme Court (SC) against the appointment of Kul Man Ghising on the post of the Managing Director (MD) of...

Flash flood in Melamchi River sweeps away three more houses, 111 houses swept away so far

3 years ago

KATHMANDU, August 18: A flash flood triggered by an incessant rainfall in the Melamchi River on Tuesday night has swept away three more houses. Bhimsen Thapa, a local resident,...

Palmeiras beat Sao Paulo to reach Copa Libertadores last four

3 years ago

SAO PAULO, Aug. 18: Reigning Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras advanced to the semifinals of South America's premier club competition on Tuesday with a 3-0 home win over rivals Sao Paulo. ...

Lewandowski continues his goal hunt against Dortmund

3 years ago

BERLIN, Aug. 18: Borussia Dortmund remains Robert Lewandowski's favorite opponent as the 32-year-old, in the shirt of Bayern Munich, scored his 23th and 24th goals in his 24th game against...