Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari today administered oath of office and secrecy to newly elected Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba amidst a special function at the Rastrapati Bhawan, Shital Niwas. The Legislature-Parliament Tuesday elected Nepali Congress (NC) President Deuba and lone candidate in the race of the new prime minister as the 40th…
Tehran : Armed men have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, Iranian media report. At least one gunman fired shots inside parliament, wounding a guard, news agencies said. There are conflicting reports of other people hurt. There are also reports of a shooting at…
London : The Metropolitan Police have defended a decision to downgrade an inquiry into one of the men who carried out Saturday night’s terror attack. They said Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, of Barking, London, was known to police and MI5 in 2015, but there had been no evidence of a plot. The two other perpetrators…
Kathmandu : Ncell – the private sector telecommunication service provider – has cleared due capital gains tax of Rs 13.6 billion. According to Inland Revenue Department, the private company Ncell today paid capital gains tax at Large Taxpayers’ Office, Harihar Bhawan in Lalitpur. Department’s Deputy Director General Chandrakala Poudel confirmed the payment of…
Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called on one and all to dedicate themselves to the conservation of the environment, the most essential factor of the sustainability of life of Earth by heart, word and deed. Addressing a ceremony organised by the Ministry of Population and Environment here today in the commemoration…
London : Six people have been killed in an attack in central London in which three assailants were shot dead by police, Scotland Yard has said. A white van hit several pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST before apparently crashing into railings. Three men then left the vehicle and stabbed a number of…
Pokhara : The 67 the anniversary of the first ascent of Mt. Annapurna is to be celebrated here by organising various programmes. The Annapurna carries the history of the oldest peak in the sector of country’s mountaineering as it had witnessed a historic exploit on June 3, 1950 with French climber Maurice Herzog reaching atop…
America : President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to negotiate a new “fair” deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin. Mr Trump said during last year’s presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his…
Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari has, with the ending of the deadline given to political parties to form a new government on the basis of political consensus, called on political parties representing in the Legislature-Parliament to go with a process of forming a majority government. The President has, in accordance with Article 298(3)…
