Kathmandu : CPN (UML) Mayoral candidate of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Bidya Sundar Shakya, has been leading the vote count. He has received 24,053 votes so far. Shakya’s nearest rival Raju Raj Joshi of the Nepali Congress has won 17,077 votes. Similarly, Ranju Neupane of Bibekshil Nepali has garnered 9,699 votes while Kishor Thapa of…
Kathmandu : The CPN (UML) has secured a win in the post of mayor in Tarakeshwor Municipality in Kathmandu district. UML’s Rameshwor Bohora won the post with 9,326 votes while his nearest contender NC’s Sri Ram Thapa secured 7,757 votes. For deputy mayor, UML’s Bhanu Dotel garnered 9,746 votes to claim the post….
Kathmandu, May 17: Nepali Congress has taken lead while counting votes in ward 1-7 of Lalitpur Metropolis today. According to the vote count updates, NC mayoral candidate Chiribabu Maharjan has so obtained 6,084, Hari Krishna Byanjankar of CPN-UML 5,779 and Ramesh Maharjan of Sajha Party 3,459, shared Chief Returning Officer of Lalitpur Metropolis Bal Mukunda…
Kathmandu, May 16: President Bidya Devi Bhandari arrived home Tuesday evening by completing the four-day official visit to Sri Lanka. She had left for Sri Lanka at the invitation of her Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena on May 12. During a press meet organized at the VVIP lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport upon the…
Bhadrapur, May 17: As many as 31 political parties have been registered in District Election Office (DEO), Jhapa district in view of contesting the upcoming local election to be held on June 14. According to the DEO, Jhapa, the parties registered in the office include both the old parties like Nepali Congress, CPN (UML),…
Kathmandu, May 17: An agreement has been reached to recount votes for Kirtipur Municipality-2 following the recovery of 10 ballot papers not bearing signatures of election officers during the vote count. Consultations between representatives of various political parties decided to this effect following a minor dispute over the matter. Election officer Gajendra Bahadur Singh…
Newyork : The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea’s latest missile test and warned of new sanctions. In a statement, the 15-member Council demanded that Pyongyang conduct no further such tests. North Korea earlier said the missile it had tested on Sunday was a new type of rocket capable of carrying a large…
Kathmandu : A discussion has been held between Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal leaders at former’s official residence at Baluwatar today. According to PM’s secretariat, the discussion was centred on passing the constitution amendment bill and holding second phase of local level elections by forging political consensus. The…
Kathmandu, May 12: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has again urged the political parties and the candidates of the local level polls to fully abide by the ethics to be followed during the silence hour. Releasing a book ‘Democratic Elections Management’ penned by Joint Attorney General Khemraj Gyawali in the capital Friday,…
Bangkok (Thailand), May 12: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, paid tribute to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej by placing a wreath on his body kept at Thailand-based Grange Palace on Friday evening. President Bhandari also signed on the condolence notebook put at the palace. The President was welcomed by the representative of Thai Prince and…
