China : China’s first large domestically made passenger aircraft is due to take its maiden flight, mounting a major challenge to Boeing and Airbus. The plane is a key symbol of Beijing’s soaring ambitions to enter the global aviation market. The jet by state-owned firm Comac has been planned since 2008 but the flight was…
Kathmandu, May 5: A motion of impeachment brought against Chief Justice (now suspended) Sushila Karki was presented at the meeting of Legislature-Parliament today. A total of 249 lawmakers from the ruling partners- Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre)- on April 30 registered the impeachment motion against Karki at the Parliament Secretariat. Karki with being impeached…
Kathmandu : President Bidya Devi Bhandari will not be casting her vote in the local-level elections scheduled for May 14. The President is the guardian of the constitution. But she will have to cast vote in favour of a particular political party if she takes part in the election. Hence, she has taken…
Kathmandu : CPN-UML General Secretary Iswar Pokharel has said that his party would not allow the parliament to function if the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki is not recalled. The Legislature-Parliament is meeting later today. Speaking at a press meet organized at the party’s headquarters this morning, General Secretary Pokharel said…
Kathmandu : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi has taken back his resignation. Minister Nidhi agreed to withdraw his resignation that he submitted before the Prime Minister on April 30, following discussions held among Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and himself at the Prime…
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have set up roadblocks and staged demonstrations demanding elections as the country’s political and economic crisis deepens. They responded with defiance to his call for a new constitution to end unrest that has killed 28 people. Mr Maduro said his move was necessary to fend off a foreign-backed plot…
America : US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to press for a ceasefire to halt the war in Syria. The two spoke by telephone for the first time since the US launched air strikes against Syria nearly a month ago, straining relations. White House and Kremlin statements suggested a productive…
Indonesia : The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old – the longest living human ever – has died in his village in Central Java. According to his papers, Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto), was born in December 1870. But Indonesia only started recording births in 1900 – and there…
Kathmandu, May 1: The Naya Shakti Party, Nepal has made its commitment letter (manifesto) public with a special focus on economic development and prosperity, in consideration of the May 14 local level elections. Making the commitment letter public, Party Coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai shed light on the party’s goal of economic development and prosperity…
Kathmandu, May 1: Prime Minister Pusha Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli held a meeting and discussed contemporary political issues as well as the upcoming local level election. During the meeting held at the Secretariat of the Speaker of the House at Singha Durbar, PM Dahal and leader Oli discussed…
