Kathmandu : Ruling Nepal Communist Party vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam is flying to Singapore this afternoon after his party’s chairman, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, sought him. Oli is currently undergoing treatment for his kidneys in Singapore. He is return back home this Friday, according to reports. Just on Tuesday, the party’s general secretary He…
London : Boris Johnson faces a new battle in the Commons after his first vote as PM saw him lose to rebel Tories and opposition MPs who object to a no-deal Brexit. The Commons voted 328 to 301 to take control of the agenda, allowing them to bring a bill requesting a Brexit delay. The…
Bharatpur : Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, has said that Bharatpur airport would be developed as alternative domestic airport outside of Kathmandu. Talking to media persons at Bharatpur airport today, Minister Bhattarai shared that night flights would be operated at Bharatpur airport. The runway would be expanded and the terminal…
Kavre : Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has reiterated that the alternative to democracy is democracy alone. Addressing the agreement programme of the Greater Sunkoshi Panchkhal Water Supply Project here today, he said that democracy has no alternative. The water supply project is being implemented in Panchkhal municipality of Kavrepalanchok. “The…
Seoul : South Korea’s top court has set aside part of jailed former President Park Geun-hye’s conviction and ordered a retrial. The court said separate verdicts should have been reached on the bribery allegations against her and sent the case back to a lower court. Park was convicted in 2018 of bribery and abuse of…
London ; The prime minister’s decision to suspend Parliament has prompted an angry backlash from MPs and opponents of a no-deal Brexit. It sparked protests across the country, a legal challenge and a petition with more than a million signatures. The government said the five-week suspension in September and October will still allow time to…
Kathmandu, A secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today has extended best wishes to party Chairperson and Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli for his health recovery. Prime Minister Oli is leaving for Singapore today for health follow-ups today. The meeting decided to hold next meetings under the leadership of another Chairperson Pushpa…
Kathmandu, Earthquake measuring 4.0 in Richter scale took place in Solukhumbu this morning. The earthquake with epicenter in Goli of the district occurred at 7.07am, according to the Department of Mines and Geology, National Seismological Centre. Centre’s Lokbijaya Adhikari confirmed that it was not an aftershock but a quake. A week ago too, quake measuring…
Kathmandu, Lawmakers have expressed their concern about the transfer of civil servants on the basis of ‘political attachment’ instead of performance. Speaking in zero hour of today’s meeting of the National Assembly, lawmaker Binda Devi Ale Rana sought clarification from the government about the ‘random’ transfer and promotion of government employees. Likewise, Radhe Shyam Adhikari…
Kathmandu, Indian Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari today. During the meeting held at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, they discussed on relations between Nepal and India, and their mutual welfare and interests, it is said. Ambassador of Nepal to India Nilambar…
