KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (NC) is holding a meeting of its Central Executive Committee today to finalize the names of lawmakers to be elected under the proportional representation (PR) system. The meeting is…
The Forest Fire Management Week has begun today under the theme 'Effectiveness in Forest Fire Control: Participation of All Three Levels of Government and Community'. The Ministry of Forest and Environment has been…
President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub and urged allies to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran vowed to step up its response and the war showed no…
President Donald Trump's administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran warthat started two weeks ago with a massive U.S.-Israeli air assault,…
KATHMANDU: The Forest Fire Management Week has begun today under the theme ‘Effectiveness in Forest Fire Control: Participation of All Three Levels of Government and Community’. The Ministry of Forest and Environment…
A simple majority in the lower house allows a government to pass budgets, push policy programs, pass regular laws, and run the government for a five-year term. A near two-thirds majority carries wider powers. It allows…
KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is taking place today. The meeting, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, was postponed to Sunday. Party spokesperson Manish Jha said the…
With a stable government emerging in Kathmandu, Nepal has a rare opportunity to revive diplomacy with Bhutan and seek a just resolution to the decades-long Bhutanese refugee crisis.