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EX-PM SUSHIL KOIRALA PASSES AWAY

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala passed away at 12:50 am on Tuesday. Family source said that he breathed his last at his residence in Maharajgunj.

SLC TO START MARCH 31, COURSE ONLY ONE-THIRD COMPLETE IN MADHES

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) has scheduled the SLC board exam of this academic year for March 31 to April 11. Teachers and students in

UCPN (Maoist) leaders press for investigation into China visit scandal

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: UCPN (Maoist) is set to launch an investigation into the recent incident in which real quake survivors were deprived of visiting China while two relatives of the

Swaraj proposes sending all-party delegation to Nepal (with video and full text)

Claims int’l community holds position similar to India KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has proposed sending an all-party delegation to Nepal. “I would urge the House

PROTEST BY YOUTHS FORCE UDMF LEADERS TO CANCEL ITAHARI VISIT

ITAHARI, Nov 27:  Top-notch leaders of United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) canceled their visit here after local youths took to street against the function. Chairman of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal Upendra Yadav,

At least 12 killed in Rasuwa bus accident

RASUWA, Nov 3: At least 12 people were killed and scores other injured when a passenger bus heading to Chilime from Kathmandu skidded off the road and fell some 200 meters

Bidhya Bhandari elected first female president

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Bidhya Devi Bhandari has been elected as second and first female president of Nepal garnering majority votes in the election held at parliament on Wednesday. Bhandari

Onsari Ghartimagar elected new Speaker

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: UCPN (Maoist) leader and former deputy speaker of Constituent Assembly Onsari Gharti Magar has been elected as the first female speaker of parliament in the history of

Police arrest national football players over alleged ‘match fixing’

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Nepal Police on Wednesday arrested National football skipper Sagar Thapa along with three other players in connection to alleged match fixing in national and international games. Besides

Oli becomes PM with 338 votes

Kathmandu, October 11. CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli has been elected prime minister with support from UCPN-Maoist, RPP-Nepal and Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (Democratic). Oli got 338 votes, while fellow contestant, Nepali