Will face no confidence motion: Bagmati Chief Minister

KATHMANDU: Bagmati Province government will face the no confidence motion that was filed by 46 lawmakers at the Provincial Assembly today. Chief Minister of the Province Dor Mani Paudel said today that he will face...

India’s Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated

MUMBAI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last...

Supreme Court issues show cause notice to govt for dissolving HoR

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a show cause order to the government for dissolving the House of Representatives. The Constitutional bench consisting of five justices including Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR, completed the...

Prime Minister Oli calls cabinet meeting today

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of the Council of Ministers today. The Cabinet meeting is expected to take place this afternoon around 4:00 pm, according to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. Prior...

Japan ex-PM Abe apologises, corrects parliament statements on funding scandal

TOKYO: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday corrected statements he had made in parliament, apologising for what he said were mistakes regarding a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall...

Nepali peace keeping force foils rebel attack in Central African Republic

KATHMANDU: The Nepali peacekeeping force has prevented Bambari, the main city of the Central African Republic, from being captured by rebels. A company of the Nepali peacekeeping force was mobilised in Bambari as a counter-move...

Crusher, sand industries violating govt-set criteria

HETAUDA, DECEMBER 24 Most of the crusher and sand processing industries being operated in Makawanpur district in Bagmati Province have been found to be violating the stipulated criteria and standards. According to the District Administration Office,...

No confidence motion against Bagmati govt, Ashtalakshmi Shakya’s name forwarded as new CM

HETAUDA: A no confidence motion has been registered against the Bagmati Province government. As many as 45 members of the Provincial Assembly belonging to Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) registered the...