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...

South Korea to take 52,000 workers from 16 countries including Nepal in 2021

SEOUL: South Korea will be taking in 52,000 workers from 16 different countries, including Nepal, in 2021. A meeting of the South Korean Government’s Migrant Workers Quota Determination Committee made this decision here on Wednesday....

Three cricketers picked up in T10 League

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 24 Three Nepali international cricketers Sompal Kami, Karan KC and Kushal Malla were drafted in by the franchise teams for the T10 League to be held in the United Arab Emirates in January...