EDITORIAL: Troubled days ahead

The rift is likely to have its impact on the provinces also, where the NCP has formed six out of the seven governments The dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, on the...

Bheri Hospital performs gastric cancer surgery

NEPALGUNJ, DECEMBER 21 Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital successfully carried out surgery of gastric cancer for the first time. Chief of the hospital Dr Prakash Thapa said a team led by gastro surgeon Dr Dhruba Sha had carried...

Shri Ram Sugar Mill deposits Rs 250m

KATHMANDU: Shri Ram Sugar Mill has so far deposited a total of Rs 250 million in farmers’ accounts. After repeated protests by sugarcane farmers, the sugar mills have started clearing their dues under pressure from...

House dissolution challenged in SC

11 writ petitions filed All listed for hearing tomorrow KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 21 Eleven writ petitions were filed today at the Supreme Court challenging the dissolution of the House of Representatives by the government. All the petitions have...

Oli faction weak in Sudurpaschim PA

DHANGADI, DECEMBER 21 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who dissolved the Parliament yesterday, appears weak in Sudurpaschim Provincial Assembly. Oli, who is in minority in the ruling Nepal Communist Party’s Secretariat and Standing Committee, is in...

Chelsea close in on top four with 3-0 win over West Ham

LONDON: Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a late opportunist double to secure a 3-0 home win for Chelsea over West Ham United in the Premier League on Monday after Brazilian defender Thiago Silva had fired them in...

NCP factions in a rush to discredit each other

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 21 A day after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the rival factions of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by...

Standing Committee decision not valid, says Oli

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 21 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has rejected the validity of the Standing Committee meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held yesterday without his presence. The committee had recommended disciplinary action against him. The...