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...

Nepal COVID-19 Update: 742 new cases, 1079 recoveries, seven fatalities recorded on Monday

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ MORE: Kathmandu valley registers 311 new coronavirus cases...

PM Oli’s dissolution of HoR unconstitutional and undemocratic, concludes three-party meet

KATHMANDU: Three parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Nepal Communist Party (NCP), and Janata Samajwadi Party, which represent the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR), amid a meeting today, have called PM Oli’s move unconstitutional and...

PM Oli calls ruling NCP’s standing committee meet Tuesday

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and co-chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), KP Sharma Oli has summoned a meeting of the party’s standing committee meeting on Tuesday. Secretary of the NCP Headquarters Ishwori Rijal said...

Vietnamese truck deaths: two men found guilty of manslaughter of 39 people

LONDON: Two people smugglers were found guilty on Monday of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck as they tried to...