ECONOMY
Reliable Nepal Life Insurance starts operation
Reliable Nepal Life Insurance starts operation
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Reliable Nepal Life Insurance Limited has started operation from Sunday.
Oct 16, 2017
ECONOMY
Mugu supplies 300 tons of apples
Mugu supplies 300 tons of apples
MUGU, Oct 16: Recording significant growth in apple production, the remote western district of Mugu has exported 300 tons of apples outside the district so far in the current fiscal year.
Oct 16, 2017
ELECTION
Election for new NRNA leadership today
Election for new NRNA leadership today
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) is holding election for new executive committee in Kathmandu on Monday.
Oct 16, 2017
ECONOMY
NEA’s bid to complete remaining works of Dhalkebar sub-station
NEA’s bid to complete remaining works of Dhalkebar sub-stati...
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is preparing to award the contract of remaining works of Dhalkebar sub-station among few selected contractors, officials privy to the development said.
Oct 16, 2017
ELECTION
Eleventh-hour negotiations delay filing of candidacies
Eleventh-hour negotiations delay filing of candidacies
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: It’s 8:30 pm Sunday. Three election officials are waiting at the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in the capital to register the name-lists of the parties’ candidates contesting the upcoming provincial and parliamentary polls under the Proportional Representation (PR) categor...
Oct 16, 2017
POLITICS
NC and Gachhadar-led NDF to unite today
NC and Gachhadar-led NDF to unite today
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and Nepal Democratic Forum led by Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar have reached an agreement to unite the party.
Oct 16, 2017
POLITICS
Threshold forcing fringe parties to go for mergers, alliances
Threshold forcing fringe parties to go for mergers, alliance...
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Several regional and fringe parties have opted for mergers with the three big parties after their political survival came under threat with the introduction of electoral threshold. The threshold barrier has pushed few other parties to go into coalitions with bigger parties.
Oct 16, 2017
SOCIETY
Residents demand Darchula be reclassified as remote
Residents demand Darchula be reclassified as remote
DARCHULA, Oct 16: Considering the upcoming provincial election, the government recently published a new classification on accessibility of areas. The new classification has upgraded many of the localities to accessible from backward region.
Oct 16, 2017
SOCIETY
Babies as items to steal for some, throwaway for others
Babies as items to steal for some, throwaway for others
JANAKPUR, Oct 16: Lila Devi Sah, 40, of Laxmipur Patari Rural Municipality-4 of Siraha was arrested on Saturday on the charge of 'stealing' a seven-month-old baby. The same night, a new mother dropped her seven-day new-born at an orphanage in Gyanpur, Janakpur Sub-metropolis-8, and ran away.
Oct 16, 2017
POLITICS
Bhattarai in talks with NC for poll alliance
Bhattarai in talks with NC for poll alliance
KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Naya Shakti Party Nepal (NSPN) Chairman Baburam Bhattarai has started negotiations with the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) for electoral adjustments in the upcoming elections.
Oct 16, 2017