ELECTION
Army squad for polls security along border area
Army squad for polls security along border area
INRUWA, May 25: A Nepal Army squad has been mobilized for election security at Kaptangunj of Devangunj rural municipality along the border area of Sunsari district.
May 25, 2017
SPORTS
United outclass Ajax to win Europa League on emotional night
United outclass Ajax to win Europa League on emotional night
STOCKHOLM, May 25: Manchester United's Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal in each half as their team comfortably outclassed Ajax Amsterdam to win an emotional Europa League final 2-0 and qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.
May 25, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
Latest updates of vote count in remaining 5 local units
Latest updates of vote count in remaining 5 local units
KATHMANDU, May 25: Vote count is still going on in three metropolitan cities -- Kathmandu, Bharatpur and Pokhara-Lekhnath as well as in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur and Melung Rural Municipality of Dolakha district. CPN-UML has taken comfortable lead in Kathmandu and Pokhara-Lekhnath whil...
May 25, 2017
POLITICS
A more pragmatic Dahal's second PM innings more successful
A more pragmatic Dahal's second PM innings more successful
KATHMANDU, May 25: Many had doubts about Pushpa Kamal Dahal when he assumed the office of prime minister for the second time on August 3, 2016. Breaking his alliance with the CPN-UML, which had earned huge public support for its 'nationalistic stance' during and after the Indian economic embargo, an...
May 25, 2017
POLITICS
Dahal steps down as promised
Dahal steps down as promised
KATHMANDU, May 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned on Wednesday, paving the way for the major ruling coalition partner Nepali Congress (NC) to form a new government, as per the agreement reached with the party at the time of his election to the post.
May 25, 2017
Interview
Bar Afghanistan, Nepal has perhaps the slowest vote counting process
Bar Afghanistan, Nepal has perhaps the slowest vote counting...
The frustratingly slow vote counting process has dented the great public enthusiasm for local election. Many of them are asking if there is a way to make this process faster during the second phase. Perhaps using electronic voting machines is an option? Neel Kantha Uprety, the Chief Election Commiss...
May 25, 2017
ELECTION
EC rules out polls in 22 newly-created local units
EC rules out polls in 22 newly-created local units
KATHMANDU, May 25: Two days after the government created 22 additional local units in the southern plains, the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday refused to accommodate the new local units in the second round elections slated for June 14.
May 25, 2017
ECONOMY
India's silence over exchange facility frustrates NRB officials
India's silence over exchange facility frustrates NRB offici...
KATHMANDU, May 25: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) officials have almost given up hope that the southern neighbor would accept demonetized Indian banknotes that Nepalis hold.
May 25, 2017
SOCIETY
16 years on, government buildings still not reconstructed
16 years on, government buildings still not reconstructed
ACHHAM, May 25: Government office buildings destroyed during the Maoist insurgency are yet to be reconstructed here. The then Maoist rebels had destroyed around two dozen government office buildings in the district headquarters Mangalsen and Sanphebagar during the conflict period. One of these offic...
May 25, 2017
ELECTION
Prajapati elected Bhaktapur mayor
Prajapati elected Bhaktapur mayor
BHAKTAPUR, May 25: Childhood dream of former lawmaker and now the newly elected mayor of Bhaktapur, Sunil Prajapati, was to become an engineer. However, his family could not afford his engineering studies. In 1984, he joined teaching profession and continued it for four years. “I wanted to become an...
May 25, 2017