ELECTION
Madhesi parties in bid for poll alliance
Madhesi parties in bid for poll alliance
KATHMANDU, May 21: Three Madhes-based parties have inched closer to forging an electoral alliance in a bid to compete with the national parties in the second-phase local elections slated for June 14.
May 22, 2017
SPORTS
Real Madrid wins its 1st Spanish title since 2012
Real Madrid wins its 1st Spanish title since 2012
MADRID, May 22: Real Madrid won the Spanish league for the first time in five years on Sunday, and kept rival Barcelona from its third straight championship.
May 22, 2017
POLITICS, ELECTION
EC rejects PM's request to increase local units
EC rejects PM's request to increase local units
KATHMANDU, May 22: The Election Commission (EC) has turned down Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's request to increase the number of local units in tarai districts before second round of local elections.
May 22, 2017
POLITICS
Madhesi parties in bid for poll alliance
Madhesi parties in bid for poll alliance
KATHMANDU, May 21: Three Madhes-based parties have inched closer to forging an electoral alliance in a bid to compete with the national parties in the second-phase local elections slated for June 14.
May 22, 2017
POLITICS
Maoists still remain influential in 'war-era' bases
Maoists still remain influential in 'war-era' bases
DANG/RUKUM, May 22: While the government was preparing to conduct local elections back in 1992, Jhakku Prasad Gharti of Triveni, Rukum, was instructed by his Communist party to protest against the election. The local administration arrested him and put him behind the bars for two months on charge o...
May 22, 2017
POLITICS
Petition against govt plan to withdraw Tikapur cases
Petition against govt plan to withdraw Tikapur cases
KATHMANDU, May 22: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court on Sunday against the government's decision to withdraw the cases against those accused in the 2015 Tikapur killings.
May 22, 2017
ECONOMY
Jeevan Jal hits market today
Jeevan Jal hits market today
KATHMANDU, May 22: After a hiatus of eight years, Nepal Drugs Limited (NDL) is resuming the supply of its product Jeevan Jal - the popular oral rehydration salts (ORS) -- in the domestic market from Monday.
May 22, 2017
ECONOMY
NOC reluctant to cut fuel prices
NOC reluctant to cut fuel prices
KATHMANDU, May 22: Though price of petroleum products has fallen, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) seems to be in no mood to cut down its price in the domestic market.
May 22, 2017
ECONOMY, ELECTION
Contractors win vital posts in local units
Contractors win vital posts in local units
KATHMANDU, May 22: About three dozen contractors associated with Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal have been elected to different posts in local bodies in the recently held first phase of local level election.
May 22, 2017
Editorial
Let’s do this
Let’s do this
As the country gears up for the second phase of local election on June 14, there continue to be doubts if the scheduled election will take place on time.
May 22, 2017