The general strike, called by the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, crippled normal life in the country
Power-surplus Nepal hopes to earn $100 million from electricity exports to India
From Thursday this week, Nepal started selling electricity, around 37 MW to Indian buyers, Nepal Electricity Corporation spokesperson Suresh Bhattarai confirmed to The Kathmandu Post. More bids are invited to sell 200 MW in India’s power exchange market on a long-term basis.
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Nepal’s Supreme Court has asked former prime minister, and co-chair of the NCP faction, Pushpa Kamal Dahal to file his reply in contempt court against him
Rivall faction of Nepal's ruling party announces general strike on Thursday
The Dahal-Nepal faction, a splinter group of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has announced a general strike Thursday
Nepal PM Oli rules out possibility of parliament revival
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said that the parliament will not be reinstated
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Litterateurs, theatre and movie artists and cultural activists have announced street protests against the KP Sharma Oli government’s move of dissolving the House of Representatives, which they have termed "regressive."
Rival faction of ruling NCP stakes claim on party
Former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s rivals, on Tuesday submitted a letter to Nepal’s Election Commission (EC), claiming their faction as authentic Nepal Communist Party (NCP)
Scheduled dates of upcoming general elections won't alter, says Nepal PM Oli
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the upcoming polls scheduled for April 30 and May 10 would not be changed since the Election Commission (EC) has already initiated preparations for polls
Nepal to get its own satellite
Nearly four decades after being allotted its own geostationary orbital slot, Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) is finally preparing to put up its own satellite, saving the country billions annually from broadband satellite links for telecommunication, broadcasts and aviation
Nepal plans for new petroleum law and deregulating the oil business
Nepal’s biggest import item in terms of value is petroleum products
Oli-led NCP schedules massive assembly on Friday
Nepal Communist Party (NCP)'s faction led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has scheduled a massive assembly at Narayanhiti road on February 5
Nepal vaccination drive tardy
Only around 18.6 percent of the people the Nepalese government targeted to vaccinate under the first phase of the COVID-19 inoculation drive have received their shot until the fifth day of the campaign, which officials aimed to complete within 10 days
Bird flu is detected in Kathmandu Valley
With a bird flu case confirmed in Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, the consumption of chicken has already started declining
Nepal’s gods return from exile
One day in 1984, the residents of a Patan neighbourhood woke up in the morning to notice that the Laxmi-Narayan they had been worshipping, was missing from the shrine
Bird flu detected in Kathmandu
Bird Flu has been detected in Tarkeshwor Municipality of Kathmandu. The flu was discovered in birds including turkey, ducks, and chicken in local poultry farms
