Two days after ranting against India, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today earned the wrath of Standing Committee members of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) who sought his resignation from the post of PM, some even from the post of NCP co-chair
NCP MPs condemn govt for Dashain allowance
Lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — Bhim Rawal and Janardan Sharma — and Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the House of Representatives Bal Krishna Khand have opposed the distribution of Dashain allowance among federal lawmakers
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Nepal PM’s controversial remarks: Former PM asks Oli to quite
The Standing Committee meeting of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) held today got heated up as Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli’s recent controversial statement on India, among others things, were put on the table for discussion
Lockdown Phase II to extend till July 22 in Nepal
Nepal has decided to extend the ongoing lockdown, in its current form, till July 22
‘Anti-national’ Mahakali Treaty comes back to haunt ‘nationalist’ Oli
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Bamdev Gautam, who had stopped criticising the prime minister in recent weeks, appears to have found new voice in taking him to task of late
Government caught flat-footed as locusts enter Nepal
In contrast to the government’s prediction, a few groups of desert locusts have been located in five districts of Nepal so far
Citizenship bill protests in Nepal
A protest was staged at the initiative of Women’s Association aligned to Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal in Saptari district headquarters Rajbiraj today against the constitution (amendment) bill proposing to grant naturalised citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men only after seven years
PM Oli shows up to leave NCP meet
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had skipped the Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) yesterday, showed up at the meeting venue today but only for a few minutes
Every Nepal district now affected by COVID-19: Official
The COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to all of the 77 districts in Nepal as cases in the Himalayan country has surpassed 12,000, a senior Ministry of Health and Population official said
Crores mobilised to combat COVID in Nepal
The COVID-19 Fund Committee has so far mobilised Rs 840 million from the COVID-19 Fund collected from different individuals, firms and government agencies to check the spread of the coronavirus contagion
Government has not followed most of the Supreme Court’s 23 rulings related to the pandemic
On April 16, the Supreme Court directed the government to repatriate Nepali workers stuck in foreign countries
Nepal’s coronavirus tally crosses 11,000-mark with 434 new cases
With 434 new cases of the coronavirus infection detected on Thursday, Nepal’s COVID-19 count has reached 11,162, stated the Ministry of Health and Population
COVID-19 infects Nepal health workers, security personnel
More than a dozen health workers and security personnel in Nepal have been infected with the novel coronavirus since the pandemic hit the Himalayan nation, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Thursday
As repatriation flights pick up, homecoming is laced with hardships for Nepali migrant workers
Kalim Miya had paid $3,450 for a driving job in the UAE, but was paid less than a third of the $400 a month he was promised
Worker-sending countries like Nepal brace for migrant crisis
Tens of millions of migrant workers, forced to return home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after turning jobless in countries of destinations, face unemployment and poverty in their home countries, the International Labour Organisation has warned
Nepal foreign minister holds telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a telephone conversation with United States Secretary of State, Michael R Pompeo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release
