LALITPUR: Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Nepal called its central committee meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss and finalise the list of the ministers that will represent the coalition government.

KATHMANDU: Police are on high alert in Kathmandu following series of blasts in some Terai districts for the past two weeks.

KATHMANDU: UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal called on Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday.

LAMJUNG: CPN-UML vice chairman Bamdev Gautam has said that giving the Home Ministry to the UCPN-Maoist was agreed upon in the seven-point deal struck between the chairman of his party and Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, and UCPN-Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

BIRATNAGAR: Nepali Congress (NC) president Sushil Koirala on Monday said his party would not hold talks with CPN-UML and UCPN-Maoist regarding joining the Jhalanath Khanal-led government until an agreement is signed on scrapping the seven point pact earlier signed between UML chairman Khanal and his Maoist counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

“Congress will not participate in the government until the seven point (agreement) struck in the dark is scrapped,”...

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court today brought almost a decade-long high-profile corruption case to an end and sentenced former minister and Nepali Congress leader Chiranjivi Wagle to jail for a year and a half.

A division bench of Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha and senior most Justice Khil Raj Regmi today passed a verdict concluding the nine-year-old high profile graft case. Besides jail term, the bench has also imposed a fine of Rs 20.3 million and confiscation of...

KATHMANDU: The central bank’s decision to withdraw the currency notes carrying ex-king’s portrait has failed to strike the right note.

A day after the cut-off date set by Nepal Rastra Bank to pull out the bank notes carrying ex-king’s image expired, the central bank today said it had postponed the ‘earlier decision’ for a month.

“The central bank for the time being has decided not to impose the decision in the wake of...

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KATHMANDU: United Kingdom’s visiting Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan made an “earthquake walk” from New Road to Chhetrapati, drawing attention of the government and stakeholders on the earthquake vulnerability in the Kathmandu valley.

“If an earthquake hits Kathmandu, it will be a total disaster because buildings here are in very bad condition,” Duncan told THT Online, following the awareness walk, “So...

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KATHMANDU: Senior litterateur Diamond Shumsher Rana died at the Norvic International Hospital in Thapathali on Friday evening. He was 94.

A chronic diabetic, Rana was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital after he fell unconscious on Tuesday. He was suffering from multiple problems including renal failure. He breathed his last at around 6:30 pm this evening.

Rana has authored many novels Seto Bagh, Basanti, Satprayas and Anita based on...

KATHMANDU: The Airbus SAS on Friday refunded USD 750,000 to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) that it had paid in advance in 2009 to the French aircraft company in a controversial deal to buy two aircrafts.

The French aircraft company deposited the sum of money at NAC’s bank account at Himalayan Bank, according to an NAC official. The account number was earlier sent to the Airbus after it showed willingness to refund the money as a gesture of goodwill....

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal administered the oath of office and secrecy to four ministers nominated by the UCPN-Maoist at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas on Friday afternoon.

Khanal has inducted Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Information and Communications. The other ministers include Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Barsha Man Pun and Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma.

With today’s...

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KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leaders and well wishers of the only surviving founder member of Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, known as Kishunji, organised a prayer assembly at Thapathali-based Shiva Mandir wishing for his speedy recovery.

KATHMANDU: After a month long crisis, the UCPN-Maoist on Wednesday decided take part in the Jhalanath Khanal-led government in Krishna Bahadur Mahara's leadership.

The party's Standing Committee took the decision to send a 11-member team to the government today. The  Standing Committee meeting set for tomorrow will finalise the other names and take the formal decision.

According to Maoist Spokesperson Dinanath Sharma, the party leadership will hold...

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