Politics

Biratnagar- The Biratnagar High Court has delivered its final verdict in the high-profile 33 kg gold smuggling and Sanam Shakya murder case, upholding life imprisonment for the main accused while reducing prison terms for three other defendants. A division bench of Justices Mahendra Upadhyay and Prakash Chandra Adhikari issued the…

Kathmandu- The Supreme Court has refused to release Pradeep Adhikari, the suspended Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), on bail. A joint bench of Justices Hari Prasad Phuyal and Shantisingh Thapa on Thursday rejected Adhikari’s bail plea, upholding the earlier order to keep him in custody.…

Kathmandu- Police have clarified that no candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was present in the vehicle involved in the fatal road accident in Rautahat that killed a four-year-old girl. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested and is being investigated on charges of vehicular homicide. The incident…

Kathmandu- The Election Commission (EC) is to depute volunteers in all wards across the country for voter education. The election to the House of Representatives is taking place across the country on March 5. According to the EC, volunteers are going to be deputed in all 6743 wards of the…

Kathmandu- As the Falgun 21 House of Representatives election approaches, the report of the commission investigating the Gen-z Movement has begun to surface as a major political agenda, particularly in Jhapa Constituency No. 5, where UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli and Rastriya Swatantra Party-backed candidate Balendra (Balen) Shah are in…

Nawalpur- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that the government estimates around Rs 31 billion will be spent on the upcoming elections. Speaking to journalists in Nawalpur on Tuesday, where she arrived to attend a program organized by the National Service Party, Prime Minister Karki clarified that preparations are underway…

Kathmandu- The price of gold has surged sharply in the Nepali market, increasing by Rs 14,400 per tola in a single day. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers, the price of gold was fixed at Rs 304,700 per tola on Wednesday. A day earlier, on Tuesday,…

Kathmandu- Legal proceedings related to the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the dispute over the legitimacy of the Nepali Congress leadership are unlikely to move forward before the House of Representatives election scheduled for Falgun 21. Developments at the Supreme Court indicate that hearings on both matters are…

Jhapa — Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and outgoing Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah (Balen), has issued a clarification regarding the use of dozers in squatter settlements in Kathmandu after questions were raised by locals during his visit to a squatter settlement in Jhapa. Shah…

Kathmandu — President Ramchandra Paudel departed for an official visit to Japan on Sunday at the invitation of the Japanese government, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan. President Paudel was seen off at the VVIP Lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport by…