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News18
April 23, 2018
Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that he had spoken to both his Indian and Pakistani counterparts to resume the stalled ... by the Federal Parliament Secretariat in Kathmandu on Sunday, Prime Minister Oli said that building friendly relations based on mutual understanding,Ãâà...
Reliefweb
April 17, 2018
An earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck an area between Kathmandu and Pokhara in the morning of 25 April 2015. ... For more information about the floods operation, refer to this link: Nepal Floods 2017 Nepal held Federal Parliament and Provincial Assembly elections simultaneously in twoÃâà...
Himalayan Times
April 17, 2018
KATHMANDU: CPN-UML leader and Parliamentary Regulations Draft Committee coordinator Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel has said that new provision has been drafted in to make Prime Minister address the Federal Parliament twice a month. Speaking at an interaction programme in Kathmandu, on Tuesday,Ãâà...
STRATFOR
April 16, 2018
... Stratfor wrote, "the competition for international influence between China and India will intensify in 2018," adding that "Nepal, for instance, will continue courting Chinese investment through Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, now that the Left Alliance has secured a majority in Nepalese parliament." India'sÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
April 4, 2018
Apr 5, 2018-Nepali documentary film Bhagyale Bachekaharu (Nepal Earthquake: Heroes, Survivors, and Miracles) is set to be screened at the Scottish Parliament on April 24, marking the third year since the 2015 earthquakes. This will be the first time a Nepali film is being screened at the Scottish Parliament and theÃâà...
Doordarshan
April 4, 2018
The maiden session of new Parliament had started on March 5. During the session 11 meetings of House of Representatives, the lower house, and 10 meetings of National Assembly, the upper house, were held. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli won the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives onÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
April 3, 2018
“I'll talk about resolving the problems in holding the Saarc summit while also discussing measures to expedite the BBIN [Bhutan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal] forum,” Oli said. The 19th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation scheduled to be held in Islamabad in 2016 wasÃâà...
Himalayan Times
April 1, 2018
Spokesperson for the Parliament Secretariat Bharat Raj Gautam said the Lower House was expected to take a call on two ordinances — Election for the National Assembly Ordinance and Medical Education Ordinance. Besides that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will address the House before embarking onÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 29, 2018
In her first address to the joint session of Federal Parliament after being re-elected on March 13, President Bhandari on Wednesday said the elections to the federal and ... Bhandari said during her 16-minute address that the country should be spared another conflict by resolving issues through Parliament.
Himalayan Times
March 29, 2018
As per the Constitution of Nepal 2072, the ordinance should be endorsed by both the houses of the Parliament. If the joint meeting of the Parliament passes the ... The ordinance bars opening of new medical colleges in Kathmandu Valley for the next 10 years. It also states that a hospital has to run for atÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 29, 2018
Mar 30, 2018-The government is all set to table the much awaited Health Profession Education (HPE) ordinance in the Parliament on Friday. According to the House work schedule published today, Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel will present the HPE ordinance at the parliament meet scheduled for 1 pm. LikewiseÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 26, 2018
Mar 27, 2018-Following the Cabinet decision to fix the date for presidential address to the Federal Parliament, the Parliament Secretariat plans to hold the first joint meeting of the House of ... She was elected the first female president of the country in October 2015, after promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal. Published:Ãâà...
Mid-Day
March 14, 2018
Nepal parliament will elect the new President on Tuesday, with voting set to start from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Incumbent President Bidhya Devi Bhandari is standing in the fray for her second term challenged by Laxmi Rai from the Nepali Congress, but the mathematical calculation has shown the vote toÃâà...
P.M. News
March 14, 2018
Nepal's parliament on Tuesday re-elected Bidhya Bhandari as the country's president, three months after parliamentary polls were held. Bhandari, the incumbent president for the last two and a half years, was backed by the ruling Unified Marxist-Leninist party, the largest in the parliament. “BhandariÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 13, 2018
Subash Chandra Nembang, Former Speaker and Deputy Parliamentary Party leader of CPN-UML, casting his ballot in the election for President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, at the premises of Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
660 News
March 12, 2018
LONDON – Police in London say two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution after a suspicious package was found at Britain's Parliament complex. The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Monday about a package at the Norman Shaw Buildings, which are near the Houses ofÃâà...
Firstpost
March 11, 2018
Kathmandu: Nepal's newly-elected Prime Minister K P Oli on Sunday won a historic vote of confidence with two-thirds majority in the country's lower House of Parliament. Oli, who was appointed to the post on 15 February, secured 208 votes out of total 268 Parliament members present in the House ofÃâà...
Xinhua
March 10, 2018
KATHMANDU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a leader of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), was elected as the speaker of the House ... A parliament meeting held Saturday afternoon elected Mahara as the speaker of the lower house of the Nepalese Federal Parliament.
Business Standard
March 9, 2018
CPN Maoist Centre leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara was today elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the bicameral federal parliament of Nepal. Mahara was elected unopposed as he was the only candidate to file nomination for the post. The official announcement ofÃâà...
Firstpost
March 4, 2018
Kathmandu: Newly-elected members of Nepal's Parliament were sworn-in in Kathmandu on Sunday, following historic provincial and parliamentary polls in 2017 in the Himalayan nation. Senior-most member of the House of Representatives Mahantha Thakur administered the oath of office and secrecy toÃâà...
Business Standard
March 4, 2018
Newly-elected members of Nepal's Parliament were sworn-in here today, following historic provincial and parliamentary polls last year in the Himalayan nation. Senior-most member of the House of Representatives Mahantha Thakur administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new members of theÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 3, 2018
Clad in a black suit and a Nepali dhaka topi, Silwal reached the Parliament building around 11 am to attend a joint Parliamentary Party meeting of the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre). The meeting was called to train Members of Parliament ahead of the federal parliament meeting scheduled Monday.
The Kathmandu Post
March 2, 2018
Wanted lawmaker Nawaraj Silwal spotted in Parliament building. - Post Report, Kathmandu. Mar 3, 2018-Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police and newly-elected lawmaker Nawaraj Silwal, who is in the most wanted list of police for a document forgery case, was spotted in the premises of ParliamentÃâà...
Business Standard
February 19, 2018
Nepal to hold first Parliament session on March 5 ... Nepal's new bicameral Parliament will begin work in March for the first time since its approval in the 2015 Constitution, ending a transition that began 10 years ago, ... P. Sharma Oli, who was sworn in on February 15, the Kathmandu Post reported.
Himalayan Times
February 12, 2018
The Parliament Secretariat has taken many references from policies and practices of the previous House of Representatives and National Assembly which were formed under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1990. Parliament Secretary Birendra Bahadur Karki, who has the experience of workingÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
This decision follows the government's move to provide Nepal Army land near the Ministry of Home Affairs. The new ... Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took the decision to construct parliament building, besides four other decisions, on the first day of assuming the office of the executive head of the country.
Himalayan Times
December 31, 1999
Likewise, CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal re-emphasised on the fact that the left-alliances overwhelming majority should not scare anybody. He stated that the government must be allowed some tome to prove their committments rather than the opposition getting to criticisms before time.
