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Balen, Sunita Dongol all set to win Kathmandu Metropolitan City

Balen, Sunita Dongol all set to win Kathmandu Metropolitan City
25 MAY, KATHMAND : Balendra Shah and Sunita Dongol are all set to win Kathmandu Metropolitan City as Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Balendra Shah, an independent candidate and perhaps the most unexpected candidate to win is now all set to become the Mayor of Kathmandu. As of Wednesday afternoon, Shah was leading with 55,777 votes, ahead of Sirjana Singh of... Read More

Five Images of Gods repatriated from USA

Five Images of Gods repatriated from USA
25 May, KATHMANDU : The gilded figures of Gods stolen from different parts of Nepal have been repatriated from the United States. Among the repatriated religious figures were Standing Buddha that was lost from Kwaya Bahi, Lalitpur, Padmapani Lokeswora, Chaturmukhi Shivalinga (Panchadeval Temple, Pasupati), Uma Maheswori (Ga: Hiti, Lalitpur) and Nagaraja (Bhagawan Bahal, Naxal). As informed, Uma Maheswora sculpture has... Read More

What’s in Biden’s proposed new Asia trade pact?

What’s in Biden’s proposed new Asia trade pact?
23 MAY, TOKYO : President Joe Biden faced a dilemma on trade in Asia: He couldn’t just rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership that his predecessor had pulled the US out of in 2017. Many related trade deals, regardless of their content, had become politically toxic for US voters, who associated them with job losses. So Biden came up with a replacement.... Read More

Renu Dahal elected Mayor in Bharatpur Metropolis

Renu Dahal elected Mayor in Bharatpur Metropolis
24 MAY, CHITWAN : Both mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates from the ruling alliance have been elected in Bharatpur Metropolis. Renu Dahal from CPN (Maoist Centre) secured the victory as the Mayor with a wide margin of 12,449 votes. Dahal collected 52,030 votes while her nearest rival from CPN UML Bijay Subedi got 39,581 votes. Similarly, Nepali Congress candidate Chintra... Read More

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer
22 May, USA : President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak. Nearly 2.5 million people have been sickened by “fever” in North Korea and it is under a nationwide lockdown, according to the country’s state media. It is thought to be particularly vulnerable... Read More

Russia war crimes allegations mount as Ukraine refugees top six million

Russia war crimes allegations mount as Ukraine refugees top six million
KYIV, Ukraine, May 13, (AFP): Russia faced mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine Friday including forcing thousands of people into interrogation camps, as the number of refugees reported to have fled the conflict surpassed six million. The Russian invasion has also led to a seismic policy change by Finland, whose leaders said Thursday the previously neutral nation must apply... Read More

Bangladesh restricts foreign travel for government officials

Bangladesh restricts foreign travel for government officials
DHAKA, May 12 (Xinhua) : The Bangladeshi government has restricted foreign trips of its officials under operating and development budgets in the context of post-COVID-19 economic recovery and an ongoing global crisis. The country’s Ministry of Finance Thursday issued a notification saying that all types of foreign trips, including exposure visits, study tours, workshops and seminars for all government officials... Read More

Ballot boxes to be ferried by helicopter

Ballot boxes to be ferried by helicopter
Darchula, May 14 (RSS): A Nepal Army helicopter has left for Chhangaru Tinkar, the most remote place in the district, to bring the ballot boxes of the polling that took place on Friday. The ballot box of Ward No. 1, which has two polling stations, has been kept in Chhangru. Chief District Officer Dirgharaj Upadhyaya said that the ballot boxes... Read More

Counting of votes of Kathmandu to begin

Counting of votes of Kathmandu to begin
Kathmandu, May 14 (RSS): Preparations for the counting of votes of Kathmandu Metropolitan City have reached the final stage. An all-party meeting held on Friday night had decided to count the votes from 8 am today. The counting of votes will be done at the office of the Returning Officer in the City Hall building. Election Officer Prem Kumar Shrestha... Read More

Counting begins in Gokarneshwar

Counting begins in Gokarneshwar
Kathmandu, May 14 (RSS): Counting of votes of local level election in Gokarneshwor Municipality has started. The counting of votes has started from Ward No. 1 of the municipality, where 800 votes have been counted, said Election Officer Ranju Gautam. According to the preliminary results, the Nepali Congress candidate for the post of mayor and deputy mayor have taken the... Read More