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Trekking guides dissatisfied with new tourism act

Jul 29, 2020

KATHMANDU, JULY 28 The new Tourism Act that was recently drafted by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has been submitted to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs for further discussions before it is approved. However, the trekking guides are not very happy with the act. The Trekking Guide Association of Nepal (TGA...

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President prorogues ongoing House session on recommendation of the government

Jul 2, 2020

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has given seal of approval to government’s proposal to prorogue the ongoing House session and has thereby endorsed the same. With this, the current session of Federal Parliament will come to an end effective from 5:00 pm today. Rt. Hon. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari prorogues 6th session of the feder...

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HoR Speaker, NA Chairman express best wishes on Parliament Day

Jun 30, 2020

KATHMANDU: Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina have extended best wishes to all Nepalis on the occasion of the Parliament Day today. The chairman duo paid tribute to all those that sacrificesd their lives for the establishment of the democratic system, and expressed symp...

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Parliamentary panel passes Federal Civil Service Bill

Jun 30, 2020

KATHMANDU, JUNE 29 State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives has passed the Federal Civil Service Bill. The bill was passed by the panel despite the note of dissent from some ruling party lawmakers. The bill has proposed new retirement age for government employees. As per the bill, the employees can work till 60 ye...

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Opinion: This is the time to stay focused

Jun 25, 2020

The Lower House of the Parliament unanimously endorsed the Second Constitution Amendment Bill last week. The bill was approved by the Upper House in the following week after it was debated upon. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has authenticated the bill, thereby bringing it into force as the Second Constitution Amendment Act, 2077 (2020). The bill ai...

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House panel points out discrepancies in purchase of medical supplies

Jun 23, 2020

Kathmandu, June 22 The preliminary report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under the Federal Parliament has revealed that the Ministry of Health and Population had passed the COVID-19-related medical supplies procurement process by directly seeking proposals without ascertaining the source of the budget and preparing cost estimates. The repor...

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Parliamentary panel passes citizenship bill

Jun 21, 2020

KATHMANDU, JUNE 21 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee today passed the constitution (amendment) bill proposing to grant naturalised citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men only after seven years. The parliamentary panel passed the bill on the basis of majority. The bill was opposed by the Nepali Congress and the Janata Samaj...

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State Affairs committee endorses citizenship bill

Jun 21, 2020

KATHMANDU: The Federal Parliament‘s State Affairs Committee (SAC)  has endorsed the citizenship bill containing provision of a seven-year waiting period for a foreign woman married to a Nepali citizen to acquire naturalised citizenship. The Nepal Communist party (NCP) Secretariat on Saturday decided to make foreign women married to Nepali ...

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Proportional Representation lists for parliamentary, provincial polls unveiled

Nov 5, 2017

Kathmandu, November 3 The Election Commission today unveiled lists of provincial and parliamentary proportional representation candidates submitted by parties.   The poll panel said political parties had submitted names of 6,094 candidates. Of the total candidates in the PR lists for parliamentary and provincial polls, 793 males and 931 fe...

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Deadly Attack Near U.K. Parliament, Four Dead (Video)

Mar 23, 2017

LONDON — An attack outside Parliament traumatized the seat of British power on Wednesday in a confusing swirl of violence that left at least four people dead — including an assailant and police officer — injured 20 and prompted the hasty evacuation of the prime minister. The police said they were treating the attack as terrorism,...

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