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PM Oli holds meeting with Prachanda, Deuba

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 |

Prime Minister and Chairperson of Nepal Communist Party (NCP), KP Sharma Oli, today held a meeting with NCP Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and President of the main opposition, Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba, at PM residence in Baluwatar. The meeting between the leaders trio focused on current political issues and forging a consensus to select office-bearers of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons, said PM Oli’s press advisor Surya...

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Adverse weather affects domestic flights at TIA

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 | ,

Adverse weather caused by winter rainfall for a couple of days has affected operations of domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). The international flights are, however, regular, the TIA Office said. According to TIA general manager Devendra KC, domestic service at TIA has been partially disrupted due to adverse weather. Some flights were operated in the morning. The winter rainfall since Thursday evening has caused a low visibility, thus affecting flight operations at airports across the country including TIA. High hilly areas and mountainous regions are hit by heavy snowfall and it has worsened the situation, affecting the flight schedule largely. A total of 20 airlines companies including 10 helicopters provide domestic service from...

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Westerly wind brings precipitation, weather to improve from Saturday

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 | ,

Cloudy condition prevails across the country today with rainfall and snowfall in the high hilly and mountainous areas, due to the influence of the westerly low pressure system. Light to moderate rainfall has occurred in most of the places of the country while light to moderate snowfall has taken place in the high hilly and mountainous areas, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Meteorological Forecasting Division said. Meteorologist Sajina Shakya said precipitation is taking place in most places of the country today due to the influence of the westerly low pressure system. She said the weather will likely improve from Saturday. The Division has issued a special weather bulletin for the next 24 hours, warning of the possibility of heavy snowfall in many places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the central and western part of the country. It has urged for precaution in view of this. The weather is generally to completely cloudy in the western, central and eastern hilly region, the Division stated. Continuous rainfall is taking place in most places of the country including the Kathmandu Valley since Thursday evening. Rainfall is still occurring in the Valley. Normal life has been affected due to the rain. Cold has increased in Kathmandu due to rain. According to the Division, Kathmandu received 21 millimetres rain today. Similarly, Bhairahawa received 39 millimetres, Dang 27 millimetres, Pokhara 23...

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Parliamentary party meet will settle dispute of speaker selection: Minister Dhakal

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 |

Minister for Health and Population, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, has said that the parliamentary party meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) would settle the dispute related to selection of Speaker. At a programme organised by NCP Shuklagandaki town committee at Dulegauda today, Minister Dhakal said that the dispute over election of speaker would not remain for long. Saying the parliament has become the captive in lack of election of Speaker, he shared the information that the party would select candidate for the Speaker at consensus. The Health Minister said that discussion would also be held about Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in the parliamentary party meeting. Stressing that party cadres should make the publicity of good works of the incumbent government, he said that the government has been active to materialize ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’...

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RPP CWC plenary from January 31

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 |

A full meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s central working committee will be taking place in the central capital Kathmandu from coming January 31. The meeting will discuss about the preparations for the party’s upcoming Central General Convention scheduled for May-June. Review of contemporary political situation and fixation of party’s future course of action and programmes are other agenda set for the meeting, according to party publicity department chief Mohan Shrestha. It will also seek possibility for unification with other parties having similar ideologies. Party chair Kamal Thapa is scheduled to present a political report about the contemporary political issues in the meeting which takes place in every three...

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