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NA forwards Bill on Administrative Court, 2075

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Today’s National Assembly meeting has forwarded the Bill on Administrative Court, 2075 to the Legislation Committee for a clause-wise discussion. All NA members in the meeting agreed in this regard. The Bill was presented by Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal. Likewise, NA Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina read out a letter related to the expansion of Council of Ministers sent by President’s Office. The NA will meet at 11 am on August...

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PM briefs CPN secretariat

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Prime Minister and chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), KP Sharma Oli briefed the party secretariat meeting today about the government’s international relations and contemporary issues. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar. On the occasion, PM and party chairman Oli informed about the initiatives the government has been undertaking for expanding the international relations and also about further collaboration in development works including the post-earthquake reconstruction, CPN spokesman Narayan Kaji Shrestha said. The meeting discussed the preparations regarding unification of party’s province, district and people’s organisation units. The meeting concluded agreeing to convene another meeting soon. The meeting, however, did not discuss the topic of the resignation by party spokesman Shrestha, which he is said to have tendered in the secretariat’s meeting two weeks back, citing his differences with the party leadership over the issue of Dr Govinda KC’s hunger strike. The topic of Shrestha’s resignation did not figure in the meeting agenda...

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All eyes on Ohio special election as test of Trump, Republicans

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

WASHINGTON – Tuesday’s special congressional election in Ohio is the final direct face-off between Republicans and Democrats before the November mid-terms, and President Donald Trump’s party is holding its breath. The seat was supposed to remain safely in Republican hands. But Democrats who anticipate their grassroots activism propelling a “blue wave” this year see a genuine shot at flipping a district long held by the GOP, and sending a message that Trump’s brand of attack politics is in trouble. Republicans control both the Senate and House of Representatives, but in a time of swirling frustration with the commander-in-chief, including from within his party, Trump is worried that any dent in the GOP hold on Congress could hurt its ability to push through his agenda, and expose him to Democratic efforts to oust him from power. In recent weeks he has made several campaign appearances ahead of state primaries, endorsing candidates for Congress and governor and imploring his supporters, as he did in Ohio on Saturday night, to get out and vote. Pollsters rate the Ohio race between Republican state senator Troy Balderson and 31-year-old Democratic lawyer Danny O’Connor as a toss-up. In a swing state that Trump won by eight points in 2016, Balderson’s 10-point lead from June has evaporated. “Ohio, vote today for Troy Balderson for Congress,” the president tweeted Tuesday morning, saying that O’Connor “is weak on...

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Daimler halts Iran activities over US sanctions

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

FRANKFURT AM MAIN – German automaker Daimler on Tuesday said it was halting its business activities in Iran after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Tehran. “We have suspended our already limited activities in Iran in accordance with the applicable sanctions,” a spokeswoman told AFP, adding that Daimler was closely monitoring the political...

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Russia ‘deeply disappointed’ by US sanctions on Iran: foreign ministry

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 |

MOSCOW – Russia on Tuesday said it was “deeply disappointed” by US President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose unilateral sanctions on Iran. “We are deeply disappointed by US steps to reimpose its national sanctions against Iran,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement, adding it will do “everything necessary” to save the historic 2015 Iran nuclear deal and protect its shared economic interests with...

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