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The bank has been operating informally from July 23, 2010. The central bank had issued Mega Bank its operating license on July 20, 2010 after the bank completed all the regulatory requirements to be a Class 'A' commercial bank ...

काठमाडौं, १ असोज : कान्तिपथमा कर्पोरेट कार्यालय रहेको मेगा बैंक नेपाल लि. ले औपचारिक कारोबार सुरु गरेको छ । राष्ट्र बैंकबाट २८ औँ वाणिज्य बैंकका रूपमा कारोबार अनुमति पाएको बैंकको प्रधानमन्त्री माधवकुमार नेपालले शुक्रबार औपचारिक उद्घाटन गरेका हुन् ।

CPN (UML) chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, who returned from a week-long visit to New Delhi a few days earlier, said discussion among the parties on forming a new government is possible.

CPN (UML) chairman Jhala Nath Khanal has returned home after completing a week-long tour to New Delhi, India, Wednesday morning. Speaking to reporters at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu, upon his arrival Khanal said, he would now begin an exercise to form a national consensus government.

The National Government Employees Federation staged demonstration outside the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Wednesday morning in protest of the misbehaving with Chief District Officer of Parsa by minister of state Karima Begum.

The agitating Unified CPN (Maoist) has blocked vehicles entering and leaving Kathmandu valley through various entry points as part of its second round of protests against the President’s move to block erstwhile government’s decision to sack the then army chief, Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday challenged the Unified CPN (Maoist) to topple the current government he leads by "garnering the majority support" in the parliament.

Vice President Parmananda Jha has made up his mind to resign from his post following the recent Supreme Court orders to retake oath in Nepali within a week or quit. Jha decided to resign after he saw no alternative following the latest ...

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 - The Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party meeting that concluded Saturday afternoon has once again directed Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala to furnish clarification over her backing out of the scheduled India ...

Ministers, political leaders, heads of constitutional bodies, and other dignitaries joined students, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army personnel and people from various walks of life in the largest ever tree-plantation campaign ...

PARSA, Aug 22 - Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal remarked on Saturday that Prime Minister Madav Kumar Nepal’s visit to India has been “the most disgraceful moment in the country’s history”. Speaking at ...

KATHMANDU, Aug 8 - Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Saturday made it clear that the resolution motion on President's move submitted by the UCPN (Maoist) can not be discussed in the Constituent Assembly (CA). Maoist Chairman Pushpa ...

The two main ruling parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, have rebuffed the Maoist demand regarding the President's move, describing their warning of a nationwide protest movement as meaningless and irrelevant. A meeting of the senior ...

KATHMANDU, Aug 5 - To address the UCPN (Maoist) demand for correction of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav’s “unconstitutional” move reinstating Chief of the Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday said the ...

The three-week long Maoist central committee meeting concluded on Saturday, taking some policy decisions and dividing organisational responsibilities to the central leaders. The central committee has designated party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as ...

BHAKTAPUR, July 2 - Former Finance Minister and senior Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai Sunday warned to launch agitation from street if their proposal to form a national unity government under the leadership of party that ...

Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav has said the verdict given by the Supreme Court on vice president Parmananda Jha's Hindi swearing-in is not in tandem with democratic values. Speaking to journalists in ...

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is on a visit of diarrhea-affected mid-western districts, has said the government will take all necessary measures to control the spread of the disease that has claimed the lives of over 165 people ...

KATHMANDU, July 12 - An amount of Rs 800 million (USD 1 million) deposited at the Nepal Bangladesh Bank (NBB) by an American company in the name of a Chinese national remains unattended for the past one year. According to a source, ...

The meeting of the legislature parliament scheduled for 8 am Saturday could not take place after Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) led by Upendra Yadav said it would picket the rostrum if they are not allocated a separate parliamentary party ...

Two of the four persons severely beaten up by locals of Chapacho, Bhaktapur, who claimed they were trying to kidnap a child, have died while undergoing treatment at B & B Hospital, Lalitpur. Police have not yet been able to identify the ...

KATHMANDU, July 8 - A day after UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said in parliament that his party was ready "to take concrete" steps for the discharge of disqualified combatants, Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Rakam ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 - Nepali eves continue their winning streak in Malaysia to enter the tournament semi-final after defeating Bhutan in their fourth match of the ACC Women's Twenty 20 Championship. In the match played at Bayuemas ...

KATHMANDU, July 6 - After months of obstruction, the Legislature-Parliament of the Constituent Assembly (CA) has resumed on Monday. The session commenced at around 6.45 pm. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Unified CPN (Maoist) ...

POKHARA, July 6 - Bodies of two Gorkhalis-residents of Gorkha district, among seven, who were killed while heading to collect Yarchagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) in Manang district, were brought to the district headquarters, Chame, on Monday. Post mortem of Gyan ...

At a time when Maoists are alleging that conspiracies are being hatched to impose presidential rule in the country with the Army backing, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav met Army chief Rookmangud Katawal at his office in Shital Niwas ...

KATHMANDU, July 6 - It may come as a surprise to many that of the total 346,000 taxpayers 322 contribute around 60 percent of the total Inland Revenue. The Large Taxpayers Office (LTO), which oversees tax collection from big taxpayers, generates ...

Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal has issued circulars to heads of all six regional headquarters to stay on high alert in the wake of a complicated situation ensued by the recent political changes, Annapurna post daily reported. The ...

Local residents of Gongabu, Kathmandu have staged demonstrations, obstructed traffic and shut down shops in the area protesting against the alleged abduction attempt of a child, Monday. The locals have accused three people of trying to ...

Nepal has continued its victory march in the ACC U-19 Women T-20 championship in Malaysia by winning the third consecutive match on Sunday. Nepal, which got an easy target of 44 runs, beat Qatar by eight wickets. Qatar chose to bat first after ...

China has shown serious concern over the recent meeting of Nepal's CA members with Dalai Lama, Kantipur daily reported. Six CA members representing four political parties had met with the Tibetan religious leader in Dharmashala on June ...

KATHMANDU, July 5 - Only five of the 28 ministers in the new cabinet have submitted the property details even as the seven-day deadline after taking the oath of office has passed. If the ministers had abided by the norms and procedures ...

UML vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam has claimed that the Nepali Congress has been instigating animosity between the UML for its own political gain. Addressing a gathering of UML cadres from Dhankuta district in the capital ...

Senior Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has urged people to stay ready for another uprising as attempts are being made to disband the Constituent Assembly, oust Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and his government and impose an army ...

Nepali U-19 Women's team clinched a hard fought victory over Singapore in a bowl-out over on Saturday, continuing the winning spree in the ACC Women's T-20 cricket being played in Malaysia. Nepal won the match in the bowl-out over ...

Sources said the UML leadership rejected the Maoist proposal for an amendment in the Interim Constitution to define the powers of the prime Minister and the President. The Maoist side also repeated its demand that the Prime Minister ...

Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that a new Maoist-led 'national government' would be formed within one and half month. Speaking to journalists in his home district Chitwan Wednesday, Dahal said he was now concentrating on ...

KATHMANDU, June 29 - Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Monday claimed that a national consensus government under the leadership of his party would be formed within the next few weeks. The Maoist Chairman said so while speaking at ...

Three persons of a US-based non-resident Nepali family, who landed in Kathmandu recently, have been detected with H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), which has caused a global pandemic. Organising a press meet Monday, officials at the Avian Influenza Control ...

KATHMANDU, June 28 - The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), Sanothimi, on Sunday published the the results of the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations held in March. This year 68.47 percent of regular and 49.26 percent exempted ...

परीक्षा नियन्त्रण कार्यालय सानोठिमीले यस वर्षको प्रवेशिका एसएलसी परीक्षाको परीक्षाफल आज प्रकाशित गरेको छ। यसपटकको परिक्षामा नियमित तर्फ ६८ प्रतिशत विद्यार्थी उर्त्तिण भएका छन्। त्यस्तै आंशिक तर्फ ४७ प्रतिशत विद्यार्थी उर्त्तिण भएका छन्। गत चैत्रमा ...

At least six people are reported dead and another one dozen injured in separate road accidents across the country. A person has been killed and two more injured when a private vehicle bound for the capital from Hetauda plunged some 150 feet ...

KATHMANDU, June 26 - Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday claimed that conspiracies are being hatched not to let the new constitution writing complete by derailing the peace Process. "Attempts are being made to derail the peace process and ...

Leaders of the main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) and the ruling CPN (UML) met Friday afternoon in a bid to reach an understanding to break the deadlock in the legislature parliament, but they could not arrive at any conclusion. Senior Maoist leader Narayan ...

In a wake of reports of border encrachment and harassment of Nepalese nationals by Indian armed forces comes news that suspected of Unified CPN (Maoists) have allegedly damaged three border pillars on the Nepal-India border and hoisted a red flag of the..

A little over a year after he left the Narayanhiti Palace following the formal declaration of the erstwhile kingdom as a federal republic by the country's newly elected parliament, former king Gyanendra is said to be preparing to "break his long silence" next ...

Businessmen and representatives of professionals groups have taken the government to task for its failure to maintain law and order and stop disruptions and strikes taking place around the country. Entrepreneurs and professionals, who have formed an ...

Nepali peacekeepers have been awarded medals for their contribution to peace and security in Liberia. 255 Nepali peacekeepers (240 members of Formed Police Units and 15 Military Police officers) were awarded UN peacekeeping medals by the Special ...

The number of Nepalis dying an untimely death in Qatar, a popular destination for foreign employment for Nepali youths, is increasing day by day. A list provided by the Nepalese Embassy in Doha shows 24 youths working in Qatar lost their lives due to various ...

Police on Wednesday recovered the severed head believed to be that of murdered student Khyati Shrestha’s from Raniban area three days after her headless torso was found dumped in Bungamati stream at Sainbu, Lalitpur...