- Friday, 30 January 2026
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Election update: Over 141 thousand candidacies filed for May 13 local polls
One hundred forty-one thousand 468 candidacies were filed for various posts for the upcoming local level election scheduled for May 13. The Election Commission (EC) shared an update at 10:30 am today
Achievements And Missed Opportunities
As we observe the 16th year of the restoration of democracy, called Loktantra in Nepali parlance, a reflection on achievements and missed opportunities during these years is imperative. A decade and a half should be enough for a nation to reap the dividends of its democracy. However, the fruit of democracy, restored through a massive people's uprising of 2006, is yet to ripen to its fullest. Of course, the hard-earned Loktantra has guided the nation towards attaining some important goals.
NRCS warns against activities inimical to its principles and prestige
"We the volunteers and employees of NRCS scattered throughout the country are surprised and concerned after some persons including president of the erstwhile ad-hoc committee Dr Netra Prasa
Chheten becomes ward no 7 chair of Phaktanglung Rural Municipality unopposed
They were unopposed because there were no other candidacies filed on their posts to fight the local level election slated for May 13.
Michigan chief IDs officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya
Christopher Schurr’s name had been circulating since his face was seen in videos of the April 4 confrontation with Loya, a Black man.
Nepal Airlines to conduct flight thrice a week to Japan from May 1
The NA is conducting the flights on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
30 file candidacy for Mayor in Bharatpur Metropolis
The office of Chief Election Officer shared the information that 16 are from political parties and 14 independent candidates.
Bajrayogini festival concludes
The eight-day Bajrayogini Festival concluded on Sunday. Locals returned the idols of Bajrayogini and other goddesses to the Bajrayogini temple that lies at the top of a hill some two kilometers away from the ancient city of Sankhu. The idol of the goddess Bajrayogini Mai was brought to Sankhu in a palanquin accompanied by a procession of people playing traditional music for the festival on Saturday last week.
Alia becomes the only Indian to rank in the top 5 cinema actor
After her recent wedding to Ranbir Kapoor earlier this month, Alia Bhatt’s popularity is on a rise. The Gully Boy actress recently made it to the list of the Top 5 Cinema and Actor/Actresses on Instagram. She is also the only Indian and Asian to feature on the list. The actress ranks in the fourth position after beating Jennifer Lopez. Other celebrities on the list include Zendaya at the top, Tom Holland in the second position, and Will Smith ranking third.
Women local leaders fear diminished representation
As the Election Commission (EC) has started nomination process for the representatives of local governments across the country from Sunday, women leaders have said that there are fears that presence of women at the local governments may diminish as parties are forging alliance for upcoming local elections. Article 17 of the Local Level Election Act stipulates that a political party must ensure that one of the local level head or deputy head must be a woman while registering their candidature. "However, the provision will not apply if the party fields only one candidate," adds the act. Because of the provision, women's representation as local level chiefs and deputy chiefs will decrease when alliances are formed in most parts of the country, leaders and analysts of political parties said.
Power from private producers to be linked to national grid
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has taken initiative to connect the completed private sector hydropower projects to the national transmission line as soon as possible. The work of transmission line under construction will be completed immediately to prevent wastage of electricity generated by private sector hydropower projects due to lack of transmission line, said NEA. After it became public that the projects completed in Lamjung could not be connected due to lack of transmission line, the top management of NEA visited under construction hydropower projects in the Dordi and Ngadi rivers and inspected the transmission line under construction to get information about the construction progress.
NRB issues treasury bills worth Rs. 18.60 billion
Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has issued treasury bills worth Rs. 18.60 billion on Monday. Monetary Management Department under the central bank has issued the 28-day and 91-day treasury bills in order to raise internal debt on behalf of the government.
'Shut down threats inappropriate'
Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini expressed dissatisfaction over private sector's warning at times to shut down the industries and businesses, and hand over the keys to the government. "When there is a small challenge, private sector entrepreneurs announce to shut down their industrial establishments and businesses, this will not help. Government is not there to manage their business," he said while speaking at a programme organised by Management Association of Nepal (MAN) to offer suggestions for the budget of the next fiscal year 2022/23.
Plane flew in Nepal two years before Wright brothers invented it: VP Pun
Vice President (VP) Nanda Bahadur Pun has said that the first airplane to fly in the sky of Nepal was built two years before the Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, invented the first airplane. Speaking at the inauguration programme of science exhibition organised by Aviation Museum in Sinamangal, Kathmandu on Monday, VP Pun said that he studied the successful history of airplane flying for the first time in Nepal but because of a lack of acknowledgment and encouragement, Nepal is not recognised as the first country to fly an airplane.
Quake-damaged temples still stand in wooden support
A few historic temples of the World Heritage Sites in the Kathmandu Valley are still standing with the support of wooden poles, even seven years after the massive 2015 earthquake left them cracked. The temples have been awaiting renovation ever since. Kumari Ghar, Shiva Parvati Temple and Mahadev Temple, which were constructed by using stone beside the Dasavatar Temple in Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, the buildings of Mahendra Sanskrit University and Aagam Chhe are still standing with the support of multiple wooden poles.
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