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Central Committee meet of UML’s Nepal faction underway in Buddhanagar KATHMANDU: The Central Committee (CC) meeting of the CPN-UML’s Madhav Kumar Nepal faction is underway at a banquet in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu, Thursday afternoon. The meeting is dwelling on issues related to UML unity and latest political developments, informed Standing Committee (SC) member Bhim Acharya. A SC meeting was held at the same place earlier. The CC meeting began after the SC meet concluded. Nearly 70 central members are said to be attending the meeting. Earlier, the SC meeting of the faction floated UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli’s exit as a…

COVID-19: 16 districts report over 500 active cases 3 in State 1, 7 in Bagmati, 4 in Gandaki, 1 each in Lumbini and Karnali (Image for Representation) KATHMANDU:  The number of districts having more than 500 active coronavirus cases has reached 16 in the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, the districts having more than 500 active cases include Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Makwanpur, Kavrepalanchok, Nuwakot, Nawalparasi East, Kaski, Baglung, Gorkha, Rupandehi and Surkhet. Similarly, there are more than 500 active infection cases in three districts of State 1, seven in Bagmati, four in…

Govt effortful to resume power supply in flood-hit Melamchi Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal. (File photo) KATHMANDU: The government is working to ensure resumption of power supply through alternative methods in the flood-hit areas in Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk district. Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal instructed the concerned authorities to resort to the alternative methods to resume power supply at the earliest. A tower of a 66-KV transmission line of a local hydropower project was damaged in the massive flood that occurred on 15 June this year. Similarly, three transmission lines were swept…

UML Chair Oli alone is not responsible for HoR dissolution: Narayan Kaji Shrestha Says India should apologize in Darchula incident CPN-Maoist Center leader and NA lawmaker Narayan Kaji Shrestha. (File photo) KATHMANDU: CPN-Maoist Center Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said that the then Prime Minister KP Oli was not the only person responsible for the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR). Speaking at a special session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, leader Shrestha held the previous governments as well as the political leaders for being responsible for the House dissolution in one way or the other. “He (KP…

PM Deuba, NC Vice President Nidhi hold talks at Baluwatar Discuss integration issue Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (L) and NC Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi. KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi have held a meeting at Baluwatar on Tuesday evening. Nidhi, during the meeting with Deuba, said that it is not lawful to reopen the integration file at the request of Ram Chandra Poudel’s faction. Complaining that Poudel had not cooperated in holding the meeting to complete the remaining work of the integration, Nidhi said that the justification of the…

One dies and 19 get infected of COVID-19 in Banke NEPALGUNJ: One person has died when 19 people got infected of coronavirus in Banke district on Tuesday. According to Tej Bahadur Oli, focal person of District Covid Crisis Management Center, Banke, a 57-year-old man of Bheriganga-5, Surkhet died at Bheri Hospital on Tuesday morning. He had undergone PCR test in Surkhet on July 20 and was admitted to Bheri Hospital on July 21. According to focal person Oli, 19 out of 172 people tested against coronavirus tested positive in Banke on Tuesday. With Tuesday’s cases added to the tally there…