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KATHMANDU: A total of 88 films from 40 countries will be screend during the 9th Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) to be held in Kathmandu on April 2-6. According to NIFF Chairperson KP Pathak, the films have been selected with a focus on the interests of the younger generation.
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KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that it is necessary to move forward with restraint and unity, given the country’s current exceptional circumstances.
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KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has objected to the decision of the Office of the Attorney General to withdraw cases related to organised crime and money laundering against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairperson Rabi Lamichhane.
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ITAHARI: All five deceased of a truck accident in Sunsari on Thursday morning are from the same ward, police say. According to the District Police office, Sunsari, the five died when a truck they were riding overturned on the Hulaki Highway at Soniyahi in Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality–8, Sunsari.
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KATHMANDU: Music Nepal, one of the leading music publishing companies in the country, has built a state-of-the-art post-production studio for the Nepali film and audio-visual industry.
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KATHMANDU: The Gagan Thapa-led Nepali Congress (NC) has submitted updated details of the Central Working Committee (CWC) elected by the party’s 2nd Special General Convention held in Kathmandu to Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari.
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KATHMANDU: Capital expenditure remained at a dismal 12.12% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. According to the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO), only Rs 49.42 billion out of the Rs 407.88 billion allocated for capital expenditure could be spent during the review period.
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ITAHARI: Five workers died when a truck carrying marble lost control and overturned at Phoolchowk in Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality of Sunsari on Thursday morning. The workers were in a truck transporting marble from Biratnagar to Sunsari via the Hulaki Highway.
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KATHMANDU: The 2nd Special General Convention of the Nepali Congress (NC) has elected a new Central Working Committee with Gaga Kumar Thapa as the president. All the office-bearers were elected unopposed on Wednesday night.
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KATHMANDU: The national economy recorded modest year-on-year growth in the first three months of fiscal year 2025/26, even as short-term indicators showed a decline, the National Accounts Estimates published by the Nepal Statistics Office (NSO) shows. As per the seasonally unadjusted data, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at basic prices increased by 3.
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KATHMANDU: The Office of the Attorney General has permitted its subordinate offices to withdraw the money laundering and organised crime charges filed against Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairperson Rani Lamichhane. The cooperative fraud case against Lamichhane, however, will remain in place, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
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KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa, who was expelled from the party for five years on Wednesday, said that the leadership endorsed by the special general convention will be the official leadership of the Nepali Congress.
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KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress has sacked General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, and Joint General Secretary Farmullah Mansoor, among other leaders, for five years. The decision was made by a Central Working Committee meeting held at the party’s central office in Sanepa, according to Central Working Committee member Meenakshi Jha.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index posted a nominal gain of 1.52 points to close trading at 2,641.43 points on Wednesday, the last trading session of the week. The benchmark index remained in the positive territory for most of the session and climbed to an intra-day high of 2,648.82 points.
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KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) appears almost certain to split after party President Sher Bahadur Deuba expressed disagreement with the eight-point proposal put forward by proponents of the ongoing special general convention.
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KATHMANDU: Ujyalo Nepal Party Chairperson Kulman Ghising has said that reports claiming that his party is set to merge with the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) are misleading and false.
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KATHMANDU: Gold prices surged to an all-time high of Rs 278,000 per tola (11.664 grams) in the domestic market on Wednesday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Associations, the price of hallmark gold increased by Rs 1,500 per tola compared to Rs 276,500 per tola on Tuesday.
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KATHMANDU: The selection of new leadership looks certain in Nepali Congress (NC) as a meeting between party President Sher Bahadur Deuba and two General Secretaries, Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, failed to yield any positive outcomes.
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KATHMANDU: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari has clarified that the electoral system and technology cannot be changed once the election date has been announced.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal-based social enterprise Build Up Nepal has been awarded the 2026 Zayed Sustainability Prize—one of the United Arab Emirates’ most prestigious international honors for sustainability. Build Up Nepal was honored in the Climate Action category. Bjorn Soderberg, managing director of Build Up Nepal, received the award.
