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KATHMANDU: Khabarhub brings to you a glimpse of major developments of the day in Nepal, including politics, business/economy, sports, entertainment, and more.

Ruling coalition finalizes seat sharing in 6 metros and 11 sub-metros

A meeting of the ruling coalition has decided the sharing of seats in six metropolises and 11 sub-metropolises for the upcoming local election to be held on May 13.

According to CPN-Maoist Center leader Dev Gurung, the meeting of the ruling alliance held at Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence in Baluwatar Wednesday afternoon reached an agreement to select common candidates for the metropolitan cities and sub-metropolitan cities.

UML asks lower levels to implement party’s decision on forging electoral alliance

CPN-UML, the main opposition party, has directed all party ranks and files, to implement party’s decision on forging electoral alliance with three parties.

A letter sent to the district in-charges and chairpersons by General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel on Wednesday has asked them to cooperate with RPP-Nepal, Pariwar Dal and Rastriya Janamorcha’s Central Coordinating Council.

RPP unveils manifesto, vows zero-tolerance on corruption

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has made public its commitment targeting the local elections to be held on May 13.

Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden on Wednesday unveiled a commitment document with the slogan: It’s possible to build a strong, prosperous and new Nepal in our lifetime”.

The party, in its manifesto, has assured making timely reforms by continuing the traditional values.

Govt launching Covid-19 booster campaign from April 24

The government plans to launch a three-day nationwide booster dose campaign against Covid-19 from April 24.

The campaign has been aimed at lessening the cases of deaths from the virus.

However, the country has not recorded any death from coronavirus since March 22.

NEPSE falls by 36.73 points Wednesday

On the fourth trading day of the week, the stock market took to its decline trend and fell by 36.73 points.

The market, which had improved on Tuesday, declined by double digits and went down to 2320.51 points on Wednesday. This is a decrease of 1.56 percent.

A total of 228 companies traded 32,506 times on Wednesday.

NEPSE witnessed the trade of 3570014 shares today. The transaction amount on Wednesday was Rs 1.45 billion.

Twist in actor Paul Shah related rape case

Actor Paul Shah related rape case has taken a twist since the minor ‘victim’ changed her statement against the actor on Sunday.

The minor girl who had accused actor Shah of sexual misconduct and rape and filed a case in Tanahu and Nawalpur went hostile before the Tanahu District Court on Sunday.

Publish Date : 20 April 2022 22:43 PM

HoR and National Assembly meetings scheduled for today

KATHMANDU: The House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled to convene

Manaslu marks 70 years of mountaineering history with 3,643 successful ascents

GORKHA: Seventy years of mountaineering history on Mt Manaslu have

Economic Digest: A Snapshot of Nepal’s Business News

KATHMANDU: Economic Digest presents a brief yet comprehensive roundup of

Flood risk and road expansion halt traffic on key road sections

KATHMANDU: Vehicular movement has been suspended along sections of the

Traffic enforcement generates Rs 2.177 million in revenue in a single day

KATHMANDU: A total of 2,365 motorists were penalized for violating