Thursday, August 13th, 2026

NC expresses sorrow over the demise of former minister Alam



KATHMANDU: The Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress has expressed sorrow over the demise of former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam and passed a condolence motion.

The meeting held on Saturday at the party’s central office in Sanepa passed the condolence proposal in memory of the late Alam.

As a mark of respect, the Central Working Committee meeting scheduled for Kartik 23 has been postponed to Kartik 25. The party has also decided to fly flags at half-mast at central, provincial, and district offices on Kartik 22, 23, and 24; close all offices

on Kartik 23, and keep condolence books for 13 days.

Aftab Alam, 63, former central committee member, minister, and Rautahat district president of the Nepali Congress, passed away while undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College in Sinamangal. He began his political career in 2036 BS through the Nepal Students Union and served multiple times as minister during his long political journey.

Publish Date : 08 November 2025 16:04 PM

Kishor Shrestha taken to Government Attorney’s office in handcuffs

KATHMANDU: Senior journalist Kishor Shrestha was taken to the Kathmandu

Govt recovers Rs 510 million in long-pending industrial dues

KATHMANDU: The government has intensified efforts to recover industrial dues

Two-day weekly public holiday here to stay: Minister Gautam

KATHMANDU: The government has clarified that it has no plans

Woman arrested with 74 kg of banned red wild mushrooms in Surkhet

SURKHET: Surkhet police have arrested a woman after seizing five

Death toll from Rolpa landslide rises to seven, five still missing

KATHMANDU: The death toll from a landslide triggered by incessant