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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.

Nepal beat Namibia by 3 wickets, 3 wins in 3 matches

Aashif Sheikh and Gyanendra Malla’s record-breaking partnership and Kushal Malla’s explosive half-century helped Nepal defeat Namibia by 3 wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup League-2 on Saturday.

While winning the third match in a row in League-2, Nepal completed the target of 275 runs given by Namibia by losing 3 wickets after playing 47.3 overs.

Nepal Army Celebrates Army Day

The Nepal Army has held a special function at Sainik Manch, Tundikhel on the occasion of Mahashivaratri and Army Day.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ were present on the occasion.

Nepal sees three new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, active cases 17

Nepal recorded three new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours as of Saturday.

The confirmed cases were detected through the RT-PCR method.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a total of 937 swab samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

Province 1 UML recommends action against 81 including Durga Prasai

The province 1 committee of CPN-UML has taken action against 81 provincial committee members including central committee member Durga Prasai.

The province 1 committee meeting held on Friday decided to dismiss them from the party committee.

According to Province 1 Committee Secretary Chintan Pathak, the committee took action against those who were absent from the meeting for 5 times. He informed that 81 people who did not attend the meeting and were not involved in any activities of the provincial committee were removed from their responsibilities.

Bir Hospital to run Burn ward within 3 months

Newly appointed Executive Director of Bir Hospital, Dr Santosh Paudel, has said that a burn ward will be put into operation at the hospital within the next three months.

EC calls for party registration for Chitwan-2 by-election

The Election Commission has called for the registration of political parties for the by-elections to be held on April 23.

Issuing a notice on Saturday, EC urged all political parties interested to take part in the by-elections to be held in Chitwan-2.

395 jailbirds, including parliamentarian Chaudhary given amnesty

Parliamentarian Arun Chaudhary, who is currently in Kailali jail, has been given amnesty on the occasion of Democracy Day (Falgun 7).

President Bidya Devi Bhandari gave amnesty on the occasion of Democracy Day to Chaudhary.

Publish Date : 18 February 2023 22:42 PM

Supreme Court upholds Thapa-led Congress team, rejects Deuba petition

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a petition filed

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Two killed, five injured in separate road accidents in Makwanpur

HETAUDA: Two people lost their lives and five others were

334 arrested in drug-related cases in Kanchanpur

MAHENDRANAGAR: Police in Kanchanpur took action against 334 individuals in

Tourism entrepreneurs upbeat about two-day holiday

POKHARA: Tourism entrepreneurs have expressed optimism following the government’s decision