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EC to provide election symbols today
Published On: May 5, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 5: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday is providing election symbols to parties contesting the first phase of the local elections scheduled for May 14.
Quake victims keenly await elections
Published On: May 5, 2017 01:10 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota
GORKHA, May 5: Two years have passed since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake of April 25, 2015. Yet, the wounds it inflicted are still fresh on the minds of the quake survivors of Gorkha district, the epicenter of the quake that killed nearly 9,000 people and injured about 22,000 others, not to mention the tens of thousands it made homeless.
Parties nominate female candidates for major posts in Chitwan
Published On: May 5, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel
CHITWAN, May 5: Unlike many other districts, major political parties have picked some female candidates for the major posts of various local units in Chitwan.
UML asks EC to hold second phase poll before budget
Published On: May 5, 2017 12:50 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 5: Dismayed at the Election Commission (EC)'s consent to hold the second phase the local elections after the budget, the main opposition CPN-UML has urged the election body to reconsider the decision.
Schools to remain closed for one week for election
Published On: May 4, 2017 08:19 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 4: The government has granted a week-long holiday in school for the upcoming local level election slated for May 14.
Election office withdraws mayoral candidacy of NC in Bharatpur
Published On: May 4, 2017 07:21 PM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel
KATHMANDU, May 4: Referring to the letter from the party President Sher Bahadur Deuba as the official one, the District Election Office, Chitwan has withdrawn the nomination of Dinesh Koirala as the mayoral candidate of Bharatpur Metropolitan City from the Nepali Congress (NC).
CPN-UML urges EC to revise 2nd phase polls date
Published On: May 4, 2017 05:47 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, May 4: The main opposition party CPN-UML has drawn the attention of the Election Commission (EC) to the date announced by the government for the second phase of the local level election.
NC local leaders in Chitwan against forging electoral alliance
Published On: May 4, 2017 02:02 PM NPT By: Ramesh Kumar Paudel
CHITWAN, May 4: At a time when central leaders of Nepali Congress and CPN(Maoist Center) are reportedly talking about forging electoral alliance with each other, local leaders of the former have said they will contest the local level elections alone citing that Bharatpur is the stronghold of Nepali Congress.
Three arrested for anti-election acts
Published On: May 4, 2017 09:51 AM NPT By: Republica
CHITWAN, May 4: The District Police Office, Chitwan has arrested three persons last night on the charge of indulging in anti-election activities.
More than five hundred nominations in Rasuwa
Published On: May 4, 2017 08:37 AM NPT By: Republica
RASUWA, May 4: The number of candidates filing nominations to various positions in the five rural municipalities under the May 14 local elections has crossed five hundred in the district.
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