Five signatories withdraw support from no-confidence motion filed against CM Rai in province 1
Nepali Congress has decided to stay neutral during the voting of the no-confidence motion.
Nepali Congress has decided to stay neutral during the voting of the no-confidence motion.
On Monday, the Dahal-Nepal group also relieved Shankar Pokharel and Prithvi Subba Gurung from the posts of the party’s provincial in-charge of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces respectively.
Local residents call in a helicopter to spray water, but fail to put out the fire.
The project is estimated to inundate 162 houses including 80 Majhi households.
Four police units have been set up in the area owing to the growing presence of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.
Personnel have been mobilised in the area to search for them, according to the District Police Office.
Rai is the second chief minister, after Bagmati Chief Minister Dormani Poudel, from the Oli faction to face the no-confidence motion.
Resignation comes as precursor of a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Rai by the Dahal-Nepal faction.
Two weeks on, police have yet to arrest the members of Communist Party of Nepal who abducted and murdered Rajendra Kumar Shrestha.
The tusker would either be tethered by a chain or killed as per the recommendation of a team of experts from Chitwan National Park.
Villagers say the activists of Communist Party of Nepal used to come to their homes asking for food and money.
Villagers from high-altitude settlements migrate to warmer areas during the winter but this year many are staying back because of the pandemic and a lack of income.
The party said it took action against Rajendra Kumar Shrestha for being an informant to the police and helping them arrest party leaders and cadres.
The foundation stone of the bridge was laid 10 years ago but the construction work remains incomplete.
Local residents are having a tough time managing essential commodities and finding markets for their products.
The road project that started some 26 years ago is still incomplete due to the negligence of construction companies, locals say.
Demonstrators took to the streets despite prohibitory order imposed by the local administration.
With a new bridge, Khumbu region has become accessible by land, an alternative to flying to the precarious Lukla airport.
The Rs 24.7 million project will be supplying water to each household of Soyak settlement.
The model settlement in Gramthan Rural Municipality, an open defecation-free local unit in Morang district, does not have any toilets.