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Kathmandu, May 10 From Tuesday night, all international border checks will be closed for 72 hours. For the security of local elections, the administration has decided to seal the border from midnight till polling day. A period of silence is observed for 72 hours prior to election day. During the silence time, international border checks are closed, and campaigning is …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, May 9 CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has responded to CPN-Unified Socialist (CPN-US) Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal by saying that after the May 13 election, it will be known who is finished and who is rotten. CPN-US Chair Nepal dubbed the UML a rotten pumpkin at an election gathering organized by the ruling coalition in Pokhara …

Kathmandu, May 9 Only vehicles with valid driver’s licenses will be permitted to drive on May 13, the day of the local election. Journalists will be issued a driver’s license (pass) based on the quota allotted to them. On election day, voters are not permitted to drive. Vehicles licensed by the Election Commission and the District Administration Office, on the …

Kathmandu, May 8 In preparation for the upcoming local elections, a team of the Armed Police Force has increased security monitoring in the Nepal-India border areas of Bara and Parsa. For the objective of controlling criminal actions in the border areas during the election, high-security surveillance has been implemented in both districts’ border zones. All subordinate security branches of the …

Kathmandu, May 8 Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba have promised to resolve the issues of citizenship by passing the bill on citizenship from the parliament. Addressing an election rally organized by the five-party alliance in Janakpurdham on Saturday, Prime Minister Deuba said the government will table the bill on citizenship and pass it from the parliament …

Kathmandu, May 7 After KP Sharma Oli’s outrage, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba announced the formation of a five-party alliance. Deuba claimed they created the alliance to preserve democratic rights and institutionalize the republic while speaking at an election rally held by the ruling coalition in Butwal. He claimed that despite the court’s restoring of the …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, May 6 Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center), has said that if the five-party alliance is rejected in Bharatpur, the country would suffer. Chairman Dahal, addressing a mass gathering organized by the five-party alliance on Thursday, said the country could go forward if the five-party alliance continues to exist. “The country will …

Kathmandu, May 6 The administration has agreed that schools with polling stations would be given three days off. The Prime Minister’s Office and the Council of Ministers made a decision. From the 11th to the 13th of May, the Ministry of Education has decided to close schools that have polling stations and polling booths for three days. The ministry’s Education …

Kathmandu, May 6 Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has urged all the political parties and eligible voters to take part in the upcoming May 13 local level election. Addressing a security meeting organized in Rajbiraj of Saptari district on Thursday, Home Minister Khand asked the local administration and security bodies to work on the creation of election atmosphere to ensure …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, May 5 Home Minister Bal Krishna Khan has said that it is the responsibility of the government to organize the local elections in a clean, fair, peaceful, and fearless environment. Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has directed security agencies to help organize the May 13 local elections fairly and impartially as the government has shouldered the …