Kathmandu, October 14 The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has introduced a mandatory examination for anyone seeking to become the party’s candidate in the upcoming local-level elections, making completion of training and passing the Leadership Academy test a prerequisite for nomination. According to the party’s Local Election Candidate Selection Framework 2026, the Leadership Academy examination will […] The post RSP makes leadership academy exam mandatory for local election candidates appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has rejected the nomination of Chudamani Kharel as Nepal’s ambassador to Malaysia. The committee declined to endorse Kharel’s nomination for the diplomatic post. The post Parliamentary committee rejects Chudamani Kharel’s nomination as ambassador to Malaysia appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has introduced a series of new measures aimed at changing the traditional candidate selection process of political parties ahead of the 2027 local-level elections. The party on Wednesday unveiled its Local Election Candidate Selection Framework 2027, prioritising merit, internal democracy and public preferences over the practice of […] The post RSP introduces 10 new rules for selecting local election candidates appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 Malaysia has provided Nepal with US$1 million (more than Rs 150 million) to restore and rebuild the areas affected by the Bhotekoshi flood. Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan handed over the cheque for the amount, to be deposited in Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Natural Disaster Relief Fund. […] The post Malaysia gives Nepal over Rs 150 million for post-flood reconstruction appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has rejected the nomination of Giribahadur Sunar as Nepal’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The decision followed questions raised over various allegations against Sunar, including reports that he had been deported from Germany. The allegations were discussed during the committee’s deliberations before it announced its decision to reject his […] The post Parliamentary committee rejects Saudi ambassador nominee Giribahadur Sunar appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 Rubin Maharjan and Evana Thapa of AVM Table Tennis Club won gold at the Nepal Youth Table Tennis Championship on Wednesday. Rubin won the boys’ U-21 singles and Ivana the girls’. At the competition, held at the National Table Tennis Training Centre in Lainchaur, Gananjaya Dahal of Nepal Police finished second in […] The post Rubin and Evana win gold at Nepal Youth Table Tennis Championship appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Khagendra Sunar has come under renewed scrutiny after an audio recording allegedly featuring him verbally abusing a woman and threatening to kill her son was made public, adding to a history of controversies surrounding the parliamentarian. The audio, published by the online edition of Jana Aastha weekly […] The post RSP lawmaker Sunar faces renewed scrutiny over audio allegedly containing threats against a woman appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 One person has been arrested in Dolpa with illegal medicinal herbs. Acting on specific information that herbs had been illegally collected and hidden in the Laini forest of Kaike Rural Municipality-1, police arrested the person with 1,225 kg of spikenard. The District Police Office, Humla, said the arrested person is Arjun Budhathoki, […] The post One arrested with 1,225 kg of spikenard in Dolpa appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has approved 10 of the 13 ambassadorial nominees recommended for various countries. The committee has approved the nominations for India, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Oman, South Korea, Spain and Sri Lanka. The nominees approved are Dr Nischal Nath Pandey for India, Kalyan Raj […] The post Parliamentary committee approves 10 of 13 ambassadorial nominees appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, October 14 The Finance Ministry has projected that floods in the Bhote Koshi River will affect revenue collection, increase government spending obligations and put additional pressure on available resources in the current fiscal year 2026/27. In its annual economic bulletin for fiscal year 2025/26, the ministry said the closure of the Rasuwa-Tatopani border crossing, […] The post Bhote Koshi floods to raise spending obligations and strain government revenue, says Finance Ministry appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.