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Dahal sends written reply to apex court; Court misused for publicity

Kathmandu / May 31: CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday has sent a response in writing to the apex court on a ‘contempt of court’ case filed against him. Lokmani Pokharel as a representative of defendant Dahal reached the Supreme Court (SC) and submitted a written response on the contempt case. The […]


Amendment to Foreign Employment Act: Call to focus on welfare of migrant workers

Kathmandu / May 31: Speakers at an interaction here today stressed the need to keep the welfare of migrant workers at the centre while amending the Foreign Employment Act. They have also demanded replacing the words ‘protect the welfare of entrepreneurs’ with ‘protect the welfare of workers’ in the act. The People’s Forum for Human […]


Bhaktapur locals panicking over leopard menace

Kathmandu / May 30: The people from Sudal Budhathoki village of Nagarkot municipality-4 have been panicked after a leopard has migrated to a bamboo bush near the village for a week. The leopard with four cubs has spread terror among the people here, limiting their mobility especially in the morning and evening, said Raju Subedi, […]


NRA reaches agreement with 36287 households in 10-quake hit district to release relief amounts

Kathmandu / May 29: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has signed an agreement with 36,287 affected households of 10 districts hit by the April 25, 2015 earthquake to distribute them the relief amounts announced by the government. “Every family who signed agreement to receive the reliefs will be provided with the first installment of Rs […]


Budget 2016/017 draws mixed reaction from economists

Kathmandu / May 28: Various youth economists have expressed their concern over the newly unveiled budget estimates for fiscal year 2016/017 for they claimed that it fails to increase investment in the productive sector although the budget introduced is ‘colossal’. Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel presented the budget, first since promulgation of the new constitution […]


NSU’s general convention likely by mid-July

Kathmandu, May 28: Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepali Congress (NC), is likely to hold its 11th general convention by mid-July. The NSU’s general convention has not been held for the past eight years due to various reasons. NSU spokesperson UP Lamichhane said that preparations were underway to propose to hold […]


Charity show for ‘One house one blanket’ campaign

Kathmandu / May 28: Deepshikha Foundation organised a charity show of a movie ‘Love You Baba’ on Friday collect fund for a campaign ‘One house one blanket’ to earthquake survivors. The Foundation organised the charity show at Kamalpokhari-based Big Movies with an objective of giving some relief to earthquake survivors from their pain. The movie […]


Govt preparing internal security policy: Home Minister Basnet

Kathmandu / May 27: Minister for Home Affairs, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, today said the government was preparing to introduce an internal security policy. At a seminar entitled ‘Effective Implementation of National Security Policy’ organized by Former Police Council Nepal (FoPCON), Minister Basnet stressed on need for not only drafting the security policy but its effective […]


International Conference of Mathematics kicks-off

Kathmandu / May 26: The International Conference of Mathematics to Non-linear Sciences (AMNS-2016) has kicked off in the Capital today. The conference is jointly organized by Nepal Mathematical Society (NMS), the Association of Nepalese Mathematicians in America (ANMA), the Central Department of Mathematics (CDM) at Tribhuvan University and Mathematics Division at Kathmandu University (KU). A […]


900 thousand people benefitted from additional medical allowance

Kathmandu / May 26: Nine hundred thousand people across the country benefitted from additional medical allowance being provided by the government under the social security allowance since the current fiscal year. The government is providing Rs 500 monthly as treatment allowance to senior citizens, widows and single women (completing 60 years of age). According to […]




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