Kathmandu / Dec 5:The 9th Human Rights Magna Meet 2017 is kicking off in the Capital from Saturday, December 9. The three-day event would be held on the occasion of 69th International Human Rights Day at the Dillibazar-based Nepal Cultural Association with the theme “equal opportunities for youths and women: base for prosperity and development”. […]
Khotang / Dec 4: A Nepali migrant, who had been stranded in Qatar for the past four months, has been rescued, and sent back home. The repatriation took place with the help of Khotang Sewa Samaj, Qatar. Manrakhi Rai of Kepilasagadhi rural municipality-3 in the district had been deprived of her four month’s pay from […]
Kathmandu / Dec 3: The Narayan Gopal Music Trust has decided to honour senior musician and singer CK Rasaili with Narayan Gopal Memorial Award 2017. The prize carrying a purse of Rs 50,000 and a letter of appreciation will be presented at a function to be held to mark the 27th memorial day of Narayan […]
Kathmandu / Dec 2: The European Commission has said all Nepali airlines are still subject to an operating ban within the 28-nation bloc of the European Union, mentioning the European Aviation Agency found no change in the country’s four-year-old status as far as air safety is concerned. In its updated air safety list made public […]
Kathmandu / Dec 1: All types of incidents of Violence Against Women (VAW) can be registered online from December 11, 2017. Secretary at the National Women Commission, Tulsiram Sedhain shared this in the National Women Conference organized in the capital today by the Asmita Women’s Publication Group, Action Aid International Nepal and the National Women […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 30: The 23rd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP- 23)-2017 held recently in Bonn, Germany to discuss reducing climate change effects, and advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement, has urged all the parties to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997, and came into […]
Kathmandu / Nov. 30: Tourism stakeholders of Lumbini have stressed the need to enhance connectivity and ensure smooth and hassle-free services at Nepal-India border for bringing more foreign tourists to Lumbini – birthplace of the Buddha – via India. Speaking at an interaction organized in Lumbini on Wednesday by Association of Buddhist Tour Operators (ABTO), […]
Kathmandu / Nov 29: Challenging the decision of the Election Commission (EC) to cancel his candidacy, Shivpujan Raya Yadav who’s contesting the polls from Constituency 4, Sarlahi District, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Yadav was the parliamentary first-past-the-post candidate from CPN (Maoist Center). The EC had annulled his candidacy citing that a passport forgery […]
Kathmandu / Nov 28: Special Court on Tuesday released Chudamani Sharma, erstwhile member secretary of Tax Settlement Commission (TSC), on a 10 million rupees bail. “Chudamani Sharma, who was present in the court today, has been released on a 10 million rupees bail following his affidavit and statement,” spokesperson of Special Court Nagendra Keshari Pokharel […]
Kathmandu / Nov 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has emphasised on the need of effective implementation of the Disaster Management Act for mitigating the natural and man-made disasters. Inaugurating the international conference on geological disasters here today, the Head-of-the-State said, “Nepal’s terrain comprising of the Tarai plains in the south, the hilly region in the […]