Kathmandu / Feb 21: Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Karin Kneissl, has arrived on a three-day official visit to Nepal, at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. This is the first ministerial visit taking place from Austria to Nepal in the last 30 years. During the visit, a bilateral meeting will […]
Kathmandu / Feb 21: The Citizenship Affected People’s Network Nepal (CAPNN) on Thursday urged the government to address concerns of citizenship deprived Nepalis and ease of the process of acquiring citizenship through double descent. According to CAPNN Coordinator Dipti Gurung, provisions in the current Citizenship Bill must be changed to allow all those who are […]
Kailali / Feb 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the Province Assembly legislators should become the heroes and campaigners of development as well as the epitome of the highest aspirations of the people. Addressing to the Sudur Paschim Province Assembly today, he urged the provincial assembly to watch over whether or not the […]
Tanahu / Feb 19: Until three years ago, locals of Bhanu Municipality-8, Beltar had to struggle a lot for drinking water. They were compelled to walk a long distance to fetch water for daily use. However, things have changed for good now. All villagers have drinking water taps in front of their houses. Nowadays, locals […]
Kathmandu / Feb 19: Senior-most Justice Deepak Raj Joshee today has tendered his resignation to the President through Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana. CJ Rana had removed Justice Joshee from senior ranking, judicial council and constitutional council to bring Justice Hari Krishna Karki in his place. He had vowed not to assign any case […]
Bhimduttanagar / Feb 19: Women in Kanchanpur district are compelled to eke out their family livelihood by transporting goods from the bordering Indian market. Single and disadvantaged women of the district are resorting to import of goods on bicycles. They are bringing in varieties of goods on their bicycles to the district headquarters, Bhimduttanagar, from […]
Nagendra Upadhyaya / Surkhet : CNN Hero of 2015 Maggie Doyne has contributed to the construction of a well-facilitated school in Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province. The building was constructed by Kopila Valley Service Society (KVSS) with a total investment of Rs 125 million. Kopila Valley School (KVS), Kopila Valley Child Center (KVCC) and […]
Kathmandu / Feb 18: In a meeting of the House of Representatives today, lawmakers put questions before Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun about the respective issues. Dila Sangraula asked about the government action plan to address the issues such as shortage […]
Kathmandu / Feb 18: Bandana Rana has been elected the vice-chair at the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (UN CEDAW). Rana was elected for the two-year term as the UN CEDAW vice-chairperson today. Her election as the expert member of the committee in June 2016 and her new appointment are […]
Kathmandu / Feb 17: The 69th Democracy Day is being marked across the country in a grand manner on Tuesday. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has called all its subordinates and private media to highly prioritize the dissemination of news bulletins and conduct talk shows relating to democracy on the Day is celebrated […]