Kathmandu / Sept 19: The government has announced to honor founding general secretary of Communist Party of Nepal, Puspa Lal Shrestha (posthumously), with the ‘Nepal Ratna Manpadvi’, the highest civilian award of Nepal. The Ministry of Home Affairs stated that the honors, decorations and awards including the Nepal Ratna Manpadvi were announced on the occasion […]
Kathmandu / Sept 19: Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Chief of the Foreign Department of the Communist Party of China, Song Tao, hald talks in the Chinese capital Beijing on Tuesday evening. CPN Chair Prachanda is currently on a visit to the People’s Republic of China. During […]
Kathmandu / Sept 18: Both houses of the Federal Parliament have passed 16 various bills related to the implementation of fundamental rights before the deadline of September 18 as stipulated in the constitution. The House of Representatives (lower house) and the National Assembly (upper house) have passed the Bill Related to Individual’s Privacy, 2075; the […]
Kathmandu / Sept 18: Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has ruled out the full-fledged budget until the half-yearly review is done on the current fiscal budget. Finance Minister Khatiwada said so in a response to Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s statement regarding the inclusion of social security allowances at a press conference organized […]
Kathmandu / Sept 18: The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen, and province social development ministers have come up with collective commitments to end gender-based violence (GBV) and other harmful social practices including child labour, child/early marriage, human trafficking and smuggling, dowry, witchery charge and the chhaupadi (isolating menstruating and new mothers from home). […]
Kathmandu / Sept 17: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged the family members of Nirmala Panta of Kanchanpur to rest assured of action against the culprit (s) responsible for Nirmala’s rape and murder whatever the post they hold. PM Oli said this during a meeting with Nirmala’s parents and lawmakers from Province 7. They […]
Kathmandu / Sept 17: Private and Boarding Schools’ Organization Nepal (PABSON), an umbrella organization for all its member schools in Nepal, has warned of strike for good if their demands are not fulfilled within a month. Taking strong exception to the Bill on Free and Compulsory Education endorsed recently by the Parliament, PABSON has hit […]
Kathmandu / Sept 17: Two national volleyball umpires — Bijaya KC and Bikash Gurung — have been qualified to referee in international matches within the Asian continent. The duo has passed the examinations of Asian International Referee, said Nepal Volleyball Association. KC and Gurung have completed the course of Asian level referee organised by the […]
Kathmandu / Sept 16: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has remarked that priority should be given to the development of the far-western region. Inaugurating the Seventh Senate of the Far-Western University at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar today, Prime Minister Oli said there would be a qualitative change in the education […]
Kathmandu / Sept 16: The Employees’ Provident Fund has invested Rs 287 billion or 98.34 percent of the total fund in different sectors. Out of total investment, 58 percent has been disbursed as loan to its contributors, 16 percent as project loan, 19 percent is in fixed deposit of commercial banks and the remaining seven […]