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President calls for assimilating Buddha’s teachings to establish violence-free society; Buddhism key to maintaining peace: PM Dahal

Kathmandu / March 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called on human beings to assimilate the ideologies of peace, non-violence, compassion, goodwill and friendship propounded and promoted by Gautam Budhha. Concluding the 45th Lama guru (Lama teacher) study tour organised by the Buddhist Philosophy Promotion and Monastery Management Committee, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and […]


Japan’s former PM Yukio Hatoyama sees need of investment-friendly atmosphere in Nepal; pays courtesy call on PM Dahal

Pokhara / March 21: Japan’s former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has insisted on the need of building an investment-friendly atmosphere in Nepal. Speaking at a press meet today organised by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Kaski chapter, the Japanese former Prime Minister said Nepal has abundant potentials of development, but the creation of an […]


NRA approves six new designs of cost effective houses

Kathmandu / March 21: National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is all set to make public six new designs of cost effective and earthquake-resistant houses. NRA has developed a design of cost effective model houses keeping in mind the rural belt of earthquake-hit districts. A two-room building can be constructed at the cost of Rs 292,000 as […]


Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia bearing brunt of excessive exploitation (Feature)

Sharachchandra Bhandary / Malaysia, March 20: Deepak Adhikari of Mijure VDC-2 in Kaski has been selling sweat in Malaysia. The low pay apart, the living condition for this blue-collar worker is not decent. He feels suffocation in sharing the room with 15 other migrant workers in what he describes no less than an ‘open jail’. […]


Traffic management in Kathmandu valley becoming tougher

Achyut Regmi / Kathmandu, March 20: Everybody in Kathmandu Valley perhaps has had a nasty experience of its chaotic traffic. And, traffic management in the Valley has become knottier every passing year. Traffic management in the capital valley is becoming more and more difficult due to the growing population, increasing number of vehicles, limited and […]


Government committed to holding elections within stipulated date; Electoral Constituency Determination Bill passed

  Kathmandu / March 20: The government has reiterated its commitment that it would hold all three sets of elections within the constitutionally stipulated timeframe. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers expressed such commitment in written while responding to Supreme Court’s order which had asked the government to furnish written response […]


Preparation of election at final stage in the central level: EC

Kathmandu / March 19: The Election Commission has informed that the preparation for local level election reached the final stage in the central level. During a press meet organized to inform about the upcoming elections, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav said the EC was committed to holding election on time. EC is reaching […]


PM directs for prioritizing implementation of federalism; Election and constitution amendment cannot go side by side: Chairman Bijukchhe

Kathmandu / March 19: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed the authorities concerned to expedite the formulation of all federal laws demanded by the constitution. During his meeting with government secretaries at his office Sunday, Prime Minister Dahal instructed the secretaries to set criteria without any discrimination to depute employees at the local-level on […]


NRNs are human capital for Nepal: Minister Mahat

Kathmandu / March 19: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has stated that the Non-Resident Nepalis (NRN) are the human capital for Nepal to help ensure development and prosperity to their home country. Addressing the 5th Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA)’s Asia Pacific Region’s meeting in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur today, Minister […]


Local levels not permanent: LLRC Chair Poudel

Parbat / March 18: Local Level Restructuring Commission Chair Balananda Poudel has asserted that the recently determined local levels may not be permanent. At a programme held at Kushma Bazaar on Saturday, Chairperson Poudel said the local level centres were determined in view of compulsion for holding local level elections in the stipulated date. He […]




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