Nepalgunj / July 31: A Muslim religious leader Molana Abdul Jabbar Manjari has been awarded with this year’s ‘Prakash Human Rights Award’, established by the Informal Sector Service Centre. The award carries a purse of Rs 50,000 and a letter of felicitation. INSEC Regional Coordinator Bhola Mahat said that the award was presented to Manjari […]
Krishna R Pandey: Deal makers, investors and entrepreneurs Shrivastav Brothers are betting that Nepal will likely remain an unattractive country for foreign investments unless the government and private sector both change the way they have been used to do business. Pankaj Shrivatav and Ash Shrivastav have advised and invested in many companies in different geographies […]
Parbat / July 31: A considerable portion of the fund allocated for Constituency Development Programme (CDP) here in the district has ended up unused. The amount allocated under CDP in name of two directly elected lawmakers for the fiscal year 2072-73 is on freeze, District Development Committee (DDC), Parbat said. The money remained on hold […]
Baglung / July 31: The relief supplies were dispatched to the flood-stricken in the western part of the district on Nepal Army helicopters after rescue teams using land routes came across obstructions. The NA choppers were called into service to transport supplies to Adhikarichaur and Bongadovan VDCs in two phases on Saturday. Rescue teams heading […]
Baitadi / July 31: The Raleshwor village in Baitadi is living under darkness for the past one month after a lighting strike put out the power supply. The villagers have been complaining that although they had notified the local electricity authority there has not been any effort to restore the power. The absence of power […]
Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Going against the long ‘customary practice’ requiring Nepal’s Prime Minister to pay his or her first official visit to India, then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in 2008 chose to make his first official visit to China instead. This act turned out to be harmful for Dahal, apparently angering New Delhi […]
Kathmandu / July 30: Former Chairman of the Interim Election Council of Ministers, Khilraj Regmi has said the parties need not involve in frequent change in government if they moved ahead by holding the national interest and public welfare as supreme. Inaugurating the 20th General Assembly of the Gaon Sewa Pariwar, Birgha, Syangja here today, […]
Kathmandu / July 30: The three-day workshop on leadership development organised by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) wrapped up here today, laying emphasis on the need of constructive efforts for common interest and prosperity for promoting peace and humanism. The workshop came to the conclusion that positive initiatives undertaken for common interest would contribute towards […]
Banepa / July 30: A total of 513 conflict-era cases have so far been filed at Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons in Kavrepalanchowk. Coordinator of the Local Peace Committee, Dhulikhel, Tulku Lama, said that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received 44 complaints while the Commission for Investigation on […]
Baitadi / July 30: Five houses have been buried due to landslide triggered by torrential rain in Bajhang district on Friday. Similarly, eight houses are at high risk of landslide. Narendra Chand, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bajhang, said that the landslide has swept away houses of Bam Bahadur Bohara, Gore […]