Kathmandu / June 14: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously elected Nepal as one of its four Vice-Presidents from the Asia-Pacific Group of States for the 71st session of the General Assembly on Monday. According to a press release issued by the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations, the session opens on […]
Kathmandu / June 14: Minister for Information and Communications, Sherdhan Rai, today said a constitution no matter how beautiful it may be, will not be effective if people cannot use the rights it has stipulated. Speaking at an interaction on ‘Spokespersons’ Responsibility in Disseminating Information’ organized by Ministry of Information and Communications and Nepal Press […]
Kathmandu / June 14: The National Sports Council (NSC) has scrapped registration of seven different national sports associations registered in the Council. They are Nepal Football Association, Nepal Genuine Martial Art Association, Nepal Fusion Martial Art Association, Nepal Sports Yoga Association, Nepal Arm Wrestling Association, Nepal Drug and AIDS Association and Nepal Corporate Sports Association. […]
Krishna Upadhyaya is a human rights, labour rights and development professional and researcher. He holds MA in Human Rights from Mahidol and Phd from University of London. He has worked in many national and international organizations in senior positions. In 2014, he was arrested by Qatari authorities while conducting research about poor living conditions of Nepalese […]
Kathmandu / June 14: Reconstruction of the most of earthquake-affected heritages in the capital is yet to start. The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Office has said it is awaiting permission from the Department of Archeology to commence the reconstruction of disaster-hit heritages with the archeological importance in the city. Office Spokesperson Gyanendra Karki said though […]
Nepalgunj / June 14: The available data shows that there are still over 3,000 child workers in Banke, the district declared the child labor-free zone. A large number of children are still believed to be associated with the child labour in the district though it has been around a decade since it was declared the […]
Kathmandu / June 13: The government has expressed its commitments to developing tourism sector that remains as the major basis for nation’s economy. Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet has said the government is committed to the security and promotion of tourism sector. Inaugurating the second anniversary celebrations of ‘gantabyanepalnews.com’ Monday, Minister Basnet insisted on public-private […]
Kathmandu / June 13: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has underlined the need to make Nepali media well-managed and reliable. President Bhandari said this while talking to a delegation of journalists that reached Sheetal Niwas on Monday evening after attending a seminar on ‘Mass Media Policy and its Future Course’ organized by the Ministry of Information […]
Baitadi / June 13: The local peace committee office, Baitadi, has received a total of 482 cases of crimes committed during the Maoist decade-long insurgency. Of the cases, 412 belong to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) while 64 have been filed with the Commission of Inquiry into Enforced Disappearances (CIED). The last date to […]
Bhaktapur / June 13: A new Ekanta Kumari, worshipped in the historic city of Bhaktapur as a living goddess, was selected on Sunday. Jibika Bajracharya was selected to replace the former living goddess, Junisha Shakya, who retired after a two year term on March 26. Bajracharya was appointed in the vacant position, said Taleju’s Chief […]
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