Kathmandu / May 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari graced a special function organized at the Army Pavilion (tundikhel) to mark the Republic Day 2016 this morning. Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Onsari Gharti, Acting Chief Justice Sushila Karki and other distinguished personalities also attended the function. In his address on […]
Kathmandu / May 28: Freed kamaiyas, who were rehabilitated from 2058 BS to last date of Ashad of 2072 BS, have demanded the government to provide Rs 155,000 in a lump sum instead of 35 cubic feet timber for the construction of houses. At a programme organised by the Freed Kamaiyas Integrated Struggle Committee here […]
Kathmandu / May 26: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reaffirmed the government’s commitment towards safeguarding human rights in the country. Speaking at the 17th anniversary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) here Thursday, PM Oli reiterated, “The government will always be dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights.” Prime Minister Oli however admitted that […]
Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: Two thousand five-hundred sixty years is a very long time to even think of, forget calculation of the time-period that has passed by in between. But the birth of a person so many years ago continues to hold significance and relevance today not only in and around the place where he […]
Kathmandu / May 21: Laxmi Pokhrel and Sweta Singh have against all odds including visually impairment successfully attained Ph.D degree to become the first blind women students to hold this degree from their Tribhuvan University (TU) and Jawaharlal Nehru Students (JNU), India respectively. They have proven that a strong will and hard labour are more […]
Kathmandu / May 19: Different ten Maoist splinter parties have been unified under a new name- CPN (Maoist-Centre)- on Thursday. The new name was endorsed by the dissolved UCPN (Maoist), CPN (Maoist-Revolutionary), CPN (Maoist), Revolutionary Communist Party, CPN (Maoist) Rebel faction, Naya Shakti Nepal and others. At the unification announcement gathering, Ram Bahadur Thapa of […]
Kathmandu / May 18: Preparations for the International Conference on Buddhist Philosophy beginning from Thursday as part of the 2560th Buddha Jayanti Celebrations have been completed. Organizing a press conference here Tuesday, the celebrations main function committee shared the information that all necessary preparations for the same were complete. The International Conference on Buddhism is […]
Kalpana Poudel (Kathmandu) / May 17: The number of people with hypertension is going on unchecked in the country with the disease taking its toll especially on the young adults, as people embrace modern lifestyle. According to latest report, high blood pressure is attributed to become responsible for 50 percent cases of the cause of […]
Kathmandu / May 17: Comedy artists Jitu Nepal, Dipakraj Giri and Dipashree Niraula have been appointed promoter of the Golden 1000 Days Public Awareness Campaign for improved nutrition of children and women in Nepal. Launched by the government in partnership with the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund, the campaign aims at creating awareness […]
Kathmandu / May 16: A British national taking part in the Singha Durbar picket progamme held at the call of agitating Federal Alliance, Nepal Monday was arrested by police. He was sighted in the protests venue carrying the alliance flag and wearing a head band. He had identified himself as ‘Martin Pewar’, but until the […]