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 […]
Lumbini (Rupandehi) / May 15: The peace lamp from the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha, Lumbini, is being taken to the Sagarmatha base camp. Olympians Baikuntha Manandhar, Khadga Ranabhat, Krishna Basnet, Everest Marathon winner Deepak Rai, among other athletes have headed towards the base camp taking the peace lamp from Lumbini today. They are […]
Kathmandu / May 15: Prime Minister and CPN (UML) chair KP Sharma Oli has honoured photo journalist Chandra Shekhar Karki with the ‘Madan Bhandari National Journalism Award-2073’ at the party central office, Dhumbarahi today. The award was instituted by the Publicity Department of the party. The award carries a purse of Rs 51,000 and felicitation […]